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A novel machine learning model for the characterization of material surfaces

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Machine learning (ML) enables the accurate and efficient computation of fundamental electronic properties of binary and ternary oxide surfaces, as shown by scientists from Tokyo Tech. Their ML-based model could be extended to other compounds and p...

Apr 12, 2024

Smart nanoprobe illuminates prostate cancer cells

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Biomedical imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have revolutionized the ability to detect and track the progress of many cancer types. However, the difficulty of obtaining detailed images of cancer cells buried deep within n...

Apr 12, 2024

Researchers use graphene to achieve direct observation of a magnetic-field-induced Wigner crystal

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Researchers from Princeton University, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have used a special kind of microscope and two pieces of extremely defect-free graphen...

Apr 12, 2024

A targeted polymer to treat colorectal cancer liver metastases

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A nanosized polymer, developed by a research team from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, can selectively deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to blood vessels that feed tumors and metastases and has emerged as an effective treatment for advanced cance...

Apr 8, 2024

New diagnostic tool achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster and simpler nanopore system

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Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer processing time. Now a new diagnostic tool devel...

Apr 8, 2024

Researchers use self-organized crack-free nanocellular graphene film to enhance sodium ion batteries

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Researchers from Tohoku University, Tianjin University of Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology and Johns Hopkins University recently designed a nanocellular graphene (NCG) film through the self-organization of carbon atoms using...

Apr 8, 2024

Fluorous lipopeptides act as highly effective antibiotics for multidrug-resistant pathogens

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Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. Publishing in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a Chinese research team has now introduced a method for the d...

Apr 8, 2024

Improving sodium ion batteries with mechanically robust nanocellular graphene

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Ever since its discovery in 2004, graphene has been revolutionizing the field of materials science and beyond. Graphene comprises two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms, bonded into a thin hexagonal shape with a thickness of one atom layer. This g...

Apr 8, 2024

Advances in adaptive, intelligent life-inspired materials

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The drive to create materials that emulate the extraordinary properties of living systems has long been a source of inspiration and frustration for scientists and engineers. From the earliest attempts to understand the mysteries of silk's str...

Apr 8, 2024

First Graphene reports positive results from graphene-enhanced cement trials in the UK

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First Graphene has announced that continued positive results have been reported in field trials of its graphene enhanced cement. The graphene enhanced concrete slab, which incorporates the Company’s PureGRAPH, reportedly continues to perform well,...

Apr 8, 2024

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