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A Novel Method to Construct Efficient-While-Little-Toxic Nanozymes

Nanozymes, a group of inorganic catalysis-efficient particles, have been proposed as promising antimicrobials against bacteria. They are efficient in killing bacteria, thanks to their production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).

17 Mar 2021

Researchers Explain the Physics Behind New Nanowire Design

The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its behavior holds clues to new ways to store digital data.

17 Mar 2021

Trackable and Guided ‘nanomissiles’ Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drug Straight to the Tumor

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Hadassah Medical Center have developed hybrid nanostructured particles that can be magnetically guided to the tumor, tracked by their fluorescence and pushed to release the drug on demand by ultrasound.

17 Mar 2021

Self-Stacking Cuboid Copper Nanoclusters

Copper nanomaterials with a cubic shape so perfect that they form neatly aligned stacks when brought together have been created by researchers at KAUST. The cuboid copper nanoclusters, developed by rational design, are a new member of an exotic nanomaterial family that has shown many promising properties but has remained very hard to make.

16 Mar 2021

Scientists Develop New Method for Making Ordered Arrays of Nanoholes

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new method for making ordered arrays of nanoholes in metallic oxide thin films using a range of transition metals. The team used a template to pre-pattern metallic surfaces with an ordered array of dimples before applying electrochemistry to selectively grow an oxide layer with holes. The process makes a wider selection of ordered transition metal nanohole arrays available for new catalysis, filtration, and sensing applications.

15 Mar 2021

New Voltage-Controlled Nanopores Could Help Create Single-Molecule Sensors

At the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research of Osaka University, researchers have fabricated nanopores in silicon dioxide with a diameter of just 300 nm and encapsulated by electrodes.

15 Mar 2021

Scientists Build the Smallest Cable Containing a Spin Switch

A research work published in Nature Communications, involving researchers from the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA) and the University of Sevilla, has measured for the first time the electrical conductivity of a single carbon nanotube with spin-crosslinked molecules inside it.

15 Mar 2021

Biodegradable Nanoprobes Improve Cancer Diagnosis

New nanoprobes, which were recently developed by Imperial College London (ICL) and tested in zebrafish, could help identify cancer more precisely and may support the diagnosis and treatment in the days to come.

12 Mar 2021

Stroke-Targeting Nanoparticles Deliver Neuroprotectant to Mouse Brain

According to a new study, the delivery of NA1, a neuroprotectant, to the brain in nanoparticles decreases stroke severity and enhances survival in a mouse model of stroke.

12 Mar 2021

Scientists Create Borophane that Remains Stable Outside a Vacuum

Northwestern University researchers have, for the first time, created borophane -- atomically thin boron that is stable at standard temperatures and air pressures.

12 Mar 2021

Optimized Nano-Micelles can Induce Efficient Brain Genome Editing

Kawasaki, Japan: The research group of Deputy Principal Research Scientist Dr. Satoshi Uchida (Associate Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) at the Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (Director General: Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Location: Kawasaki-Japan, Abbreviation: iCONM) reported that optimized nano-micelles can induce efficient genome editing in the mouse brain.

12 Mar 2021

Researchers Move One Step Closer to Unlocking Mysteries of Nanoscale Substrate

An interdisciplinary research team at Lehigh University has unraveled how functional biomaterials rely upon an interfacial protein layer to transmit signals to living cells concerning their adhesion, proliferation and overall development.

12 Mar 2021

Oxford Instruments NanoScience Gains Momentum in Quantum Computing

Oxford Instruments NanoScience is today announcing its latest innovation in Cryofree® dilution refrigerator technology for quantum computing scale up, the ProteoxLX, as well as new quantum computing customer collaborations worldwide.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 12 Mar 2021

Setting Sail with Graphene-Based Marine Coatings

Early results indicate positive forecasts for a graphene-based coating for commercial ship hulls.

By Robert Lea 11 Mar 2021

Nanoparticle-Based MRI Contrast Agent for Safe, High-Resolution 3D Microvascular Imaging

Heart attack and stroke are the first and second leading causes of death in developed countries, respectively. As the disease often results in sudden death with few special prognostic symptoms, early diagnosis is very important. For this purpose, imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are widely used to identify the narrowing or blockage of blood vessels.

11 Mar 2021