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

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

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

Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period, has been developed and demonstrated by UCL and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers. While at t...

Feb 20, 2020

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

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

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

Programmable doping of 2D materials by nonvolatile ferroelectric domains

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Two-dimensional (2D) materials could offer new building blocks for future technologies, but this requires approaches to control the carrier type in 2D semiconductors. A number of pioneering works have demonstrated different methods to program the ...

Feb 20, 2020

IBM and NC State Are Leading the Development of a New Quantum Ecosystem | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM and North Carolina State University are leading the massive amount of research that will be needed to create the full quantum computer ecosystem. The standard computer industry is a nearly $4 trillion a year global ecosystem. There are many co...

Feb 20, 2020

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

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

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

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

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