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Pushing atoms by picometers tunes nanoparticle catalysis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By combining advanced high-precision electron microscopy and computational methods, researchers have shed new light on the role of strain in nanoparticle catalysis. Catalytic metal nanoparticles supported on oxide substrates are used on a large sc...

Jul 31, 2018

Pushing atoms by picometers tunes nanoparticle catalysis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

By combining advanced high-precision electron microscopy and computational methods, researchers have shed new light on the role of strain in nanoparticle catalysis. Catalytic metal nanoparticles supported on oxide substrates are used on a large sc...

Jul 31, 2018

Fraunhofer supplies lignin for biobased materials

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

Using ultrapure lignin from the lignocellulosic biorefinery at the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna, researchers at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TU HH) have produced lignin-containing aerogels...

Jul 31, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model. The unique delivery system represents a novel way to target chemotherap...

Jul 30, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model. The unique delivery system rep...

Jul 30, 2018

Nano-sized traps show promise in diagnosing pathogenic bacterial infections

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new type of "lab on a chip" developed by McGill University scientists has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just minutes.

Jul 30, 2018

Nano-optic endoscope sees deep into tissue at high resolution: Researchers adopt metalens technology in a new endoscopic optical imaging catheter to better detect disease, including cancer

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Experts in endoscopic imaging and pioneers of flat metalens technology have teamed up to develop a new class of endoscopic imaging catheters -- termed nano-optic endoscopes -- that overcome the limitations of current systems.

Jul 30, 2018

Nano-sized traps show promise in diagnosing pathogenic bacterial infections: New device could quickly detect disease-causing bacteria, save lives

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new type of 'lab on a chip' has the potential to become a clinical tool capable of detecting very small quantities of disease-causing bacteria in just minutes.

Jul 30, 2018

Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumors

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model.

Jul 30, 2018

Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time

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Chemists have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which only measure a thousandth of the thickness of a human hair, in real time. The particles are used in medicine, food and sports items ...

Jul 30, 2018

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