A novel strategy for capturing chemotherapeutics in normal cells rather than further optimizing tumor targeting, may reduce the cytotoxicity for normal cell and improve pharmacotherapy.
Apr 29th, 2019
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When potassium bromide molecules arrange themselves between graphene and copper, it results in electronic decoupling. This alters the electrical properties of the graphene produced, bringing them closer to pure graphene.
Apr 29th, 2019
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Researchers recently unveiled a promising breakthrough for lithium sulphur batteries, using a catholyte with the help of a graphene sponge.
Apr 29th, 2019
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New study shows that nanostructures constructed of DNA molecules can be programmed to function as pH-responsive cargo carriers, paving the way towards functional drug-delivery vehicles.
Apr 28th, 2019
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Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets.
Apr 27th, 2019
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Scientists have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of gold nanoclusters by three orders of magnitude, which could lead to improvements in solar cell and photocatalysis technologies.
Apr 26th, 2019
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Researchers have developed a process suitable for 3D printing that can be used to produce transparent and mechanically flexible electronic circuits. The technique can enable new applications such as printable light-emitting diodes, solar cells or tools with integrated circuits.
Apr 26th, 2019
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Researchers have created phosphorene nanoribbons by accident - a material made from one of the universe's basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionise a wide range of technologies.
Apr 26th, 2019
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When you shake a box filled with Mikado sticks, will you get a uniform spreading of the sticks inside the box? This question touches Bertrands paradox, a classic in mathematics. For designing nano mikado boxes for photonics purposes, scientists wanted to be able to determine the free space between the sticks.
Apr 26th, 2019
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Researchers have demonstrated the facile fabrication of two-terminal micro-electromechanical (MEM) switches using a commercially available fused deposition modeling (FDM)-based 3D printer.
Apr 26th, 2019
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By studying how electrons in two-dimensional graphene can literally act like a liquid, researchers have paved the way for further research into a material that has the potential to enable future electronic computing devices that outpace silicon transistors.
Apr 25th, 2019
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Researchers report how, due to flexoelectricity, cracks in ferroelectrics (switchable polar materials) propagate more easily in the polar direction than in the opposite.
Apr 25th, 2019
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Scientists precisely control where single-atom catalysts sit on their support structures, and show how changing their position affects their reactivity.
Apr 25th, 2019
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For the first time, physicists have succeeded in measuring the magnetic properties of atomically thin van der Waals materials on the nanoscale.
Apr 25th, 2019
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Researchers designed, implemented, and applied a new and improved focusing system for electron diffraction measurements.
Apr 25th, 2019
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Nanochannel technology allows scientists to conduct an experiment never attempted before: map all the locations where DNA replication begins simultaneously on millions of single DNA fibers.
Apr 25th, 2019
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