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Multiplexed C dots track cancer cells to improve patient care

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

For more than a decade, researchers have used glowing nanoparticles called Cornell dots, or C dots, to illuminate

Dec 6, 2019

Achieving Water Purification Through the Use of Magnetic Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Image Credit: ECOSY/Shutterstock.com Safe and immediate access to clean water is important for public health and in order to achieve this, various water purification methods are used to improve the...

Dec 6, 2019

Improved pH probes may help toward cancer treatments

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanopipettes with zwitterionic membranes may offer improved monitoring of changes in pH surrounding living cells, which can indicate traits of invasive cancer cells and their response to treatment, report researchers at Kanazawa University in Natu...

Dec 6, 2019

Properties of graphene change due to water and oxygen

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

We often find that food becomes rotten when we leave it outside for long and fruits turn brown after they are peeled or cut. Such phenomena can be easily seen in our daily life and they illustrate the oxidation-reduction reaction. The fundamental...

Dec 6, 2019

Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Harvard Wyss Institute researchers developed a living material approach that uses a strain of genetically engineered E.coli Nissle bacteria as a locally acting probiotic. The engineered bacteria produce a network of nanofibers that directly binds ...

Dec 6, 2019

Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanopipettes with zwitterionic membranes may offer improved monitoring of changes in pH surrounding living cells, which can indicate traits of invasive cancer cells and their response to treatment, report researchers at Kanazawa University in Natu...

Dec 6, 2019

Nanocontainer ships titan-size gene therapies and drugs into cells

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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have created a tiny, nanosize container that can slip inside cells and deliver protein-based medicines and gene therapies of any size -- even hefty ones attached to the gene-editing tool called CRISPR.

Dec 6, 2019

Predictions For 2020 to 2100 | NextBigFuture.com

NextBigFuture   -   Scientific News Websites

2020 starts in 26 days. 2020 is a milestone year and those are years when people love to make long-range predictions. I, Brian Wang of Nextbigfuture, have been tracking global developments for over 40 years. I will make some long-range predictions...

Dec 5, 2019

Properties of Graphene Change Due to Exposure to Water and Oxygen

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

We often find that food becomes rotten when we leave it outside for long and fruits turn brown after they are peeled or cut. Such... The post Properties of Graphene Change Due to Exposure to Water and Oxygen appeared first on SciTechDaily.

Dec 5, 2019

Electric field-induced Charging Could Improve Colloidal Quantum Dot Lasing

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have demonstrated tunable, controllable amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) in a colloidal semiconductor device via electric field-induced charging. Their work could open new avenues...

Dec 5, 2019

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