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Camouflaged nanoparticles used to deliver killer protein to cancer

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A biomimetic nanosystem can deliver therapeutic proteins to selectively target cancerous tumors, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Jun 15, 2018

Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials

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Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have generated four peptides, molecules smaller than proteins, capable of self-assembling in a controlled manner to form nanomaterials. The research, published in the journal ...

Jun 15, 2018

New explosive could render toxic TNT obsolete

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It looks as if the days of the venerable explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT) are numbered as researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Maryland develop a new explosive that has th...

Jun 15, 2018

Flying spiders sense meteorological conditions, use nanoscale fibers to float on the wind: The crab spider spins out tens of fine silk fibers for its aerial dispersal

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Spiders take flight on the smallest of breezes by first sensing the wind, and then spinning out dozens of nanoscale fibers up to seven meters long, according to a new study.

Jun 14, 2018

Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials

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Researchers fabricate four molecules of only seven amino acids with the ability to self-assemble and rapidly and inexpensively form nanomaterials for biomedical and nanotechnological purposes. Inspired on a type of natural assembly seen in amyloid...

Jun 14, 2018

Quantum transfer at the push of a button

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In the new quantum information technologies, fragile quantum states have to be transferred between distant quantum bits. Researchers have now realized such a quantum transmission between two solid-state qubits at the push of a button.

Jun 14, 2018

Sculpting with graphene foam

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Scientists have developed a simple way to produce conductive, three-dimensional objects made of graphene foam. The material can be a building block for energy storage or flexible sensing applications.

Jun 14, 2018

A sprinkle of platinum nanoparticles onto graphene makes brain probes more sensitive

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Graphene electrodes could enable higher quality brain imaging thanks to new research by a team of engineers and neuroscientists. The researchers developed a technique, using platinum nanoparticles, to lower the impedance of graphene electrodes by ...

Jun 14, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Graphene carpets: So neurons communicate better: Research by SISSA reveals that graphene can strengthen neuronal activity, confirming the unique properties of this nanomaterial. The study has been published on Nature Nanotechnology

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A work led by SISSA and published on Nature Nanotechnology reports for the first time experimentally the phenomenon of ion 'trapping' by graphene carpets and its effect on the communication between ne...

Jun 14, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: SUNY Poly Professor Eric Lifshin Selected for 'Fellow of the Microanalysis Society' Position for Significant Contributions to Microanalysis

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SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) announced that Professor of Nanoscience Dr. Eric Lifshin has been selected as a Fellow of the Microanalysis Society (MAS), an honor given to the societys most...

Jun 14, 2018

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