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Piezoelectric nanoparticles promise improved brain tumour treatments – Physics World

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Piezoelectric nanoparticles that target and electrically stimulate tumour cells upon exposure to ultrasound could enhance the treatment of brain tumours The post Piezoelectric nanoparticles promise improved brain tumour treatments appeared first o...

Feb 13, 2019

Researchers Find New Method for Fabricating Optical Metasurfaces

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A way to produce glass metasurfaces that can be either rigid or flexible, developed by engineers from the EPFL Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices, could be used to fabricate all-dielectric optical metasurfaces quickly, at low tempe...

Feb 13, 2019

Behavior of Droplets Emanating from “Nano-Tap” Differ from Those of a Household Tap

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New theory and insights into how liquid nano-jets disintegrate into droplets Computer simulations of molecules demonstrate how droplets from a “nano-tap” are different from those from a...

Feb 13, 2019

What happens to magnetic nanoparticles in cells?

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Although magnetic nanoparticles are being used more and more in cell imaging and tissue bioengineering, what happens to them within stem cells in the long term remained undocumented. Researchers from CNRS, the Sorbonne Université, and universities...

Feb 13, 2019

Sensitive sensor detects Down syndrome DNA

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome is the most common birth defect, occurring once in every 700 births. However, traditional non-invasive prenatal tests for the condition are unreliable or carry risks for th...

Feb 13, 2019

Graphene and 2D materials on track to innovative applications

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A collection of articles on EU-funded research in the field of graphene is now available in free, accessible PDF.

Feb 13, 2019

Superior noise control using graphene

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Noise is a dangerous worldwide environmental pollutant: at normal levels found in cities it can induce annoyance, stress and fluctuations in sleep patterns which in turn increase the risk of type-2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, myocardial infar...

Feb 13, 2019

Nanoscale Fingerprinting Using Hyperbolic Metamaterials

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Hyperbolic metamaterials are structures created artificially by depositing alternating thin layers of a conductor such as graphene or silver onto a substrate. One of their distinct abilities is aiding...

Feb 13, 2019

Multimaterial 3-D laser microprinting using an integrated microfluidic system

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Complex, three-dimensional (3-D) structures are regularly constructed using a reliable commercial method of 3-D laser micro- and nanoprinting. In a recent study, Frederik Mayer and co-workers in Germany and Australia have presented a new system in...

Feb 13, 2019

Researchers Create Tough Versions of Laser-Induced Graphene Composites

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Laser-induced graphene, or LIG in short, is a flaky foam of carbon that measures only one atom thick. It possesses a number of interesting characteristics on its own, but as part of a composite, it is...

Feb 13, 2019

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