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'Waltzing' nanoparticles could advance search for better drug delivery methods: Scientists watch the 'swirling and spinning' of therapeutic nanoparticles to better understand their cellular binding

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Scientists paired drug-delivering nanoparticles like dance partners to reveal that molecules attach to targets on cells differently based upon their position in time. The discovery could improve methods for screening drugs for therapeutic effectiv...

Nov 13, 2018

'Waltzing' nanoparticles could advance search for better drug delivery methods

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Indiana University researchers have discovered that drug-delivering nanoparticles attach to their targets differently based upon their position when they meet—like ballroom dancers who change their moves with the music.

Nov 13, 2018

Global Next Generation Computing Market 2018-2023: Forecasts by Bio-Computing, Brain-Computer Interfaces, High Performance, Nanocomputing, Neomorphic, Serverless, Swarm, and Quantum Computing - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Next Generation Computing Market: Bio-Computing, Brain-Computer Interfaces, High Performance Computing, Nanocomputing, Neomorphic Computing, Serverless Computing, Swarm Computing, and Quantum Computing 2018 - 202...

Nov 13, 2018

Moths and magnets could save lives: Experimental herapy could repair mutations that cause genetic diseases

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Bioengineers have combined a virus that infects moths with magnetic nanoparticles to create a potential new therapy for inherited genetic diseases like muscular dystrophy, sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and some forms of can...

Nov 13, 2018

Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles

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Scientists have succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles. They have developed so-called ''upconverting'' nanoparticles that not only convert infrared li...

Nov 13, 2018

Detecting light in a 'different dimension'

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Scientists have dramatically improved the response of graphene to light through self-assembling wire-like nanostructures that conduct electricity.

Nov 13, 2018

Solution in fight against fake graphene

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A new study has uncovered a major problem - a lack of graphene production standards has led to many cases of poor quality products from suppliers. Such practices can impede the progress of research that depend fundamentally on the use of high-qual...

Nov 13, 2018

Anticancer drugs to be delivered directly to cells by magnetic nanospring capsules

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists obtained nanosprings that may be used to develop nanorobots and targeted drug delivery agents.

Nov 13, 2018

Moths and nanomagnets could save lives

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Experimental therapy could repair mutations that cause genetic diseases.

Nov 13, 2018

Using fine-tuning for record-breaking solar cell performance

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Materials scientists have achieved a new record in the performance of organic non-fullerene based single-junction solar cells. Using a series of complex optimisations, they achieved certified power conversion efficiency of 12.25 percent on a surfa...

Nov 13, 2018

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