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Dental plaque is no match for catalytic nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Twice-daily rinses of FDA-approved nanoparticles broke apart oral biofilms and prevented tooth decay in a study.

Jul 31, 2018

Titanium dioxide as a nanoscale sensor of mechanical stress

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from EPFL, Germany and France have revealed a new property of the cheap and abundant material anatase titanium dioxide, which promises applications as a medium for room-temperature nanosensors of mechanical stress with an optical read-out.

Jul 31, 2018

Titanium dioxide as a nanoscale sensor of mechanical stress

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have revealed a new property of the cheap and abundant material anatase titanium dioxide, which promises applications as a medium for room-temperature nanosensors of mechanical stress with an optical read-out.

Jul 31, 2018

Georgia Tech Scientist Honored for Energy Research | Research Horizons

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Electronics and Nanotechnology Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Materials

Jul 31, 2018

Pushing atoms by picometers tunes nanoparticle catalysis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By combining advanced high-precision electron microscopy and computational methods, researchers have shed new light on the role of strain in nanoparticle catalysis. Catalytic metal nanoparticles supported on oxide substrates are used on a large sc...

Jul 31, 2018

Pushing atoms by picometers tunes nanoparticle catalysis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By combining advanced high-precision electron microscopy and computational methods, researchers have shed new light on the role of strain in nanoparticle catalysis. Catalytic metal nanoparticles supported on oxide substrates are used on a large sc...

Jul 31, 2018

Fraunhofer supplies lignin for biobased materials

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Using ultrapure lignin from the lignocellulosic biorefinery at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna, researchers at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TU HH) have produced lignin-containing aerogels...

Jul 31, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model. The unique delivery system represents a novel way to target chemotherap...

Jul 30, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model. The unique delivery system rep...

Jul 30, 2018

Nano-sized traps show promise in diagnosing pathogenic bacterial infections

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A new type of "lab on a chip" developed by McGill University scientists has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just minutes.

Jul 30, 2018

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