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DNA 'Nanotransporters' to treat cancer

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A team of Canadian researchers from Université de Montréal has designed and validated a new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than human hair, and that could improve how cancers and other diseases are treated.

Nov 6, 2022

Lyten opens first 3D Graphene fabrication facility

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Lyten has announced its first 3D Graphene fabrication facility located at its headquarters in San Jose, CA. Lyten developed Lyten 3D Graphene, a patented library of materials that has enabled the company to develop various solutions in the fields ...

Nov 6, 2022

Xiaomi launches a new graphene baseboard heater

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Xiaomi announced a new product, the Mijia Graphene Baseboard Heater (Fire Edition). The device uses two graphene-based heating elements, and has a simulated flame function that uses an integrated humidifier and LEDs to generate the flame appearance.

Nov 6, 2022

Engineers develop a low-cost, quantum-dot-enhanced terahertz camera

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The device provides greater sensitivity and speed than previous versions, and could be used for industrial inspection, airport security, and communications.

Nov 5, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Plant fibers for sustainable devices: Research into thermal properties of cellulose nanofibers yields surprising results

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Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibers shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously dominated by synthe...

Nov 5, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Linearly assembled Ag-Cu nanoclusters: Spin transfer and distance-dependent spin coupling

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In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, a team led by Prof. WU Zhikun from the Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. ZENG Zhi ...

Nov 5, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: New study introduces the best graphite films: The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding at UNIST has been published in the October 2022 issue of Nature Nanotechnology

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High-quality graphite has excellent mechanical strength, thermal stability, high flexibility and very high in-plane thermal and electric conductivities and, thus, is one of most important advanced materials for many applications, such as being use...

Nov 5, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Novel nanowire fabrication technique paves way for next generation spintronics

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As our world modernizes faster than ever before, there is an ever-growing need for better and faster electronics and computers. Spintronics is a new system which uses the spin of an electron, in addition to the charge state, to encode data, making...

Nov 5, 2022

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Cutting-edge combination shows promise in patients with chemotherapy-resistant urothelial cancer

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A combination of two types of cancer-fighting treatments – the immunotherapy agent pembrolizumab and a nanoparticle-bound form of the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel – may provide an urgently needed new treatment approach for patients who do not resp...

Nov 5, 2022

A new quantum component made from graphene

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For the first time, ETH Zurich researchers have made a superconducting component from graphene that is quantum coherent and sensitive to magnetic fields. This step opens up interesting prospects for fundamental research.

Nov 5, 2022

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