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Electrons travel one of two routes in nano-biohybrid systems
Peanut butter and jelly. Simon and Garfunkel. Semiconductors and bacteria. Some combinations are more durable than others. In recent years, an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has been pairing microbes with the ...
Bio & Medicine
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Ion pairing with gold complexes offers new path for organic electronics
Unsubstituted π-electronic systems with expanded π-planes are highly desirable for improving charge-carrier transport in organic semiconductors. However, their poor solubility and high crystallinity pose major challenges ...
Nanophysics
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Light-powered artificial neurons mimic brain-like oscillations
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) researchers have developed a neuromorphic photonic semiconductor neuron capable of processing optical information through self-sustained oscillations. Exploring the use ...
Advancing light-to-electricity energy conversion: New method extends lifespan of plasmonic hot holes
When light interacts with metallic nanostructures, it instantaneously generates plasmonic hot carriers, which serve as key intermediates for converting optical energy into high-value energy sources such as electricity and ...
Nanophysics
Mar 17, 2025
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Tellurium boosts 2D semiconductor performance for faster photodetection
A group of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently devised a method allowing them to create large amounts of a material required to make two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with record high performance. Their paper, ...
Nanophysics
Mar 17, 2025
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Twisting 2D materials creates artificial atoms that could advance quantum computers
By taking two flakes of special materials that are just one atom thick and twisting them at high angles, researchers at the University of Rochester have unlocked unique optical properties that could be used in quantum computers ...
Nanophysics
Mar 17, 2025
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Magnetic microalgae: Tiny swimmers are on a mission to become robots
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart developed a biohybrid micro swimmer covered with magnetic material, whose swimming ability is largely unaffected by the coating. ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 17, 2025
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Tunneling nanotube-like structures offer insight into how the heart's layers communicate during formation
From his lab at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Institute, Mingfu Wu, associate professor, is offering new hope for treating heart disease by sharing his insights into the fundamental process ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 17, 2025
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RNA origami technique folds nanotubes to create artificial cytoskeletons for synthetic cells
With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural RNA biomolecule to fold ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 17, 2025
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Cancer nanotech nurtures sustainable agriculture innovation
Cancer drugs and agrichemicals can be powerful, but toxic, tools. Now, UNSW scientists are applying nanomedicine insights in a project to make greener agrichemicals more affordable.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 17, 2025
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Unveiling cancer's hidden messengers: How extracellular vesicles aid tumor spread
Most cells in the body send out little messengers called extracellular vesicles that carry proteins, lipids, and other bioactive molecules to other cells, playing an important role in intercellular communication. But healthy ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2025
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Biomolecular 'silly putty': High-res imaging of cellular condensates achieved using fluorogen technology
Biomolecular condensates are shifting blobs in our cells that organize cellular matter. They are distinct molecular communities made of DNA, RNA and proteins that "condense" molecules to key locations, yet they frequently ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2025
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Scientists unveil rapid technique for creating uniform polymer nanostructures
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new method for the rapid, scalable preparation of uniform nanostructures directly from block polymers.
Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2025
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Advanced multi-functional catalyst enables simultaneous removal of fine dust precursors
A research team, led by Professor Seungho Cho in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has unveiled a novel catalyst for the effective and simultaneous removal of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2025
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New approach to reconfigurable colloidal assemblies paves way for adaptive smart materials
Colloidal self-assembly is a process where colloidal particles spontaneously organize into ordered structures under specific conditions. Colloidal self-assembly serves as a foundation for designing materials like optoelectronic ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 14, 2025
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Electrocatalytic sterilization: Nanowires produce localized highly alkaline microenvironments to kill bacteria
Harmful microorganisms such as bacteria represent one of the largest threats to human health. Efficient sterilization methods are thus a necessity.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 13, 2025
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Nano-spring technology boosts battery durability and energy density
A research team has developed technology that could dramatically increase the lifespan and energy density of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
Nanomaterials
Mar 13, 2025
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Implantable biosensors get major longevity boost with coating technology that inhibits biofouling
Wearable and implantable biosensors that can accurately detect biological molecules in a non- or minimally invasive manner have vast potential for monitoring patients' physiology and response to therapies. For example, wearable ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 13, 2025
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Nanotube separation technique advances precise sensors for continuous health monitoring
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have succeeded in producing sensors from single-wall carbon nanotubes that could enable major advances in health care, such as continuous health monitoring. Single-wall carbon ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 13, 2025
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Scientists achieve universal technique—called van der Waals squeezing—for atomic manufacturing of 2D metals
Since the groundbreaking discovery of graphene in 2004, the dizzying pace of progress in two-dimensional (2D) materials has ushered in a new era of fundamental research and technological innovation. Although nearly 2,000 ...
Nanophysics
Mar 12, 2025
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