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Illuminating the world of nanoparticles: Researchers develop cutting-edge optical resonators with applications in biosensing

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a light-based device that can act as a biosensor, detecting biological substances in materials; for example, harmful pathogens in food samples.

Jan 9, 2020

A breath of fresh air for longer-running batteries

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

DGIST researchers are improving the performance of lithium-air batteries, bringing us closer to electric cars that can use oxygen to run longer before they need to recharge. In their latest study, published in the journal Applied Catalysis B: Envi...

Jan 9, 2020

Illuminating the world of nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a light-based device that can act as a biosensor, detecting biological substances in materials; for example, harmful pathogens in food samples.

Jan 9, 2020

Researchers discover new building blocks of catalyst zeolite nanopores

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Zeolites crystals, used among other things for refining petroleum to gasoline and biomass into biofuels, are the most-used catalysts by weight on the planet, and discovering mechanisms of how they form has been of intense interest to the chemical ...

Jan 9, 2020

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Tech company NANOBIOTIX announces late-stage registration trial and global development plan for 2020

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

After establishing proof-of-concept and first market approval for NBTXR3 in soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities and trunk wall, Nanobiotix is now focused on developing this product in the United S...

Jan 8, 2020

7 Nanometer Chips and 64 Core AMD Threadripper | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

At CES AMD has announced the 64 core AMD EPYC line, (3990X). It will have super-high GHz clocks, and only $4,000 a package pricing. Nextbigufuture reader and commenter Goayguy notes that combining the AMD super chip with 512 GB of RAM ($3,000, ECC...

Jan 8, 2020

IBM Doubles Its Quantum Volume to 32 | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

IBM announced a new 28-qubit quantum system backend, Raleigh and achieved a system demonstrating Quantum Volume of 32. This is double the quantum volume of 16 of a prior IBM system. Quantum Volume (QV) is a hardware-agnostic metric that we defined...

Jan 8, 2020

Gold nanoparticles inside cells are not inert, say researchers – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New study reveals that cells can metabolize gold even though it is not essential for their function The post Gold nanoparticles inside cells are not inert, say researchers appeared first on Physics World.

Jan 8, 2020

Study finds salt nanoparticles are toxic to cancer cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Sodium chloride nanoparticles - more commonly known as salt - are toxic to cancer cells and offer the potential for therapies that have fewer negative side effects than current treatments.

Jan 8, 2020

Nanoparticles deliver 'suicide gene' therapy to pediatric brain tumors growing in mice

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Medical researchers report that a type of biodegradable, lab-engineered nanoparticle they fashioned can successfully deliver a 'suicide gene' to pediatric brain tumor cells implanted in the brains of mice.

Jan 8, 2020

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