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Nanostructured coatings deliver killing touch for bacteria

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Tiny zinc oxide-based spikes that mimic natural antibacterial coatings puncture and damage microbial cell walls via oxidation.

Oct 4, 2018

Toughening up polymers with nanoparticles

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Adding nanoparticles to a polymer matrix enhances the thermo-mechanical properties of the materials.

Oct 4, 2018

Light makes Rice University catalyst more effective

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Scientists at Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics have demonstrated a new catalyst for making clean-burning hydrogen from ammonia. Reporting this week in Science, they describe a plasmonic effect that lowers chemical activation barriers, impr...

Oct 4, 2018

Nanoparticles to treat snakebites

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Venomous snakebites affect 2.5 million people, and annually cause more than 100,000 deaths and leave 400,000 individuals with permanent physical and psychological trauma each year. Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have now...

Oct 4, 2018

Nanosonics Announces Commercial Availability of trophon2 High Level Disinfection System in US and Canada

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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#HLD--Nanosonics announces commercial availability of trophon®2 High Level Disinfection System in the US and Canada

Oct 3, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Scientists use nanoparticles to improve chemotherapy response, boost anti-tumor immunity: U of T scientists use nanoparticles to improve chemotherapy response and boost anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer

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Scientists at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy have seen remarkable success combining tumor modulating nanoparticles with doxorubicin to enhance chemotherapy response in pre-...

Oct 3, 2018

Gold nanoclusters turn bacteria into photosynthetic machines - Physics World

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New catalytic biohybrids can generate fuel from sunlight and might find use in green-energy applications The post Gold nanoclusters turn bacteria into photosynthetic machines appeared first on Physics World.

Oct 3, 2018

Toward a smaller carbon footprint: Technology that takes carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and turn it into valuable chemicals and fuels

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in carbon nanotube technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into useful chemicals.

Oct 3, 2018

New breakthrough in nanotechnology that uses atmospheric carbon to make useful chemicals

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Burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas releases carbon into the atmosphere as CO2 while the production of methanol and other valuable fuels and chemicals requires a supply of carbon. There is currently no economically or energy efficien...

Oct 3, 2018

Xilinx matches FPGAs with AI on dedicated platforms eeNews Europe

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At the Xilinx Developer Forum, FPGA vendor Xilinx has announced the first iteration of the adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) it had announced in March this year.Versal is the name CEO Victor Peng gave away, talking about the fir...

Oct 3, 2018

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