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DNA nanotechnology to detect cancer biomarkers

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

How to detect diseases at the earliest stages of development? This is the problem raised by most scientists

Feb 14, 2020

Graphene forms under microscope's eye

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

You don't need a big laser to make laser-induced graphene (LIG). Scientists at Rice University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are using a very small visible beam to burn the fo...

Feb 14, 2020

Novel formulation permits use of toxin from rattlesnake venom 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 tests in an animal model of neuropathic pain are promising.

Feb 14, 2020

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

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene has attracted the interest of researchers in recent years because, despite its apparent anti-corrosive properties, its proximity was seen to increase the corrosion of copper. A research team from Chung-Ang University used Raman spectrosco...

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

Gold nanoclusters: new frontier for developing medication for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) as the major neurodegenerative disease afflicts over 50 million individuals worldwide without cure. Zhang et al. demonstrated that Au23(CR)14, a novel gold nanocluster modified with Cys-Arg (CR) dipeptide, inhibits th...

Feb 14, 2020

UCF researchers develop device that mimics brain cells used for human vision

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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

Scientists Create Synthetic Nanopores Made From DNA

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A scientific collaboration led by researchers at iNANO/Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University and the Department of Chemistry at the University of... The post Scientists Create Synthetic Nanopores Made From DNA appeared...

Feb 13, 2020

LIG Process can Help Synthesize Graphene for Flexible Electronics

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A large laser is not required to make laser-induced graphene (LIG). A research team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville), Rice University, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Feb 13, 2020

SENSE.nano awards seed grants in optoelectronics, interactive manufacturing

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

The mission of SENSE.nano is to foster the development and use of novel sensors, sensing systems, and sensing solutions.

Feb 13, 2020

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