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Graphene Is Grown With the Same Bandgap as Silicon

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

No doping or nanostructuring is required for new bottom-up method to grow graphene with a perfect bandgap

Apr 16, 2018

Graphene Is Grown With the Same Bandgap as Silicon

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

No doping or nanostructuring is required for new bottom-up method to grow graphene with a perfect bandgap

Apr 16, 2018

Driving nanomotors through road blocks inside living cells

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers demonstrate that helical shaped magnetic nanomotors can be maneuvered inside a living cell. This new and versatile technique has the potential ability to position any payload at any desired location inside a living cell itself, which i...

Apr 16, 2018

Nanobots Glide Through Living Cells

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Rotating magnetic fields precisely steer the nanomachines, tracing letters in cytoplasm

Apr 13, 2018

Nanosilicates grow bone and cartilage tissue from stem cells in the absence of growth factors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that a specific type of two-dimensional (2D) nanoparticles, nanosilicates, can grow bone and cartilage tissue from stem cells in the absence of growth factors. These nanoparticles are similar in shape to a coin, but 1...

Apr 13, 2018

Researchers review potential of targeted nanocarriers to revolutionize cancer care

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A new Tel Aviv University study addresses the challenges of nanoparticle-based cancer-targeting strategies. It also suggests ways of refocusing the collaborative work of cancer researchers and clinicians to move the field forward from "the bench" ...

Apr 12, 2018

Scientists unlock path to use cell's own nanoparticles as disease biomarkers

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Researchers at the University of Sydney have established a method to identify individual nanoparticles released by human cells, opening the way for them to become diagnostic tools in the early-detection of cancers, dementia and kidney disease.

Apr 12, 2018

Nanoparticles for lung cancer pass next test

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The most common type of lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), continues to be difficult to treat, with five year survival rates of about 36 percent for stage 3A tumors. Jefferson College of Pharmacy researchers are developing a new trea...

Apr 11, 2018

Is it Time for Quantum Computing Startups? Maybe

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IBM aims to boost quantum-computing startups, but warns of a “long revenue desert”

Apr 10, 2018

Design of nanochannel interfaces is a key point in energy utilization

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The ability of nanochannels to regulate transported substances in confined spaces is of great research interest in innovative applications, such as high-resolution sensing, filtering, and high-efficiency energy utilization. In the last area, resea...

Apr 10, 2018

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