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Researchers show what drives a novel, ordered assembly of alternating peptides

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A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides, and has also determined what makes these peptides automatically assemble into this pattern. The fundame...

Feb 20, 2020

A scaffold at the center of our cellular skeleton

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When the cells stop dividing, the centrioles migrate to the plasma membrane and allow the formation of primary and mobile cilia, which are used for the transfer of information and the genesis of movement. While performing these biological function...

Feb 20, 2020

New graphene-based metasurface capable of independent amplitude and phase control of light

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Researchers described a new strategy of designing metamolecules that incorporates two independently controllable subwavelength meta-atoms. This two-parametric control of the metamolecule secures the complete control of both amplitude and the phase...

Feb 20, 2020

Plant-based relatives of cholesterol could give boost to gene therapy

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Gene-infused nanoparticles used for combating disease work better when they include plant-based relatives of cholesterol because their shape and structure help the genes get where they need to be inside cells.

Feb 20, 2020

UPM joins Finnish research consortium to advance extracellular vesicle technologies

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UPM has joined a newly formed Finnish research consortium that plans to use extracellular vesicles to develop novel nano-biotechnological solutions for the early diagnostics and treatment of severe progressive diseases.

Feb 19, 2020

What if we could teach photons to behave like electrons?

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To develop futuristic technologies like quantum computers, scientists will need to find ways to control photons, the basic particles of light, just as precisely as they can already control electrons, the basic particles in electronic computing. Un...

Feb 19, 2020

Deblina Sarkar joins the MIT Media Lab faculty

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New research group aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology.

Feb 19, 2020

Deblina Sarkar joins the MIT Media Lab faculty

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New research group aims to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and synthetic biology.

Feb 19, 2020

The green chemistry of fullerene

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Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) and the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences have developed a novel approach for preparing thin semiconductor fullerene films. The me...

Feb 19, 2020

A green chemistry preparation of fullerene films

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The method enables fabrication of organic electronics without using toxic organic solvents and costly vacuum technologies, thus reducing the environmental risks and making organic electronics more accessible.

Feb 19, 2020

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