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Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is to undergo regular dialysis sessions to clear harmful cellular waste from their...

Oct 17, 2018

Novel, Low-cost Photocatalyst Shown to Produce Hydrogen

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In a breakthrough study, a RUDN chemist has obtained 'green' hydrogen using UV radiation, visible light and catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles. The research suggests that these types...

Oct 17, 2018

Chemists test a new nanocatalyst for obtaining hydrogen

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A chemist from RUDN was the first to use catalysts with ruthenium nanoparticles to obtain hydrogen under the influence of visible light and UV radiation. In the future, such catalysts may be used for large-scale production of hydrogen fuel under t...

Oct 17, 2018

Exploring new spintronics device functionalities in graphene heterostructures

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Graphene Flagship researchers have shown in a paper published in Science Advances how heterostructures built from graphene and topological insulators have strong, proximity induced spin-orbit coupling which can form the basis of novel information ...

Oct 17, 2018

New method to boost efficiency of quantum cryptography

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Once the quantum computer becomes a reality, it will make most of the encryption used today to secure

Oct 17, 2018

Arsenic for Electronics

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

The discovery of graphene, a material made of one or very few atomic layers of carbon, started a boom. Today, such two-dimensional materials are no longer limited to carbon and are hot prospects for many applications, especially in microelectroni...

Oct 17, 2018

NIH Awards Allele with Grant for the Development of Nanoantibody Therapies for Treating Sepsis

Business Wire   -   General News Websites

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$Cell #Ablynx--The National Institute of General Medical Sciences of NIH has awarded a Small Business Innovative Research grant to Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals to develop new single-domain nanoantibody (nAb)...

Oct 17, 2018

Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is to undergo regular dialysis sessions to clear harmful cellular waste from their...

Oct 17, 2018

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Therapeutic benefits and toxicological hazards

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Despite the widespread application of zinc oxide nanoparticles in biomedicine, their use is still a controversial issue. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were are reported to have therapeutic benefits.

Oct 17, 2018

Iran to expand international co-op in nanotech sphere

Tehran Times   -   General News Websites

TEHRAN -- Several countries have participated in the 11th Nanotechnology Festival and Exhibition of Iran (Iran Nano 2018), through which Iran eyes to expand cooperation in the international arena, the secretary of the event said.

Oct 16, 2018

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