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Navigating the Graphene Maze: Health, Environment, and Innovation

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

The largest EU research initiative ever launched has come to a successful end: The Graphene Flagship was officially concluded at the end of last year. Empa researchers were also involved, such as molecular biologist Peter Wick, who was part of the...

Mar 2, 2024

Penn engineers develop targeted lung delivery system using lipid nanoparticles

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Penn Engineers have developed a new means of targeting the lungs with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the miniscule capsules used by the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to deliver mRNA, opening the door to novel treatments for pulmonary ...

Mar 1, 2024

Want Fewer Microplastics in Your Tap Water? Try This Simple Tip

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Nano- and microplastics are seemingly everywhere — water, soil, and the air. While many creative strategies have been attempted to get rid of these plastic bits, one unexpectedly effective solution for cleaning up drinking water, specifically, mig...

Mar 1, 2024

Weight loss solution inspired by space shuttles: New mRNA delivery breakthrough

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Breakthrough in lipid nanoparticle synthesis for mRNA delivery mirrors space shuttle design, enhancing vaccine efficacy and simplifying production.

Mar 1, 2024

Synergy palladium single atoms and twinned nanoparticles for efficient CO₂ photoreduction

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The challenge of regulating the electronic structures of metal single-atoms (M-SAs) with metal nanoparticles (M-NPs) lies in the synthesis of a definite architecture. Such a structure has strong electronic metal-support interactions and maintains ...

Mar 1, 2024

Research team develops nanoparticle-based sonodynamic therapy for H. pylori infection

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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a common pathogen that can be transmitted from person to person. Long-term H. pylori infection has been recognized as a Class I human carcinogen. Currently, the standard clinical treatments for H. pylori infectio...

Mar 1, 2024

Precision pulmonary medicine: Engineers target lung disease with lipid nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Penn Engineers have developed a new means of targeting the lungs with lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the minuscule capsules used by the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to deliver mRNA, opening the door to novel treatments for pulmonary ...

Mar 1, 2024

Scientists make nanoparticles dance to unravel quantum limits

The question of where the boundary between classical and quantum physics lies is one of the longest-standing pursuits of modern scientific research and in new research published today, scientists demonstrate a novel platform that could help us fin...

Mar 1, 2024

Sustainable aerogels transform food and electronic waste into pure gold

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers pioneered amyloid aerogels made from food waste that can selectively adsorb gold ions from electronic waste, then release pure gold nuggets. The circular approach sustainably valorizes two waste streams into new value.

Mar 1, 2024

Asynt Opens San Francisco Office; BAE Selected to Provide Space Force Prototype: Week in Brief: 3/1/24

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BAE Systems has been selected by the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Enterprise Consortium to provide a prototype ground system for the U.S. Space Force’s SSC Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control (FORGE C2) project...

Mar 1, 2024

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