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A new point-of-need nanodiagnostic for better healthcare

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The Nano4 project takes fast, reliable and low-cost molecular point of care (POC) diagnostic tools down to the nano-scale, offering better healthcare outcomes for patients.

May 2, 2018

Innovative nanotransistor for easy measurement of electrolyte concentration in blood

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Testing the blood of patients that doctors believe may be suffering from an electrolyte imbalance is usually a major effort because various selective tests have to be performed. Electrolytes are certain nutrients or chemicals in the body that carr...

May 2, 2018

Piezoelectric nanotechnology platform inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists report an innovative nanotechnological approach for inhibiting the proliferation of breast cancer cells. For the first time, a wireless treatment based on piezoelectric nanoparticles has been exploited to remotely deliver electric stimu...

May 2, 2018

New class of single-atom catalysts for carbon nanotubes exhibit outstanding electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO

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Experiments using X-rays on two beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron have helped characterise a new class of single atom catalysts (SACs) supported on carbon nanotubes that exhibit outstanding electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO. A weight lo...

May 2, 2018

A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials: Study may 'pave the way for sustainable nanotechnologies'

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental impacts at the start of the process, their long-term eff...

May 1, 2018

Nanotechnology Now - News Story: MEET THE WOMAN BEHIND THE NANOTECHNOLOGY THAT REVOLUTIONIZED DENTAL CARE

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

She wasnt aiming to make history. But in the late 1990s, when Sumita Mitra, a chemist at 3M, began to use nanotechnology to improve dental fillings, thats exactly what happened. Now found in denta...

May 1, 2018

A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials

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Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental impacts at the start of the process, their long-term eff...

May 1, 2018

Stage-diving with biomolecules improves optical microscopy

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Physicists from Dresden and Würzburg have developed a novel method for optical microscopy, obtaining high-resolution images using biological motors and single quantum dots.

May 1, 2018

'Exceptional' research points way toward quantum discoveries: Scientists make tunable light-matter couplings in nanotube films

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Scientists use nanotube films and polarized light to strongly couple light and matter progressively and on demand at room temperature. Their technique could help scientists who study data storage and the manipulation of light at quantum levels.

Apr 30, 2018

Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants: Nanoscale structures based on ones found in nature make eye implants more effective and last longer

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Nanostructures inspired by transparent butterfly wings help eye implants function better and safely avoid biofouling.

Apr 30, 2018

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