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Nanoparticles Used to Optimize Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Researchers at the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine used nanoparticles for the formulation of new imaging and treatment approaches for peritoneal cancers.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotube Templates to Produce Isolated TMM Nanowires

At Tokyo Metropolitan University, scientists have successfully created nanowires of transition metal monochalcogenide (TMM) using carbon nanotube templates.

22 Apr 2019

Hybrid Magnetic-Plasmonic Elements Facilitate Contactless, Selective Temperature Control in Magnetic Metamaterials

In a recent study reported in Nanoscale, scientists belonging to the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE exhibit the use of hybrid magnetic-plasmonic elements to make contactless and selective temperature control easy in magnetic functional metamaterials.

17 Apr 2019

Researchers Produce Gilded Nanodisks for Medical Needs

Young researchers from Siberian Federal University (SibFU) along with their colleagues from FRC KSC SB RAS are designing a technology for producing multilayer gilded nanodisks for targeted drug delivery and treating cancer using dip pen nanolithography (DPN).

17 Apr 2019

NiCo-Doped C-N Hollow Nanotube Composite Catalysts Show Excellent Performance in Neutral Zn-Air Batteries

A research team from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Hunan University of Science and Technology has suggested a new approach for producing non-precious metal catalysts in zinc-air batteries without affecting its stability, electroactivity, and affordability.

15 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