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Unique synthetic antibodies show promise for improved disease and toxin detection

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Scientists have invented a new "synthetic antibody" that could make screening for diseases easier and less expensive than current go-to methods. Writing in the journal Nano Letters, a team led by Markita Landry of Berkeley Lab and UC Ber...

Apr 30, 2019

2D nanomaterials prolong growth factor release to mend cartilage

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have designed a new class of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials that are disc-shaped and flat on the surface, similar to a coin, to aid in treatments for cartilage repair. The nanomaterials' unique charge arrangement allows them t...

Apr 30, 2019

Heat-conducting nanostructured polymers

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Material may replace many metals as lightweight, flexible heat dissipators in cars, refrigerators, and electronics.

Apr 30, 2019

Porous Graphene Sponge Could Lead to the Development of New Battery Technologies

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Innovative battery technologies will be required to meet the demands of electronics in the future. In this regard, lithium-sulfur batteries may provide a solution as they have a hypothetical energy...

Apr 30, 2019

Self-powered system instantaneously harvests and stores energy

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Researchers introduced an exclusive self-charging and self-healing flexible asymmetric supercapacitor power cell proficient to sustainably power-up portable electronics by simply applying mechanical bio-mechanical stresses. This self-charging powe...

Apr 30, 2019

Nanomaterials mimicking natural enzymes with superior catalytic activity

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers doped nitrogen and boron into graphene to selectively increase peroxidase-like activity and succeeded in synthesizing a peroxidase-mimicking nanozyme with a low cost and superior catalytic activity.

Apr 30, 2019

Nanomaterials mimicking natural enzymes with superior catalytic activity and selectivity

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A KAIST research team doped nitrogen and boron into graphene to selectively increase peroxidase-like activity and succeeded in synthesizing a peroxidase-mimicking nanozyme with a low cost and superior catalytic activity. These nanomaterials can be...

Apr 30, 2019

Researchers design a strategy to make graphene luminescent

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A University of Cordoba research project is able to incorporate luminescence into this super material, paving a new way to continue expanding properties

Apr 30, 2019

Blood based test using AI and nanotechnology devised for chronic fatigue syndrome

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

People suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been up until now treated with scepticism at best. Their symptoms have been negated as vague and their debilitating condition has not received the status of being proven in a test. No more ...

Apr 29, 2019

Avoiding Numerical Dead Zones to Prevent Quantum Computers Getting Stuck | NextBigFuture.com

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You would want to avoid initializing values that would start in numerical deadzones because then the quantum system would get stuck and would not reach a correct solution.

Apr 29, 2019

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