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Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine

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Scientists construct DNA nanoparticles that can express their own built-in genetic instructions. Gene-bearing capacity increases the potential impact of DNA nanotechnology, which could lead to major advances in medical treatment.

Feb 6, 2024

Nanomedicine advancement shows potential for personalized point-of-care therapeutics

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Scientists examined how to create tools that produce nanomedicines, such as vaccine formulations, directly at the point of care.

Feb 6, 2024

A large scale growth method for atomically thin materials on insulating substrates

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Researchers develop a technique to reliably grow high quality, wafer-scale sheets of promising 2D materials like graphene and boron nitride directly onto the non-conductive surfaces crucial for modern electronics manufacturing.

Feb 6, 2024

Revolutionizing Industries With Super-Durable Gold Catalysts

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A protective layer applied to gold nanoparticles can boost its resilience. For the first time, researchers including those at the University of Tokyo discovered a way to improve the durability of gold catalysts by creating a protective layer of me...

Feb 6, 2024

Quantum Photonics Leap: Revolutionary Nanocavities Redefine Light Confinement

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Dr. Hanan Herzig Sheinfux, from Bar-Ilan University: “What started as a chance discovery, may well open the way to new quantum applications, pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible.”

Feb 6, 2024

A nanostructured anti-bacterial coating solution for food containers

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Researchers have developed a two-step coating solution for galvanized steel that is more hygienic and reduces the risk of corrosion.

Feb 6, 2024

Harnessing Nanotechnology to Preserve Crops

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The fungus genus Ceratobasidium has been identified as the cause of cassava witches’ broom disease, thanks to a recent advance in DNA sequencing technology.

Feb 6, 2024

Could Magnesium Enhance Tantalum's Quantum Potential?

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Researchers at the DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States have found that a coating of magnesium enhances the characteristics of tantalum, a superconducting material with a lot of potential for creating qubits, the building bloc...

Feb 6, 2024

Guanine synthesis yields new insights into nitrogen's role in nanocarbon catalysis

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A new study clarifies how different types of nitrogen can modulate oxidative dehydrogenation activity - a critical process involved in converting inert compounds into reactive nanocarbons.

Feb 6, 2024

The Third-Order Exceptional Line in Nitrogen-Vacancy Spin System

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Researchers have detected the third-order exceptional line (EL) in a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spin system and have methodically investigated the relationships between symmetries and high-order non-Hermitian exceptional points (EPs). The study has bee...

Feb 6, 2024

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