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IMAGE: The Soterius Scout sensor can detect COVID-19 even if someone is asymptomatic, to provide the all-clear for someone to enter their work environment. view more  Credit: Soterius RMIT University is collaborating with partners including Australian biomedical start-up Soterius on the biosensor, which can detect the presence of tiny amounts of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its

IMAGE: Dmitri Simberg, PhD view more  Credit: CU Cancer Center The new study, titled “Liposomal Extravasation and Accumulation in Tumors as Studied by Fluorescence Microscopy and Imaging Depend on the Fluorescent Label,” was published on July 1, 2021, in the prestigious journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Nano. Liposomes, a type of nanoparticle, are tiny,

IMAGE: Schematic of how heavy fermions form in twisted graphene sheets view more  Credit: Jose Lado, Aalto University Rare-earth compounds have fascinated researchers for decades due to the unique quantum properties they display, which have so far remained totally out of reach of everyday compounds. One of the most remarkable and exotic properties of those materials

IMAGE: Graphical abstract that the gold nanoparticle-based affinity labeling for identifying specific carbohydrate-binding proteins view more  Credit: Kaori Sakurai/ TUAT Cells play a precise game of telephone, sending messages to each other that trigger actions further on. With clear signaling, the cells achieve their goals. In disease, however, the signals break up and result in confused

IMAGE: Dr. Aparajita Singha with one of the ESR-enabled STM systems at QNS view more  Credit: QNS Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience at Ewha Womans University (QNS) have shown that dysprosium atoms resting on a thin insulating layer of magnesium oxide have magnetic stability over days. In a study published in Nature Communications

IMAGE: Low-aspect-ratio nanopore devices can rapidly analyze the shapes of extracellular vesicles (EVs) individually in solution, and the present results reveal a dependence of EV shape distribution on the type of… view more  Credit: Sou Ryuzaki A recent study by scientists from Japanese universities has shown that the shape of cell-derived nanoparticles, known as “extracellular vesicles”

Dutch-French research shows that Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) detects abnormalities in chromosomes and DNA very quickly, effectively and accurately. Sometimes even better than all existing techniques together, as they describe in two proof-of-concept studies published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. This new technique could radically change the existing workflow within cytogenetic laboratories. Human

IMAGE: By introducing different atoms or small groups in the pore sites of hydrazone-linked COFs, the electronic structure of the molecules can be strategically modified. As a result, the light-emitting properties… view more  Credit: Zhongping Li and Yuki Nagao from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Ishikawa, Japan – Many researchers in the field of

IMAGE: Prof. Ehud Gazit view more  Credit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international research team led by Tel Aviv University researchers will make it possible to generate electric currents and voltage within the human body through the activation of various organs (mechanical force). The researchers explain that the development involves a new

For the first time, University of Basel researchers have equipped an ultrathin semiconductor with superconducting contacts. These extremely thin materials with novel electronic and optical properties could pave the way for previously unimagined applications. Combined with superconductors, they are expected to give rise to new quantum phenomena and find use in quantum technology. Whether in

IMAGE: Depending on the orientation of the crystals, the electrical conductivity in the parallel direction in this image is about 10 times higher than that in the vertical direction. view more  Credit: ©M. TAKAHASHI & K. OKADA, OSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) are crystalline porous organic-inorganic hybrid materials that, by filling its pores with guest

Nanomaterials found in consumer and health-care products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with varying ease depending on their shape – creating potential neurological impacts that could be both positive and negative, a new study reveals. Scientists found that metal-based nanomaterials such as silver and zinc oxide

IMAGE: (top left) An illustration of the HiPIMS process (top right) The energy distribution of tungsten ions arriving at the substrate over time. At short times, there are a large proportion… view more  Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used high power impulse magnetron scattering (HiPIMS) to create thin

IMAGE: Professor Richard Palmer and Dr. Yubiao Niu from Swansea University with the new nanoparticle instrument at Diamond Light Source. view more  Credit: Henry Hoddinott. A new state-of-the-art instrument has been built by a team from Swansea University’s Nanomaterials Laboratory which will help scientists fight against climate change, microbial infection and other major global challenges. The

IMAGE: Printed circuit board for mounting the nanowire sample. view more  Credit: IST Austria Quantum computers promise great advances in many fields – from cryptography to the simulation of protein folding. Yet, which physical system works best to build the underlying quantum bits is still an open question. Unlike regular bits in your computer, these so-called

IMAGE: Prof. Lercher in his laboratory at the Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. view more  Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Zeolites are extremely porous materials: Ten grams can have an internal surface area the size of a soccer field. Their cavities make them useful in catalyzing chemical reactions and thus saving energy.

A world-first sleep disorder diagnosis and monitoring trial will be conducted using invisible sensor technology developed at RMIT University. The trial is part of a new partnership between Australian research and technology company Sleeptite, RMIT and Flinders University. Researchers will test Sleeptite’s non-invasive sensor monitoring technology, REMi, and investigate its capability as a validation tool

Tel Aviv University’s groundbreaking technology may revolutionize the treatment of cancer and a wide range of diseases and medical conditions. In the framework of this study, the researchers were able to create a new method of transporting RNA-based drugs to a subpopulation of immune cells involved in the inflammation process, and target the disease-inflamed cell

IMAGE: STEM tomography image of a 3D-grown 100-200-nanometer crystalline disc grown from 3D gold-polystyrene polymer-grafted nanoparticles. view more  Credit: Berkeley Lab Crystallization is one of the most fundamental processes found in nature – and it’s what gives minerals, gems, metals, and even proteins their structure. In the past couple of decades, scientists have tried to uncover

A scientific breakthrough: Researchers from Tel Aviv University have engineered the world’s tiniest technology, with a thickness of only two atoms. According to the researchers, the new technology proposes a way for storing electric information in the thinnest unit known to science, in one of the most stable and inert materials in nature. The allowed