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New Platform Based on Biology and Nanotechnology Carries mRNA Directly to Target Cells

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

Delivering an effective therapeutic payload to specific target cells with few adverse effects is considered by many to

Nov 7, 2018

Ultrasound releases drug to alter activity in targeted brain areas in rats

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have developed a noninvasive way of delivering drugs to within a few millimeters of a desired point in the brain. The method, tested in rats, uses focused ultrasound to jiggle drug molecules loose from nanoparticle 'cages' tha...

Nov 7, 2018

Watching nanoparticle photoreactions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat.

Nov 7, 2018

Graphene takes a step towards renewable fuel

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Researchers are working to develop a method to convert water and carbon dioxide to the renewable energy of the future, using the energy from the sun and graphene applied to the surface of cubic silicon carbide. They have now taken an important ste...

Nov 7, 2018

Powered by windows: Enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials

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A research group has successfully developed a methodology for enhancing thermoelectric power factor while decreasing thermal conductivity. By introducing ZnO nanowires into ZnO films, the thermoelectric power factor became 3 times larger than that...

Nov 7, 2018

Researchers make movies of photochemistry in single nanoparticles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers retooled an electron microscope to work with visible light and gas flow, making it possible to watch a photochemical reaction as it swept across a nanoparticle the size of a single cold virus.

Nov 7, 2018

Powered by windows: enhanced power factor in transparent thermoelectric nanowire materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A research group successfully developed a methodology for enhancing thermoelectric power factor while decreasing thermal conductivity. By introducing ZnO nanowires into ZnO films, the thermoelectric power factor became 3 times larger than that of ...

Nov 7, 2018

Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs—materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens— have become extremely attractive to the research community due to their ability to exfoliate into 2-D singl...

Nov 7, 2018

Researchers Map Nanoscale Changes in Memory Material to Improve Data Storage

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In order to thoroughly control how a data-storage material switches to physical form, researchers have developed the world’s most powerful electromagnetic pulses in the terahertz range. This...

Nov 7, 2018

Filtering liquids with liquids saves electricity: Liquid-gated membrane filtration system improves industrial wastewater purification and saves energy

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Filtering and treating water accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in the US every year and releases about 290 million metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually. New research demonstrates that recently developed liquid-ga...

Nov 7, 2018

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