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New graphene-based sensor design could improve food safety

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Approach offers high sensitivity for detecting gases, chemicals and pathogens.

Dec 4, 2018

A universal DNA nano-signature for cancer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers from the University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) have discovered a unique nano-scaled DNA signature that appears to be common to all cancers.

Dec 4, 2018

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles. They weren't looking for it, but students in the lab of Rice chemist Stephan Link found that...

Dec 4, 2018

Researchers discover new material—black silver

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Researchers from the Singapore University of Design and Technology (SUTD) have engineered a new, inexpensive nanomaterial that has applications ranging from biomolecule detectors to solar energy conversion. The key to the material's remarkabl...

Dec 4, 2018

DNA origami heals kidneys - Physics World

Physics World   -   Nanotechnology Websites

DNA origami nanostructures are capable of healing kidneys by protecting them from oxidative stress The post DNA origami heals kidneys appeared first on Physics World.

Dec 4, 2018

Light triggers gold in unexpected way

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Rice University researchers have discovered a fundamentally different form of light-matter interaction in their experiments with gold nanoparticles.

Dec 4, 2018

With these nanoparticles, a simple urine test could diagnose bacterial pneumonia

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Pneumonia, a respiratory disease that kills about 50,000 people in the United States every year, can be caused

Dec 4, 2018

BeBop Sensors Wins IDTechEx Wearable Award

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Fabric sensor technology developer BeBop Sensors Inc. has won the Best New Material Award at the 2018 IDTechEx Wearable USA Awards for its wearable fabric sensor technology. The Wearable USA Awards recognize company developments and successes th...

Dec 4, 2018

Colloidal quantum dots make LEDs shine bright in the infrared

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The ideal optoelectronic semiconductor material would be a strong light emitter and an efficient charge conductor to allow for electrical injection in devices. These two conditions, when met, can lead to highly efficient LEDs as well as to solar c...

Dec 4, 2018

NanoBioCel group develops lipid vesicles that can genetic material efficiently and viably

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

In a piece of research conducted in collaboration, the NanoBioCel group of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Pharmacy, and the University of Elche have designed some niosomes, which are lipid vesicles for use in gene therapies designed to treat diseas...

Dec 4, 2018

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