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Black nanoparticles slow the growth of tumors

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The dark skin pigment melanin protects against the sun's damaging rays by absorbing light energy and converting it to heat. This could make it a very effective tool in tumor diagnosis and treatment, as demonstrated by a team from the Technica...

Apr 5, 2019

Nano-composition: New synthesis of catalytic nanomaterials

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Researchers at TU Graz describe the effects which occur upon evaporation of vanadium compounds in Chemical Science. Improvements for the development of SCR catalysts may be based on their results. Researchers at the Institute of Experimental Phys...

Apr 5, 2019

Researchers Solve Mystery Behind Bacterial Nanowire

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Deep underground or in the ocean, where oxygen is not present, Geobacter bacteria “breathe” by projecting miniature protein filaments known as “nanowires” into the soil, to...

Apr 5, 2019

Study Shows Cancer Cells Could be Treated with Magnetic Nanoparticles

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Regrettably, cancer is more than a single disease, and even now, certain types of this medical disorder, like liver, brain, or pancreas tumors, cannot be easily treated with surgery, radiation...

Apr 5, 2019

Scientists solve mystery of how bacterial nanowires conduct electricity

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Scientists have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity.

Apr 5, 2019

Carbon dioxide to methanol conversion with highly efficient nanocatalyst

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have developed a highly efficient nanostructured catalyst based on zinc and silver that can convert carbon dioxide, an environmental pollutant and greenhouse gas, to methanol for use as chemical feedstock and fuel.

Apr 5, 2019

Newly developed melanin nanoparticles could slow tumor growth

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The dark skin pigment melanin protects us from the sun's damaging rays by absorbing light energy and converting it to heat.

Apr 5, 2019

Motion Control at the Nanoscale

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based nanowalkers are a class of molecular motors which are being explored for a wide range of potential nanoscale applications. This includes automated sequence dependent...

Apr 5, 2019

New Study Solves Longstanding Nanowire Mystery

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Deep in the ocean or underground, where there is no oxygen, Geobacter bacteria “breathe” by projecting tiny protein filaments called “nanowires” into the soil, to... The post New Study Solves Longstanding Nanowire Mystery appeared first on SciTec...

Apr 5, 2019

Squeezed nanocrystals: A new model predicts their shape when blanketed under graphene

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In a collaboration between the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Northeastern University, scientists have developed a model for predicting the shape of metal nanocrystals or 'islands' sandwiched between or below two-dime...

Apr 5, 2019

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