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New Nano-Carrier Tested for Potential Treatment of Glioblastomas

Glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor, has a survival rate of just five years. It is particularly challenging to treat, with existing therapies depending on chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and their combinations.

24 Feb 2021

Silver Nanowires Coated with a Compact Gold Shell for Improved Electrochromic Devices

The team of Professor Dongling Ma of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) developed a new approach for foldable and solid devices.

23 Feb 2021

Researchers Use Advanced Microscopy to Watch Mesocrystals Form in Real-Time

When materials reach extremely small size scales, strange things begin to happen. One of those phenomena is the formation of mesocrystals.

18 Feb 2021

3D-Printed Technique Helps Create Perovskite-Graphene Detectors

Ever since X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, they have become a standard in medical imaging.

18 Feb 2021

Study Reports a Performance Leap for Graphene-Based Modulators in Next Generation Telecommunications

Over the past years, global data traffic has experienced a boom, with over 12.5 billion connected devices all over the world.

17 Feb 2021

Novel Nanotechnologies Could Help Reduce Friction in Various Mechanisms

Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Immanuel Kant Baltic State Federal University (BFU) have proposed the use of novel thin films to drastically minimize friction to enhance the durability of surfaces in mechanisms.

17 Feb 2021

Kagome Graphene Behaves as Semiconductor, May Have Unusual Electrical Properties

In a breakthrough study, physicists from the University of Basel have created for the first time a graphene compound containing carbon atoms and a few number of nitrogen atoms in a regular pattern of triangles and hexagons.

16 Feb 2021

New Nanospheres Measure the Tiny Forces of Biological Motors

Motor proteins produce the forces required for crucial mechanical processes in the human body. On a nanometer scale—that is, a millionth of a millimeter—motor proteins, for instance, transport material within the human cells, or power the human muscles.

15 Feb 2021

Metal-Organic Framework Helps Achieve Better Results for Cancer Immunotherapy

A cancer immunotherapy drug loaded onto a metal-organic framework exhibits improved delivery as well as a steady release for treating leukemia.

15 Feb 2021

Magnetic Nanoparticles can be Manipulated to Destroy Cancer Cells

Researchers from the Scientific and Educational Center “Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications” have performed a joint interdisciplinary research work on the development of a novel approach for treating leukemia through nanomaterials.

12 Feb 2021