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Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness

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Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited forms of blindness.

Jan 11, 2023

Researchers uncover mechanisms to easily dry, redisperse cellulose nanocrystals

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Cellulose nanocrystals—bio-based nanomaterials derived from natural resources such as plant cellulose—are valuable for their use in water treatment, packaging, tissue engineering, electronics, antibacterial coatings and much more. Though the mater...

Jan 11, 2023

Researchers uncover mechanisms to easily dry, redisperse cellulose nanocrystals

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A team of chemical engineering researchers studied the mechanisms of drying the nanocrystals and proposed nanotechnology to render the nanocrystals highly redispersible in aqueous mediums, while retaining their full functionality, to make them eas...

Jan 11, 2023

Discovery of a new form of carbon called Long-range Ordered Porous Carbon (LOPC)

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The most well-known forms of carbon include graphite and diamond, but there are other more exotic nanoscale allotropes of carbon as well. These include graphene and fullerenes, which are sp2 hybridized carbon with zero (flat-shaped) or positive (s...

Jan 11, 2023

Modification to Shor's algorithm may mean less powerful quantum computers could crack cryptosystems

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across China has modified Shor's algorithm in a way that could allow less powerful quantum computers to crack current cryptosystems. The team describes their modifications and outli...

Jan 11, 2023

Discovery of a new form of carbon called long-range ordered porous carbon

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

The most well-known forms of carbon include graphite and diamond, but there are other more exotic nanoscale allotropes of carbon as well. These include graphene and fullerenes, which are sp2 hybridized carbon with zero (flat-shaped) or positive (s...

Jan 11, 2023

Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers used a novel strategy of combining pyroelectric materials and the localized thermo-plasmonic effect of noble metal nanomaterials.

Jan 11, 2023

New nanotransporter for drug delivery inside cells: Study in cell cultures

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Scientists have analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. The results show that liposomes are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that has been used as a model inside the cells.

Jan 11, 2023

Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy

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Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, like hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis is inefficient ...

Jan 11, 2023

Converting temperature fluctuations into clean energy with novel nanoparticles and heating strategy

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Pyroelectric catalysis (pyro-catalysis) can convert environmental temperature fluctuations into clean chemical energy, such as hydrogen. However, compared with the more common catalysis strategy, such as photocatalysis, pyro-catalysis is inefficie...

Jan 11, 2023

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