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Cheap nanoparticles stimulate immune response to cancer in the lab

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University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed nanoparticles that, in the lab, can activate immune responses to cancer cells. If they are shown to work as well in the body as they do in the lab, the nanoparticles might provide an effec...

Jan 29, 2020

Stress test reveals graphene won't crack under pressure

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Graphene is a paradox. It is the thinnest material known to science, yet also one of the strongest. Now, research from University of Toronto Engineering shows that graphene is also highly resistant to fatigue -- able to withstand more than a billi...

Jan 29, 2020

It's closeness that counts: how proximity affects the resistance of graphene

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Graphene is seen as the wonder material of the future. Scientists can grow perfect graphene layers on square centimetre-sized crystals. Researchers from the University of Göttingen, together with the Chemnitz University of Technology and the Physi...

Jan 29, 2020

A nanoscale lattice of palladium and yttrium makes for a superlative carbon-linking catalyst

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A group of materials scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology has shown that a palladium-based intermetallic electride, Y3Pd2, can improve the efficiency of carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions. Their findings point the way to a more sustaina...

Jan 29, 2020

New Process can Help Create Bulk Quantities of Pristine Graphene

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The environmental impact of building materials, including concrete, can be significantly reduced by a banana peel when it is converted into graphene. While individuals are at it, they can discard the...

Jan 28, 2020

New Acoustical Hooks Could be Used to Manipulate Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The presence of a new kind of curved acoustic wave beams, called acoustical hooks, has been modeled and experimentally verified by researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and Tomsk State...

Jan 28, 2020

New Process Turns Carbon-Based Trash Into 'Wonder Material' Graphene

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Jan 28, 2020

MIT.nano receives international sustainability award

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“Go Beyond” Award celebrates commitment to excellence in efficiency and sustainability.

Jan 28, 2020

A trapped-ion pair may help scale up quantum computers

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

Qubits made from strontium and calcium ions can be precisely controlled by technology that already exists.

Jan 28, 2020

MIT.nano receives international sustainability award

MIT News   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

“Go Beyond” Award celebrates commitment to excellence in efficiency and sustainability.

Jan 28, 2020

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