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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

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

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

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

Active Ingredients-Coated Nanoparticles Could Destroy Cancer Cells

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles have the ability to make their way easily into cells. For the first time, high-resolution 3D microscopy images from BESSY II offer new insights about their distribution and function....

Feb 13, 2020

Fragile topology: Two new studies explain the strange electron flow in future materials

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Electrons race along the surface of certain unusual crystalline materials, except that sometimes they don't. Two new studies from Princeton researchers and their collaborators explain the source of the surprising behavior and chart a course f...

Feb 13, 2020

Tandem Solar Cell Demonstrates 29.15% Efficiency

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have achieved 29.15% efficiency in a solar cell made of perovskite and silicon. This value was certified by the CalLab of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. It represents a new wo...

Feb 13, 2020

World’s Largest Graphene Nanotube Manufacturer OCSiAl Achieves Production Capacity of 75 Tonnes Per Year

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

OCSiAl, the world’s largest graphene nanotube manufacturer, has announced the launch of its second synthesis facility for graphene nanotubes with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per year. The...

Feb 13, 2020

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