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An eco-friendly method for the synthesis of cinnamaldehyde

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A RUDN University chemist has developed an ecologically safe method of obtaining cinnamaldehyde—a compound with antibacterial and anticancer activity. The scientist used catalysts based on iron and palladium nanoparticles to avoid the formation of...

Sep 18, 2019

Tensile strength of carbon nanotubes depends on their chiral structures

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Scientists directly measured the tensile strengths of individual structure-defined single-walled carbon nanotubes, revealing key insights into the relationship between their structure and strength.

Sep 18, 2019

New Anti-Cancer Nanomedicine Delivers Efficient Chemotherapy

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Researchers at the University of Helsinki in collaboration with researchers from Åbo Akademi University (Finland) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China) have developed... The post New Anti-Cancer Nanomedicine Delivers Efficient ...

Sep 17, 2019

‘Death Star’ Bacterial Structures Can Be Tapped to Deliver Drugs to Targeted Cells in Humans

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Not all bacteria spread diseases, many are beneficial and this strain has nanoscale syringes that deliver proteins which cause metamorphosis in marine animals, and could... The post ‘Death Star’ Bacterial Structures Can Be Tapped to Deliver Drugs ...

Sep 17, 2019

Novel anti-cancer nanomedicine for efficient chemotherapy

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Scientists have developed a new anti-cancer nanomedicine for targeted cancer chemotherapy. This new nano-tool provides a new approach to use cell-based nanomedicines for effcient cancer chemotherapy.

Sep 17, 2019

Scientists create fully electronic 2-D spin transistors

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Physicists from the University of Groningen constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents were generated by an electric current through graphene. A monolayer of a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) was placed on top of t...

Sep 17, 2019

A reusable catalyst for the synthesis of esters

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A chemist from RUDN University has developed a tin silicate catalyst for the production of esters—flavourings, plasticisers, and biofuel components. Unlike existing catalysts, the new material can be made active again and reused. The results are p...

Sep 17, 2019

Scientists create fully electronic 2-dimensional spin transistors

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Physicists have constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents were generated by an electric current through graphene. A monolayer of a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) was placed on top of graphene to induce charge-to-...

Sep 17, 2019

Scientists create fully electronic 2-D spin transistors

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Physicists constructed a two-dimensional spin transistor, in which spin currents were generated by an electric current through graphene.

Sep 17, 2019

Novel mechanism of electron scattering in graphene-like 2D materials

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Suggesting an unconventional way to manipulate the properties of 2D materials in the presence of a Bose-Einstein condensate, and an alternative strategy to design high-temperature superconductors.

Sep 17, 2019

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