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Researchers develop novel selenium nanoparticles for managing postmenopausal osteoporosis

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As the aging population around the world grows, metabolic diseases like osteoporosis are becoming more prevalent and placing a greater burden on health care systems. Rising to this challenge, a research team led by Prof. Wong Ka-hing, Director of ...

Nov 15, 2023

Creating optical logic gates from graphene nanoribbons

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Research into artificial intelligence (AI) network computing has made significant progress in recent years but has so far been held back by the limitations of logic gates in conventional computer chips. Through new research published in The Europe...

Nov 15, 2023

Researchers develop nanoparticle treatment approach for optimized pancreatic cancer therapy

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancers in humans. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the western world. The early stages of the disease often progress without symptoms, so diagnosis is usually very late....

Nov 15, 2023

Stacked graphene can be tuned to exhibit three important properties

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Physicists have stacked five flakes of graphene in a specific order. The resulting material can then be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite.

Nov 15, 2023

Creating optical logic gates from graphene nanoribbons

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A new graphene-based optical logic gate uses collective oscillations of electrons to process light waves in a far smaller space than existing designs.

Nov 15, 2023

Engineering bacteria to biosynthesize intricate protein complexes

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Protein cages found within microbes help its contents weather the harsh intracellular environment—an observation that has many bioengineering applications. Tokyo Tech researchers have recently developed an innovative bioengineering approach that u...

Nov 15, 2023

Rapid purification and characterization of circulating small extracellular vesicles on a label-free lab-on-a-chip

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All cells secrete nanoscale extracellular vesicles naturally as lipid-bilayer delimited particles. Therefore they are valid biomarkers to identify a variety of diseases.

Nov 15, 2023

Riddle of Kondo effect solved in ultimately thin wires

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New observations with a scanning tunnelling microscope reveal the effect in one-dimensional wires floating on graphene. Scientists for the first time directly measured the so-called Kondo effect, which governs the behaviour of magnetic atoms surro...

Nov 15, 2023

Computing Firm Photonic Collaborates with Microsoft, Adds Financing

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Quantum computing firm Photonic Inc. formed a collaboration with Microsoft to develop quantum networking capabilities using photonically linked silicon spin qubits. Photonic detailed the collaboration and unveiled its quantum architecture amid new...

Nov 15, 2023

Nanoparticles for optimized cancer therapy

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A new method promises to treat pancreatic carcinomas with more accuracy and with fewer side effects than current cancer therapies. Nanoparticles transport the active substance Gemcitabine in large quantities directly into the tumor.

Nov 15, 2023

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