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Tiny Plastic Particles in Mother’s Food May Impair Fetal Development

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According to a study conducted at Rutgers, nanoscale plastic particles, similar to those commonly found in food and water, can transfer from pregnant rats to their fetuses and potentially impact fetal development. The study suggests that this proc...

Apr 1, 2023

Sparc Technologies announces commissioning of graphene additive production facility

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Sparc Technologies has announced the commissioning of Sparc's ecosparc commercial production facility. The state of the art facility aims to enable Sparc to produce commercial quantities of the graphene additive product, ecosparc®. Target mar...

Apr 1, 2023

Nano Gold Nuggets Melted by Highly Charged Ions Reveal a New World Between Macroscopic and Microscopic Physics

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Tiny structures made of gold can be specifically manipulated by ion bombardment at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) – surprisingly, the decisive factor...

Mar 31, 2023

Aviation, the Unlikely Road to Long-Range EVs

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Of all the elements in the periodic table, silicon has the highest capacity for combining with lithium. It can hold ten times more lithium ions than the graphite anodes common in today’s lithium-ion batteries. Several carmakers and battery startu...

Mar 31, 2023

Engineered E. coli delivers therapeutic nanobodies to the gut

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Researchers have succeeded in developing an E. coli-based 'smart microbe' that secretes therapeutic payloads, including antibodies, into the gut. The genetically modified beneficial strain of bacteria blocks intestinal inflammation in a ...

Mar 31, 2023

Engineered E. coli delivers therapeutic nanobodies to the gut

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Humans are colonized with thousands of bacterial strains. Researchers are now focused on genetically modifying such bacteria to enhance their intrinsic therapeutic properties.

Mar 31, 2023

Developing lipid nanoparticles to carry mRNA specifically to the pancreas

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Therapeutics that use mRNA-;like some of the COVID-19 vaccines-;have enormous potential for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.

Mar 31, 2023

New nanoparticles can perform gene-editing in the lungs: Using these RNA-delivery particles, researchers hope to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases

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A new type of nanoparticle can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins. Researchers hope to use them to develop new treatments for cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases.

Mar 31, 2023

Unlocking the Future of Medicine: The Incredible Potential of Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs)

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In this interview, Kate Stumpo speaks to Michael Girgis about Lipid nano particles, and the future of the field.

Mar 31, 2023

The modulation of a single-molecule electron source using light

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Researchers at University of Tokyo, JTS PRESTO, Ludwig Maximilians Universität and Kindai University recently demonstrated the modulation of an electron source by applying laser light to a single fullerene molecule. Their study, featured in Physic...

Mar 31, 2023

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