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Low-dose radiation therapy improves delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles to brain tumors

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A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles by glioblastomas, raising the possibility of using both growth-factor-targeted and immune-syste...

Mar 27, 2019

Low-dose radiation therapy improves delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles to brain tumors

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Radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles by glioblastomas, raising the possibility of using both growth-factor-targeted and immune-system-based therapies against the deadly brain tumor, according to a new study.

Mar 27, 2019

Inverse-Designed Metastructures Operate with Light to Perform ‘Photonic Calculus’

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A research team at the University of Pennsylvania has demonstrated a metamaterial device that can function as an analog computer. Such processing typically requires complex systems of bulky optical elements like lenses, filters, and mirrors. The r...

Mar 27, 2019

Fullerenes bridge conductive gap in organic photovoltaics

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Organic photovoltaics have achieved remarkably high efficiencies, but finding optimum combinations of materials for high-performance organic solar cells, which are also economically competitive, still presents a challenge. Researchers from the Uni...

Mar 27, 2019

Swansea-Hamburg Team Discovers Semiconducting Properties in Metal Nanoclusters

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A joint Swansea-Hamburg research team has discovered that miniature nanoclusters of metal atoms—such as silver and gold—possess properties that enable them to be used as semiconductors....

Mar 27, 2019

New structural phase transition may broaden the applicability of photo-responsive solids

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A team of scientists from Waseda University in Tokyo and Rigaku Corporation has discovered a new type of organic crystal structural phase transition called the photo-triggered phase transition. Hideko Koshima, a visiting professor at Waseda's...

Mar 27, 2019

PolyU develops electrostatically charged nanofiber for airborne filtration

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently developed an electrostatically charged nanofiber filter with multiple separator layers, which can capture pollutant particles that are below 100 ...

Mar 27, 2019

Nine nanoparticles for multicolour electron microscopy – Physics World

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Nanoparticles with specific emission spectra provide a stepping stone towards labelling multiple proteins for electron microscopy The post Nine nanoparticles for multicolour electron microscopy appeared first on Physics World.

Mar 27, 2019

Scientists Develop Robust Protocol for Nanoscale Chemical Imaging Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

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Researchers from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Utrecht University have formed a strong protocol for nanoscale chemical imaging with the help of tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS), as...

Mar 27, 2019

Unique electrostatically charged nanofiber with enhanced performance in filtering airborne pollutants and viruses

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Researchers developed an electrostatically charged nanofiber filter with multiple separator layers, which can capture pollutant particles that are below 100 nm in diameter. The novel nanofiber filter demonstrates better performance in terms of bre...

Mar 27, 2019

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