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Targeting headaches and tumors with nano-submarines

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Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) have developed a new method to enable miniature drug-filled nanocarriers to dock on to immune cells, which in turn attack tumors. In the fu...

Jul 20, 2018

Relax, just break it

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

The properties of a solid depend on the arrangement of its atoms, which form a periodic crystal structure. At the nanoscale, arrangements that break this periodic structure can drastically alter the behavior of the material, but this is difficult ...

Jul 20, 2018

Using miniature drug-filled nanocarriers to target headaches and tumors

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Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have developed a new method to enable miniature drug-filled nanocarriers to dock on to immune cells, which in turn attack tumors.

Jul 20, 2018

Using spin current to convert mechanical vibrations into electricity

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanodevice that generates an electrical current from a spin current, which in turn is generated by mechanical oscillations, demonstrates the versatility of electron spin to convert between energy forms.

Jul 20, 2018

Quantapore Inc. Closes Series 3 Financing Round to Fund Beta Launch of DNA Sequencer

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MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quantapore Inc. announced the completion of a $15.55 million sale of Series 3 Preferred Stock led by Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC). Tsingyuan Ventures and Sangel Venture Capital were major investors in ...

Jul 19, 2018

Zapata Computing Teams Up With Google on Quantum Computing

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zapata Computing (www.zapatacomputing.com), a quantum software startup that spun out of Harvard University, today announced efforts to work with Google on its quantum computers as a Cirq integration partner. Zapa...

Jul 19, 2018

Nanopatterning Market Outlook to 2024 - Global Strategic Business Report 2018 - Growing Demand for Nanopatterning in Biological Applications - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Nanopatterning - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2016 through 2024. Also, a five-year historic a...

Jul 19, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: FEFU scientists reported on toxicity of carbon and silicon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers: Nanoparticles with a wide range of applying, including medicine, damage cells of microalgae Heterosigma akashivo badly.

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles with a wide range of applying, including medicine, damage cells of microalgae Heterosigma akashivo badly. This algae species is widely spread in the Russian Far East marine area. The acu...

Jul 19, 2018

Titanium dioxide-based whitening treatments may be easier on the teeth

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Regardless of what you may think of the practise of teeth-whitening, it appears to not just be a passing fad – and it can harm peoples' teeth. Scientists from China's Nanchang University are out to make it safer, with an experimental new t...

Jul 19, 2018

Physics treasure hidden in a wallpaper pattern

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An international team of scientists has discovered a new, exotic form of insulating material with a metallic surface that could enable more efficient electronics or even quantum computing. The researchers developed a new method for analyzing exist...

Jul 19, 2018

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