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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotubes enable travel of Huntington's protein: Rhes protein makes its own road to convey disease drivers

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A toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease can move from neuron to neuron through a nanotube tunnel whose construction is initiated by a protein called Rhes, say scientists at Scripps Research.

May 11, 2019

Nanoparticle-on-mirror constructs could help make colour-changing displays – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Electrochromic structures can be fabricated using a simple bottom-up solution technique The post Nanoparticle-on-mirror constructs could help make colour-changing displays appeared first on Physics World.

May 11, 2019

Nanotubes enable movement of toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease

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A toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease can move from neuron to neuron through a nanotube tunnel whose construction is initiated by a protein called Rhes, say scientists at Scripps Research.

May 11, 2019

Nanotubes enable travel of Huntington's protein: Rhes protein makes its own road to convey disease drivers

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanotube tunnels extend like bridges for the toxic Huntington's disease protein, and spring back after delivery, a new study finds.

May 10, 2019

The new benchmark quantum computers must beat to achieve quantum supremacy

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Physicists are confident that a quantum computer will soon outperform the world’s most powerful supercomputer. To prove it, they have developed a test that will pit one against the other.

May 10, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: A cautionary tale for researchers working on selective drug delivery

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Many studies indicating that DNA nanostructures can enter cells more readily than simple DNA strands are flawed, according to researchers at McGill University. In a paper published in the American Che...

May 10, 2019

New efficient way to engineer nanostructures mimicking natural immune response complexes

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Scientists yield novel method to engineer large multi-antibody-like nanostructures using DNA nanotechnology. The results demonstrate the potential for assembly of multiple proteins and also other materials to enhance properties of traditional ther...

May 10, 2019

Graphene Flakes Might Influence Operation of Neurons in the Brain

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New research by SISSA has developed nanomaterials that are safe and selective and have a reversible effect. This new research has cast light on their potential to reach particular sites and influence...

May 10, 2019

Computing faster with quasi-particles

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Researchers have made an important step on the road to topological quantum computers.

May 10, 2019

Computing faster with quasi-particles

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Majorana particles are very peculiar members of the family of elementary particles. First predicted in 1937 by the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, these particles belong to the group of so-called fermions, a group that also includes electrons, ...

May 10, 2019

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