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Stretchable, wearable device lights up an LED using only the warmth of your skin

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

One of the drawbacks of fitness trackers and other wearable devices is that their batteries eventually run out of juice. But what if in the future, wearable technology could use body heat to power itself?

Sep 11, 2024

Premier Graphene, HGI Industrial Technologies and Defense Atomics announce strategic partnership for graphene solutions in ballistic protection

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Premier Graphene, HGI Industrial Technologies and Defense Atomics have announced a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the production and application of graphene in ballistic protection technologies. This collaboration brings together experti...

Sep 11, 2024

Novel quantum dot hydrogel shows improved photothermal conversion efficiency

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Biomolecules-based materials hold great promise for malignant tumor phototherapy. However, current supramolecular biomaterials primarily suffer from poor tissue penetration, inadequate tumor accumulation, and particularly neglecting the unique ben...

Sep 10, 2024

High-throughput biosensor measures metabolite levels that indicate disease

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Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have developed a biosensor that improves sensitivity to 1-methylnicotinamide (1-MNA) in urine by orders of magnitude without the need for sample purification. The w...

Sep 10, 2024

Atomic diffusion technique could lead to mass production of metal nanowires

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A group from Nagoya University in Japan has created a new technique for growing the tiny metal nanowires (NWs) that are expected to be used in next-generation electronics. Their results suggest a way to mass produce pure metal NWs, which has until...

Sep 10, 2024

Experimental nanomedicine delivers chemo drugs directly to tumors in mice

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Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a nanomedicine that increases the penetration and accumulation of chemotherapy drugs in tumor tissues and effectively kills cancer cells in mice.

Sep 10, 2024

Iron-doped carbon-based nanoparticles boost cancer treatment with enhanced precision and safety

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Recently, a collaborative research team led by Prof. Wang Hui and Prof. Qian Junchao from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed a catalytically active, photoresponsive, Fe-doped carbon nanoparticle (FDCN)...

Sep 10, 2024

Diagnostic test that combines two technologies with machine learning could lead to new paradigm for at-home testing

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A new diagnostic test system jointly developed at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) and UCLA Samueli School of Engineering fuses a powerful, sensitive transistor with a cheap, paper-based diagnostic test. Whe...

Sep 10, 2024

Mass production of metal nanowires possible by breakthrough technique

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has created a new technique for growing the tiny metal nanowires (NWs) that are expected to be used in next-generation electronics. Their results suggest a way to mass produce pure metal NWs, which has until...

Sep 10, 2024

Unprecedented spin properties revealed in new artificial materials

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In conjunction with research staff from the Charles University of Prague and the CFM (CSIC-UPV/EHU) center in San Sebastian, CIC nanoGUNE’s Nanodevices group has designed a new complex material with emerging properties in the field of spintronics.

Sep 10, 2024

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