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Nanoscale origami: Smallest-ever, atomically precise structures set stage for quantum breakthroughs

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

If you think learning traditional paper origami is a difficult practice, try wrapping your head around origami on

Sep 9, 2019

High-entropy nanoparticles hold promise for catalytic applications

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Alloying is a magic trick used to produce new materials by synergistically mixing at least two metallic elements to form a solid solution. Recent developments in science have found great applications of alloy materials in catalysis, for which nano...

Sep 9, 2019

Nanoparticles in lithium-sulphur batteries detected with neutron experiment

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

An HZB team has for the first time precisely analysed how nanoparticles of lithium sulphide and sulphur precipitate onto battery electrodes during the course of the charging cycle. The results can help increase the service life of lithium-sulphur...

Sep 9, 2019

The controlled delivery of chemotherapeutics to fight cancer stem cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers are investigating the efficiency of gold nanoclusters as drug carriers against cancer cells.

Sep 9, 2019

Major environmental challenge as nano- and microplastics are harming our drinking water

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our aquatic systems.

Sep 9, 2019

Biomaterial from Bacteria Shows Promise for Photonic Applications

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

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

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

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

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

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

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

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

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