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Simple test predicts Alzheimer's risk, 20 years before symptoms show

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

Australian National University (ANU) physicists have combined nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and molecular biology to design a novel method that looks for Alzheimer’s disease protein markers in blood. These markers are tell-tale signs of ...

Sep 20, 2023

Efficient next-generation solar panels on horizon following breakthrough

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A nanoscale ink coating of aluminium oxide on metal halide perovskite improves the potential of this emerging photovoltaic technology and stabilises the drop in energy output which currently plagues perovskite technology.

Sep 20, 2023

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics announces FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Its Graphene-Based Intelligent Network Modulation Platform

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, a health-tech company dedicated to developing intelligent graphene-neural platform, has announced that its Intelligent Network Modulation System has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation (BDD) from the U.S. Food &a...

Sep 20, 2023

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is building a massive GPU cluster to ‘cure, prevent or manage all diseases’

Engadget   -   General News Websites

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization created in 2015 by Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg, announced a bold new generative AI initiative today. The group is funding and building a high-end GPU cluster t...

Sep 19, 2023

The Practical Power of Fusing Photons

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Color plays a huge role in most of our lives. It signals danger or caution, like the patterns on a poisonous frog or the color of a stoplight. It evokes joy and inspiration through nature, art, and fashion. It can even trigger the recollection of ...

Sep 19, 2023

Electrons take flight at the nanoscale

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A study showing how electrons flow around sharp bends, such as those found in integrated circuits, has the potential to improve how these circuits, commonly used in electronic and optoelectronic devices, are designed.

Sep 19, 2023

Drug delivery platform leverages air-filled protein nanostructures and uses sound for targeting

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer is one of the major medical success stories of the 20th century, but it's far from perfect. Anyone who has been through chemotherapy or who has had a friend or loved one go through it will be familiar wi...

Sep 19, 2023

Precisely arranging nanoparticles

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

In the incredibly small world of molecules, the elementary building blocks -- the atoms -- join together in a very regular pattern. In contrast, in the macroscopic world with its larger particles, there is much greater disorder when particles conn...

Sep 19, 2023

Scientists develop method to detect deadly infectious diseases

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics. The test is an electronic sensor contained within a com...

Sep 19, 2023

Study finds iron oxide nanoparticles are useful for medicinal plant sustainability under toxic metal conditions

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Metal(loid) toxicity severely inhibits plant growth and development, thereby affecting yield and quality. It is crucial to seek favorable measures to improve plant survival under toxic metal(loid) conditions.

Sep 19, 2023

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