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Jellyfish-based nanofiber/nanoparticle wound dressing

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate the ease of use of jellyfish biomass as a biodegradable and biocompatible raw material for producing antibacterial mats. They report the successful electrospun-based preparation of novel composite biocompatible nanofibers ...

Jul 30, 2019

3-D printable 2-D materials based inks show promise to improve energy storage devices

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For the first time, a team of researchers, from the School of Materials and the National Graphene Institute at The the University of Manchester have formulated inks using the 2-D material MXene, to produce 3-D printed interdigitated electrodes.

Jul 30, 2019

Bone tissue engineering—nano-glue polymer membranes for robust bone regeneration

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In a new study now published on NPG Asia Materials, bioengineers report the development of a new fibrous membrane with stem cells to repair bone defects in the skulls of mice. For this, they incorporated mussel-inspired polydopamine protein as a p...

Jul 30, 2019

Faulty brain circuits repaired using nanotechnology: Possible new drug targets for dementia and intellectual disability

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Working with mouse and human tissue, researchers report new evidence that a protein pumped out of some -- but not all -- populations of 'helper' cells in the brain, called astrocytes, plays a specific role in directing the formation of c...

Jul 30, 2019

Researchers develop novel process for structuring quantum materials

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Implementing quantum materials in computer chips provides access to fundamentally new technologies. To build high-performance quantum computers, for example, topological insulators have to be combined with superconductors. This fabrication step is...

Jul 30, 2019

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Virginia Tech researchers lead breakthrough in quantum computing

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The large, error-correcting quantum computers envisioned today could be decades away, yet experts are vigorously trying to come up with ways to use existing and near-term quantum processors to solve u...

Jul 30, 2019

Bacterial nanostructures act as electron-microscope-compatible gene reporters – Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Different sized protein structures can be distinguished using electron microscopy, making them high-resolution analogues of the fluorescent reporter proteins used in optical microscopy The post Bacterial nanostructures act as electron-microscope-...

Jul 30, 2019

Researchers develop novel process for structuring quantum materials

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To build high-performance quantum computers, for example, topological insulators have to be combined with superconductors. This fabrication step is associated with a number of challenges that have now been solved by researchers.

Jul 30, 2019

Researchers repair faulty brain circuits using nanotechnology

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Possible new drug targets for dementia and intellectual disability.

Jul 30, 2019

New nanoparticle combination therapy shows effective resuscitation for massive hemorrhage

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Scientists successfully resuscitated rabbits with coagulopathy from severe hemorrhagic shock using hemostatic nanoparticles and oxygen-carrying nanoparticles, which respectively stopped bleeding and delivered oxygen to the systemic tissues and org...

Jul 30, 2019

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