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New project examines nanomaterials considering their entire life cycle

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Nanomaterials and novel materials are being examined with regard to their human health and environmental risks.

May 7, 2019

Nanoparticles can aid in stroke therapy

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Selenium nanoparticles could have a therapeutic effect on ischemic brain strokes by promoting the recovery of brain damage.

May 7, 2019

Nanoparticles can aid in stroke therapy

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Tiny selenium particles could have a therapeutic effect on ischemic brain strokes by promoting the recovery of brain damage. Pharmacologists, including Alireza Mashaghi from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research discovered that selenium nan...

May 7, 2019

Ensuring oral medicines are protected from the acidic conditions of the stomach

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A group of chemical and biomedical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Cambridge has improved the chemical stability of 'ZIF crystals', enabling these porous nanomaterials to be used for smart pharmaceutical drug delivery in the h...

May 7, 2019

Synthetic and living micropropellers support convection-enhanced nanoparticle transport

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Nanoparticles (NPs) are a promising platform for drug delivery to treat a variety of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Yet the efficiency of NP transfer to the diseased tissue of interest is limited due to an asso...

May 7, 2019

Stickier than expected: Hydrogen binds to graphene in 10 femtoseconds

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Graphene is celebrated as an extraordinary material. It consists of pure carbon, only a single atomic layer thick. Nevertheless, it is extremely stable, strong, and even conductive. For electronics, however, graphene still has crucial disadvantag...

May 7, 2019

Cooling with light

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ETH researchers have cooled a nanoparticle to a record low temperature, thanks to a sophisticated experimental set-up that uses scattered laser light for cooling. Until now, no one has ever cooled a nanoparticle to such low temperatures in a phot...

May 7, 2019

Quantum computing with graphene plasmons

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A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms could lead to new designs for optical quantum computers. Physicists from the University of Vienna and the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona have shown that tailored graphen...

May 7, 2019

Two-dimensional (2D) rare earth nanomaterials

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Rare earth metals and alloys that contain them are used in many devices that people use in their everyday lives. Whereas the research on two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, MXenes, transition metal dichalc...

May 7, 2019

Nanobody approach to targeting tumors and tracking their spread

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Researchers develop nanosized antibodies that home in on the meshwork of proteins surrounding cancer cells.

May 7, 2019

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