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Turning light energy into heat to fight disease

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An emerging technology involving tiny particles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several fields, including medicine. For example, photothermal therapy, a new type of cancer treatment, involves aiming...

Dec 17, 2019

Using bacterial nano-syringes as drug transporters in medicine

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Pathogens can use a range of toxins to damage their host organism. Bacteria, such as those responsible for causing the deadly Plague, use a special injection mechanism to deliver their poisonous contents into the host cell.

Dec 17, 2019

Turning light energy into heat to fight disease: Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold particles in water

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

An emerging technology involving particles that absorb light and turn it into localized heat sources shows great promise in several fields, including medicine. This heating must be carefully controlled however, and the ability to monitor temperatu...

Dec 17, 2019

Researchers observe brain-like behavior in nanoscale device

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

'Tiny silver brains' could have long-term implications for more powerful, energy-efficient computing.

Dec 17, 2019

Advanced viral nanovaccine for cancer immunotherapy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have discovered a novel system to generate an artificially enveloped oncolytic adenovirus to direct the immune response against cancer.

Dec 17, 2019

Ultrathin gold nanoribbons with unique hexagonal crystal phase shows 'liquid-like' behaviour

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A recent study led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has discovered that the ultrathin gold nanoribbons with unique hexagonal (4H type) crystal phase shows "liquid-like" behaviour under heating, but its hexagonal crystalline struct...

Dec 17, 2019

Researchers close in on new nonvolatile memory

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Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, along with their colleagues from Germany and the U.S., have achieved a breakthrough in nonvolatile memory devices. The team came up with a unique method for measuring the electric po...

Dec 17, 2019

Advanced viral nanovaccine for cancer immunotherapy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a novel system to generate an artificially enveloped oncolytic adenovirus to direct the immune response against cancer.

Dec 17, 2019

Researchers make world's fastest molecular shuttle

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Thanks to a clever chemical design, researchers at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have succeeded in making a very fast molecular machine. The moving parts shift more than one nanometer r...

Dec 17, 2019

Researchers observe brain-like behavior in nanoscale device

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

UCLA scientists James Gimzewski and Adam Stieg are part of an international research team that has taken a significant stride toward the goal of creating thinking machines.

Dec 17, 2019

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