Researchers have developed a quick and easy way to turn the wood-based bioproduct lignin into nanoparticles that can create a transparent coating with anti-fog properties or a colorful antireflective surface. The discovery transforms this abundant...
Sep 27, 2023
The cell organelles known as 'peroxisomes' dispose toxic substances and fats in the human body, among other things, and, in doing so, they prevent serious illnesses. The 'Pex' group of proteins (peroxisomes biogenesis factors) ...
Sep 27, 2023
Many experts predict that practical fault tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) will require millions of physical quantum bits (qubits) but in August, 2023 IBM scientists published the discovery of new error correction codes that work with ten times f...
Sep 26, 2023
A study led by Dr. Guanghui Yu from School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, delved into the role of magnetite nanoparticles as nanozyme mimics.
Sep 26, 2023
Metal nanoclusters are tiny, crystalline structures up to two nanometers (2 x 10-9 meters) in diameter that contain a few to hundreds of metal atoms. Understanding the precise assembly of metal nanoclusters is paramount to determining how differe...
Sep 26, 2023
In the hills above San Francisco Bay, scientists are firing up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser. The laser is the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), shooting through a former particle accelerator tunnel. LCLS itself is more than a decade old...
Sep 26, 2023
Researchers synthesized two similar gold-silver nanoclusters in a highly controlled manner to determine the precise atomic structure of each nanocluster and the effects of specific thiol ligands, or sulfur-containing binding molecules, on material...
Sep 26, 2023
At the University of Toronto, scientists have come up with a new theory to describe how nanoparticles enter and exit the tumors they are intended to treat. This possibly rewrites the knowledge of cancer nanomedicine that has directed research for ...
Sep 26, 2023
Researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg have achieved a significant breakthrough by creating nanomaterials through a “bottom-up approach.”
Sep 26, 2023
Films made of lignin nanoparticles can have structural coloration or be used as transparent anti-fog coatings.
Sep 26, 2023
