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Novel Paradigm for Developing Highly Efficient Contrast Agent

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

FDA-approved iron oxide nanocrystals (IONs) as negative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents are experiencing obstacles due to their low relaxation rate and coherent ferromagnetism. Though metal doping has been discovered to be an effe...

Nov 2, 2022

A cleaner, better way to produce single-photon emitters

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

RIKEN researchers have created an effective source of single photons for emerging quantum technologies by adding molecules to carbon nanotubes using a reaction that occurs in the vapor phase.

Nov 2, 2022

Delivering genes into plant mitochondria using polymer-coated carbon nanotubes

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RIKEN biologists have found an effective way to smuggle genetic material into the energy generators of plant cells, opening up the possibility of coaxing plants to produce commercially useful compounds. Their research appears in Nature Communicati...

Nov 2, 2022

Full speed on start-up with nanoscale 3D prints

Technology Org   -   Scientific News Websites

ATLANT 3D Nanosystems makes 3D prints in microscale and nanoscale. The start-up has received awards for its innovative printer, and its first customer was NASA. In autumn 2022 the spinout succesfully raised 15M USD.

Nov 2, 2022

Breakthrough in Tiny DNA “Nanotransporters” Chemically Programmed To Treat Cancer

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

A new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and that could improve how cancers and other diseases are treated has been designed and validated. These molecular transporters can be chemically programm...

Nov 2, 2022

FAU Receives $599,503 DOD Grant for Powerful Tool with Nanoscale Imaging Capabilities

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Florida Atlantic University has received a $599,503 grant from the United States Department of Defense for a powerful high resolution imaging technique that can reveal nanoscale structures. The Transmission Electron Microscopy enables multidiscipl...

Nov 2, 2022

DNA 'Nanotransporters' to treat cancer

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Chemists specializing in nanotechnology draw inspiration from nature to create molecular transporters that optimize the release of therapeutic drugs.

Nov 2, 2022

Sparc Technologies to raise over $2 Million for hydrogen pilot plant and graphene R&D programs

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Sparc Technologies has announced that it has received strong support from "sophisticated and other professional investors", to raise AUD$3.5 million (over USD$2,247,000) through a placement to accelerate its hydrogen pilot plant and grap...

Nov 2, 2022

3D-Printed Achromatic Metalens Brings Fiber Imaging Into Focus

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Because light of different wavelengths is shaped and refracted differently, lenses located on the end faces of optical fibers can experience strong chromatic aberration. Chromatic aberration can lead to a shift in the focal point and blurred imagi...

Nov 2, 2022

DNA 'nanotransporters' to treat cancer

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

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 a human hair and that could improve how cancers and other diseases are treated

Nov 2, 2022

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