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Can Nanoparticles Help Get Rid of Heart Attack Causing Plaques?

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: Bryan Smith/Michigan State University Over the years, extensive research into the potential applications of nanoparticles has resulted in illuminating evidence of the special...

Jan 28, 2020

Crab-shell and seaweed compounds spin into yarns for sustainable and functional materials

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Aalto University, the University of São Paulo and the University of British Columbia have found a way to make a new kind of fibre from a combination of chitin nanoparticles, extracted from residual blue crab shells and alginate, a...

Jan 28, 2020

Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and

Jan 28, 2020

Nanoparticle chomps away plaques that cause heart attacks

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have invented a nanoparticle that eats away -- from the inside out -- portions of plaques that cause heart attacks.

Jan 28, 2020

Tiny magnetic structures enhance medical science: Researchers review promising new nanomaterials that can be used in cancer diagnosis and as MRI contrast agents

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Magnetic nanostructures have interesting properties that enhance novel applications in medical diagnosis and allow the exploration of new therapeutic techniques.

Jan 28, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: SUNY Poly Professor Partners with Leading Institutions on NSF Award for Quantum Information Science Research: SUNY Poly Research Builds Upon Recent Quantum-related Research Initiatives and Workshops

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Assistant Professor of Nanoengineering Dr. Spyros Gallis (Spyridon Galis) is part of a collaborative cross-institutional research team led by Stony Brook Univers...

Jan 28, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Extraction of lithium from its largest source, i.e. seawater, by nanostructured membranes

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

It is predicted that the supply of the energy-critical element of Lithium will soon become less than its continuously increasing demand, which will make Lithium a strategically influential element. Th...

Jan 28, 2020

Tiny magnetic structures enhance medical science

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Small magnetic objects, which have been used successfully in technological applications such as data storage, are showing promise in the biomedical field. Magnetic nanostructures have interesting properties that enhance novel applications in medic...

Jan 28, 2020

Book Review: Nano Comes to Life by Sonia Contera

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

NuNano’s marketing lead, Rebecca Megson-Smith, is our resident bookworm. A literature graduate with a background in writing and publishing she jumped on the chance to get her hands on Sonia...

Jan 28, 2020

Portable Biosensor Uses Light at Nanoscale to Detect Sepsis in Minutes

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Time is critical when diagnosing sepsis, but the tests currently used to identify this disease can take up to 72 hours. Researchers at the Laboratory of Bionanophotonic Systems (BIOS) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have develop...

Jan 28, 2020

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