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Nanobody-Based CAR T Cells Reduce Melanoma and Colon Cancer in Mouse Models

Two undergraduate students at the Free University of Brussels came across a formerly unknown kind of antibody when they were asked to test camels’ frozen blood serum in the year 1989.

12 Apr 2019

Researchers Engineer Artificial Atoms that Function at Room Temperature

With the help of a recently reported discovery by University of Oregon (UO) physicist Ben Alemán, ultra-secure online communications, totally incomprehensible if intercepted, are a step closer to becoming a reality.

12 Apr 2019

Newly Developed Nanowires Could Help in Achieving High-Speed Communication

Chinese researchers have developed new nanowires with rapid infrared light (IR) response and high carrier mobility, which could enable high-speed communication. Their discoveries were reported in Nature Communications on April 10th, 2019.

11 Apr 2019

Researchers Identify an Unusual Way to Prevent Water from Forming Ice Crystals at Sub-Zero Temperatures

According to a research team from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, water can reach – 263 °C without turning into ice, if it is confined in nanometer-scale lipid channels.

11 Apr 2019

World’s First Individual 2D Phosphorene Nanoribbons Could Revolutionize Electronics

In 2014, following the isolation of two-dimensional phosphorene, which is the phosphorus equal of graphene, over 100 theoretical studies have projected that new and stimulating properties could materialize by creating narrow “ribbons” of this material.

11 Apr 2019

Researchers Exploring Atomically Precise Nanocatalysts Given Major European Supercomputing Grant

PRACE organization has been given 35 million CPU core hours for a collaborative project of Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen and Professor Karoliina Honkala at the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center.

10 Apr 2019

Novel 3D Printed Metamaterials Possess Extraordinary Optical Properties

A team of engineers at Tufts University have created a series of 3D printed metamaterials possessing unique optical or microwave properties that surpass what is possible using conventional electronic or optical materials.

9 Apr 2019

Newly Developed Melanin Nanoparticles Could Slow Tumor Growth

Human beings are protected from the harmful rays of the sun by the dark skin pigment melanin, which absorbs light energy and converts it to heat.

5 Apr 2019

Researchers Solve Mystery Behind Bacterial Nanowire

Deep underground or in the ocean, where oxygen is not present, Geobacter bacteria “breathe” by projecting miniature protein filaments known as “nanowires” into the soil, to dispose of surplus electrons ensuing from the conversion of nutrients to energy.

5 Apr 2019

Study Shows Cancer Cells Could be Treated with Magnetic Nanoparticles

Regrettably, cancer is more than a single disease, and even now, certain types of this medical disorder, like liver, brain, or pancreas tumors, cannot be easily treated with surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy, resulting in low survival rates for patients.

5 Apr 2019

Motion Control at the Nanoscale

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-based nanowalkers are a class of molecular motors which are being explored for a wide range of potential nanoscale applications.

5 Apr 2019

Augmented Plants with Nanomaterials Could Potentially Perform New Useful Functions

Human-machine hybrids with extraordinary powers have long been visualized by science-fiction writers. However, “super plants” with incorporated nanomaterials may be much closer to being real when compared to cyborgs.

4 Apr 2019

Teijin Presented Polyester Fibers for Nonwoven Materials at IDEA 2019

Teijin has participated in IDEA 2019, one of the world's three major events showing new nonwoven products and technologies.

From Teijin Limited 4 Apr 2019

Scientists Achieve Real-Time Atom Rearrangement Monitoring Using Advanced Microscopy

Researchers at the Sensitive Instrument Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory realized real-time atom rearrangement monitoring with the help of aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy during the production of intermetallic nanoparticles (iNPs).

3 Apr 2019

Researchers Discover Rapid Graphene Growth on Liquid Cu

Graphene, particularly the single-crystal graphene, turns out to be a capable material for photonics and electronics in future as it possesses special properties like record thermal conductivity, great intrinsic charge carrier mobility, remarkable stiffness, and very good light transmission.

3 Apr 2019