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Silver nanoparticles and boron nitride to help get rid of carbon monoxide emissions

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Chemists have developed a new hybrid catalyst for carbon monoxide oxidation consisting of hexagonal boron nitride and silver nanoparticles. This material makes it possible to get a full conversion of carbon monoxide at only 194 degrees Celsius.

Nov 7, 2018

New nano-immunotherapy promotes long-term acceptance of transplanted organs

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have developed a new nanotechnology-based immunotherapy that promotes long-term transplant acceptance in an animal model.

Nov 7, 2018

Nanotechnology-based immunotherapy that promotes organ transplant acceptance

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a novel type of immunotherapy based on innovative nanotechnology that induces long-term organ transplant acceptance in mice. Their study could transform patient care and help to overcome barriers that prevent successful ...

Nov 7, 2018

Filtering liquids with liquids saves electricity

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Filtering and treating water accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in the US every year and releases about 290 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually. New research demonstrates that the Wyss Institute's li...

Nov 7, 2018

Watching nanoparticles

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Stanford researchers retooled an electron microscope to work with visible light and gas flow, making it possible to watch a photochemical reaction as it swept across a nanoparticle the size of a single cold virus.

Nov 7, 2018

Graphene takes a step towards renewable fuel

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are working to develop a method to convert water and carbon dioxide to the renewable energy of the future, using the energy from the sun and graphene applied to the surface of cubic silicon carbide. The...

Nov 7, 2018

Powered by windows: enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

A research group led by Professor Yoshiaki Nakamura of Osaka University successfully developed a methodology for enhancing thermoelectric power factor while decreasing thermal conductivity. By introducing ZnO nanowires into ZnO films, the thermoel...

Nov 7, 2018

'Bionic mushrooms' fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria that generate electricity and swirls of graphene nano...

Nov 7, 2018

Nanotechnology-based immunotherapy promoting transplant acceptance

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Study could transform care for organ transplant recipients.

Nov 6, 2018

AMD launches the first 7nm GPUs, but they're not for you

Engadget   -   General News Websites

AMD is following through on its promise of releasing 7-nanometer GPUs -- not that you can use one yet. The company has formally launched Radeon Instinct MI50 and MI60 cards that use the denser, more efficient chip technology to accelerat...

Nov 6, 2018

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