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Nano therapy reverses deadliest effects of chronic kidney disease in animal model

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed in an animal model the deadliest effects of chronic kidney disease, which kills more people in the United States each year than breast or ...

Mar 5, 2019

Researchers demonstrate nanoparticle systems crucial for new high-speed spintronics devices

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers created a nanoscale spintronic semiconductor device that can partially switch between specific magnetic states trillions of times a second (terahertz), far beyond frequencies of devices at present.

Mar 5, 2019

Newly developed quantum sensor could advance cancer treatments

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A new quantum sensor developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computinghas proven it can outperform existing technologies and promises significant advancements in long-range 3D imaging and monitoring the ...

Mar 5, 2019

Nanotechnology and sunlight clear the way for better visibility

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A new coating developed by ETH researchers prevents fogging on transparent surfaces. Rather than using electricity, the coating relies on sunlight to heat the surface.

Mar 5, 2019

Nanoparticles help realize 'spintronic' devices

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

For the first time researchers have demonstrated a new way to perform functions essential to future computation three orders of magnitude faster than current commercial devices. The team lead by Associate Professor Shinobu Ohya, created a nanoscal...

Mar 5, 2019

Creating more potent cancer therapy using 'theranostics'

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A City of Hope scientist and his colleagues have developed a user-friendly approach to creating 'theranostics' -- therapy combined with diagnostics -- that target specific tumors and diseases. City of Hope's John Termini, Ph.D., and...

Mar 5, 2019

A new technology developed to detect and analyze colorless and transparent biomaterials

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

DGIST Professor Jae Eun Jang's team, plasmonic nano structure developed a technology that generates colorless and transparent biomaterials. Will contribute to biomaterial detection for brain disease research & treatment.

Mar 5, 2019

First scalable graphene yarns for wearable textiles

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based yarn....

Mar 5, 2019

Loro Piana to use Directa Plus graphene technology

Innovation in Textiles   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Directa Plus has signed an exclusive agreement with Italian high-end clothing and fabrics producer Loro Piana....

Mar 5, 2019

One Step Closer to Reducing Quantum Computing’s Notoriously Troublesome Errors

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

While still far from enabling practical quantum computing, new research demonstrates an impressive reduction in error rates for a simple 2-qubit system

Mar 4, 2019

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