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Biomaterial from Bacteria Shows Promise for Photonic Applications

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An international research team showed that a material created using tellurium nanorods, which are produced by naturally occurring bacteria, could be an effective nonlinear optical material that is capable of protecting electronic devices against h...

Sep 9, 2019

Grolltex Graphene Closes Oversubscribed Private Placement Financing Round

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Grolltex, for ‘graphene-rolling-technologies’, the largest commercial producer of single layer, ‘electronics grade’ graphene and graphene sensing materials in the U.S., announces that it has closed a non-brokered, oversubscribed private placement ...

Sep 9, 2019

Nanoparticles activated by X rays used to target deep tumours

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A team of researchers from University of Texas at Arlington, University of Rhode Island and Brown University have collaborated to come up with use of nanoparticles in targeted therapy for deep seated cancers. Their success with the nanoparticples ...

Sep 8, 2019

Nanotherapy: the controlled delivery of chemotherapeutics to fight cancer stem cells

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Researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia investigate the efficiency of gold nanoclusters as drug carriers against cancer cells. Chemotherapy is

Sep 8, 2019

Exotic Physics Phenomenon Involving Time Reversal Observed for First Time

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Observation of the predicted non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm Effect may offer step toward fault-tolerant quantum computers. An exotic physical phenomenon, involving optical waves, synthetic magnetic fields, and...

Sep 8, 2019

Scientists Pave the Way for Quantum Computing by Coupling Magnetization to Superconductivity

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By coupling magnetic behavior to a superconducting circuit, Argonne scientists pave the way for quantum information systems. Quantum computing promises to revolutionize the ways in... The post Scientists Pave the Way for Quantum Computing by Coupl...

Sep 6, 2019

Nanoparticles in lithium-sulphur batteries detected with neutron experiment

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Lithium-sulphur batteries are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for the next generation of energy storage devices. They have a theoretical gravimetric energy density that is five times higher than that of the best lithium-ion batter...

Sep 6, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Nanotherapy: the controlled delivery of chemotherapeutics to fight cancer stem cells

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemotherapy is one of the most used cancer treatments, however, its side effects place it far from the ideal treatment. IMDEA Nanociencia scientists work to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy...

Sep 6, 2019

The Regeneration of Cartilage Using Graphene Oxide

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Researchers from the University of Manchester have discovered that the inclusion of the 2D nanomaterial graphene oxide (GO) into 3D scaffolds, used to aid the regeneration of cartilage, has the...

Sep 6, 2019

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