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Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Imprinted spheres fight breast cancer: Inhibition of HER2 on tumor cells by molecularly imprinted nanoparticles

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A particularly aggressive, metastasizing form of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, may be treated with nanoscopic particles "imprinted" with specific binding sites for the receptor molecule HER2. A...

Jul 4, 2019

Spontaneously Forming Semiconducting Nanotubes

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at EPFL have found a method to make semiconducting, photoluminescent nanotubes form spontaneously in liquid solutions. The tubes — which contain many walls that are perfectly...

Jul 4, 2019

Researchers Develop Large-Area, Adlayer-Free, Single-Crystal Graphene

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A truly single-layer (that is, adlayer-free) large-area graphene film on large-area copper foils has been reported by the research group of Director Rodney Ruoff from the Center for Multidimensional...

Jul 4, 2019

Use of Black (Nano) Gold Could Help Fight Climate Change

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Global warming poses a serious hazard to Earth and living beings. The rise in the atmospheric CO2 level is one of the key reasons for global warming. The major origin of this CO2 is from the...

Jul 4, 2019

New material shows high potential for quantum computing

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

A joint team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is

Jul 4, 2019

Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled

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An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as good as the best process commercially available today. Fuel...

Jul 4, 2019

Bionic catalysts to produce clean energy

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Mixing microbes with carbon nanomaterials could help the transition to renewable energy. KAUST research shows microbes and nanomaterials can be used together to form a biohybrid material that performs well as an electrocatalyst. The material coul...

Jul 4, 2019

HER2-positive breast cancer may be treated with imprinted nanospheres

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A particularly aggressive, metastasizing form of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, may be treated with nanoscopic particles “imprinted” with specific binding sites for the receptor molecule HER2.

Jul 4, 2019

Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as potent as the best process commercially available today.

Jul 3, 2019

Black (nano)gold to combat climate change

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Global warming is a serious threat to the planet and living beings. One of the main causes of global warming is the increase in the atmospheric CO2 level. The main source of this CO2 is from the burning of fossil fuels in our daily lives (electric...

Jul 3, 2019

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