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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Novel formulation permits use of toxin from rattlesnake venom to treat chronic pain: Researchers Butantan Institute succeeded in reducing the toxicity and potentiating the analgesic effect of crotoxin by encapsulating it in nanostructured silica -- the results of tests in an anim

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Crotoxin, extracted from the venom of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus, has been studied for almost a century for its analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antitumor activities a...

Feb 15, 2020

Toxin From Rattlesnake Venom Formulated to Treat Chronic Pain

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Researchers Butantan Institute succeeded in reducing the toxicity and potentiating the analgesic effect of crotoxin by encapsulating it in nanostructured silica — the results of... The post Toxin From Rattlesnake Venom Formulated to Treat Chronic...

Feb 15, 2020

Does graphene cause or prevent the corrosion of copper? New study settles the debate

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Scientists observe an unprecedented way in which graphene forms a hybrid layer that prevents copper corrosion.

Feb 15, 2020

Molecular Layer Etching Can Help Semiconductors scaling Beyond Moore's Law | NextBigFuture.com

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Argonne National Labs have developed a new technique, molecular layer etching, that may help develop microelectronics and show the way beyond Moore’s Law. Molecular layer etching could enable fabricating and controlling material geometries at the ...

Feb 14, 2020

Device mimics brain cells used for human vision: The invention may help to make robots one day that can think like humans

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In a study featured as the cover article appearing today in the journal Science Advances, a UCF research team showed that by combining two promising nanomaterials into a new superstructure, they could create a nanoscale device that mimics the neur...

Feb 14, 2020

Producing single photons from a stream of single electrons

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel technique for generating single photons, by moving single electrons in a specially designed light-emitting diode (LED). This technique, reported in the journal Nature Communications...

Feb 14, 2020

Scientists propose new properties in hollow multishell structure

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The Chinese puzzle ball is an ornate decorative artwork consisting of several concentric shells that move independently of each other. In the past decade, scientists provided a universal method for the fabrication of a conceptually similar microna...

Feb 14, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nano Dimension Appoints Seasoned Hi-Tech Executive Yaron Eitan to its Board of Directors

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Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) provider (Nasdaq, TASE: NNDM), announced today the appointment of Mr. Yaron Eitan as a member of the companys Board of Directo...

Feb 14, 2020

Measurement of mechanical stability of force transmission supramolecular linkages

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NUS biophysicists have developed a manipulation assay that can quantify the mechanical stability and biochemical regulations of inter-molecular interactions at the single-molecule level.

Feb 14, 2020

Ultrafast switching of an optical bit

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Researchers have realized an all-optical bit that is temporarily written into a planar semiconductor nanostructure only using light and that can also be reconfigured only using optical techniques.

Feb 14, 2020

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