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Near-infrared responsive nanoassemblies for combined breast cancer therapy

Researchers have developed a near-infrared-driven nanoassemblies with size and charge dual transformation for the combination of photocontrolled chemotherapy and immunotherapy in breast cancer.

April 19, 2022 Read more

Guiding a superconducting future with graphene quantum magic

Scientists have detailed the superconducting nature of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene.

April 19, 2022 Read more

Chiral gold nanoparticles increase vaccine efficacy by more than 25%

Researcheres tested the nanoparticles on human immune cells cultured in vitro and found that the chiral nanoparticles induced production of substances associated with an immune response even in the absence of an antigen.

April 18, 2022 Read more

Graphene membranes capture low-level noise of a single bacterium

Have you ever wondered if bacteria make distinctive sounds? If we could listen to bacteria, we would be able to know whether they are alive or not. When bacteria are killed using an antibiotic, those sounds would stop - unless of course the bacteria are resistant to the antibiotic. This is exactly what a team of researchers now have managed to do.

April 18, 2022 Read more

Curcumin combined with gold nanoparticles be key to greener, more efficient fuel cells

Researchers discovered a novel way to combine curcumin and gold nanoparticles to create an electrode that requires 100 times less energy to efficiently converts ethanol into electricity.

April 18, 2022 Read more

Visualizing spin angular momentum in water waves

Water waves can be used to visualize fundamental concepts, such as spin angular momentum, that arise in relativistic field theory, physicists have shown. This will help to provide new insights into very different wave systems.

April 18, 2022 Read more

Charging underwater and body-implanted electronic devices using ultrasonic waves

Improved efficiency of wireless energy transfer of ultrasonic waves by triboelectric power generation. Ultrasonic waves have applications in wireless charging of batteries underwater or in body-implanted electronic devices.

April 18, 2022 Read more

Nanoclusters self-organize into centimeter-scale hierarchical assemblies

Scientists have created synthetic nanoclusters that can mimic Nature's hierarchical self-assembly all the way from the nanometer to the centimeter scale, spanning seven orders of magnitude. The resulting synthetic thin films have the potential to serve as a model system for exploring biomimetic hierarchical systems and future advanced functions.

April 16, 2022 Read more

Scientists find 'knob' to control magnetic behavior in quantum material

Researchers have discovered a new 'knob' to control the magnetic behavior of one promising quantum material, and the findings could pave the way toward novel, efficient and ultra-fast devices.

April 16, 2022 Read more

Atomic-level insights into fermentation enzyme will lower the chemical industry's carbon footprint

Researchers have obtained atomic-level insights into the structure of the phosphoketolase enzyme, which will help researchers optimize this enzyme for chemical feedstock synthesis.

April 16, 2022 Read more

Electrified water drops: Electrostatic influences the movement of drops on surfaces

Something as simple as the motion of water drops on surfaces should actually be understood - one would think. In fact there are still numerous unanswered questions about the forces acting on a sliding droplet. Scientists have now discovered that in addition to surface energy and viscous friction within the droplet, electrostatics also play a significant role.

April 14, 2022 Read more