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World's smallest MRI performed on single atoms

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Ewha Womans University have made a major scientific breakthrough by performing the world's smallest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In ...

Jul 3, 2019

Inhibition of HER2 on tumor cells by molecularly imprinted nanoparticles

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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. As reported by Chinese researchers in ...

Jul 3, 2019

Nanoporous material nets contaminant from water

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Barely visible material that looks like tiny grains of sand may hold the key to removing an invisible health threat that has contaminated water supplies.

Jul 3, 2019

Modelling leads to the optimum size for platinum fuel cell nanocatalysts

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

New size-optimized platinum nanocatalysts are twice as good as the best process commercially available today.

Jul 3, 2019

Ultra-small nanoprobes could be a leap forward in high-resolution human-machine interfaces

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have conquered the monumental task of manufacturing scalable nanoprobe arrays small enough to record the inner workings of human cardiac cells and primary neurons.

Jul 3, 2019

Graphenes now go monolayer and single crystalline

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have reported a truly single layer (i.e., adlayer-free) large area graphene film on large area copper foils. They refined the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth method by eliminating all carbon impurities inside the copper foils on...

Jul 3, 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.

Jul 3, 2019

Black (nano)gold combat climate change

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

By using the techniques of nanotechnology, we transformed golden gold to black gold, by simply changing the size and gaps between gold nanoparticles. Now, like real trees, where they use CO2, sunlight and water to produce food, our developed black...

Jul 3, 2019

Imprinted spheres fight breast cancer

EurekAlert   -   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. As reported by Chinese researchers in ...

Jul 3, 2019

Ultra-small nanoprobes could be a leap forward in human-machine interfaces

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Machine enhanced humans -- or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction -- could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research from the University of Surrey and Harvard University.

Jul 3, 2019

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