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NIST Publishes a Beginner’s Guide to DNA Origami

January 12, 2021
Helen Yiu

Gaithersburg, MD — In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery...

New Nanobiomaterial from the Silk of a Mite with ‘Promising Biomedical Properties’

December 18, 2020
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La Rioja, Spain — An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human...

Tiny Nanospindles Enhance Use of Ultrasound to Fight Cancer

December 10, 2020
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Washington, DC — Ultrasound can be used to treat cancer when used in combination with molecules that sensitize the system to sound waves. These sonosensitizers generate toxic reactive oxygen species...

Research Team Invents Novel Light-Controlled Contamination-Free Fluidic Processor

December 10, 2020
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Hong Kong, China — A mechanical engineering research team at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has invented a novel light-controlled, contamination-free fluidic processor, which can serve as a useful...

Harnessing Quantum Properties to Create Single-Molecule Devices

December 8, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers, led by Columbia Engineering Professor Latha Venkataraman, report today that they have discovered a new chemical design principle for exploiting destructive quantum interference....

How to Use Antibodies to Control Chemical Reactions

December 8, 2020
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Rome, Italy — Antibodies are remarkable biomarkers: they are the cues that provide us with indications about many diseases and how our immune system counter them. Now a group of scientists from the...

Unlocking the Secrets of Chemical Bonding with Machine Learning

December 7, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — A new machine learning approach offers important insights into catalysis, a fundamental process that makes it possible to reduce the emission of toxic exhaust gases or produce essential...

Microfluidic System with Cell-Separating Powers may Unravel How Novel Pathogens Attack

December 1, 2020
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College Station, TX — To develop effective therapeutics against pathogens, scientists need to first uncover how they attack host cells. An efficient way to conduct these investigations on an extensive...

Quantum Nanodiamonds may Help Detect Disease Earlier

November 27, 2020
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London, UK — The quantum sensing abilities of nanodiamonds can be used to improve the sensitivity of paper-based diagnostic tests, potentially allowing for earlier detection of diseases such as HIV,...

A Pressure Sensor at Your Fingertips

November 20, 2020
Mindzilla

Tokyo, Japan — Researchers have developed an ultrathin pressure sensor that can be attached directly to the skin. It can measure how fingers interact with objects to produce useful data for medical...

Sorting Out Viruses with Machine Learning

November 11, 2020
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Osaka, Japan — The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, and distinguish it from...

Higher-Resolution Imaging of Living, Moving Cells Using Plasmonic Metasurfaces

November 6, 2020
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Fukuoka, Japan — In the quest to image exceedingly small structures and phenomenon with higher precision, scientists have been pushing the limits of optical microscope resolution, but these advances...

Lighting the Way to Selective Membrane Imaging

November 5, 2020
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Kanazawa, Japan — Researchers at Kanazawa University monitored the emission of blue-green light from water-soluble tetraphenylethene molecules adsorbed at a phospholipid-adsorbed liquid-liquid interface...

New Protein Nanobioreactor Designed to Improve Sustainable Bioenergy Production

November 5, 2020
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Liverpool, UK — Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable, clean bioenergy. The study, published in Nature Communications,...

An Artificial Cell on a Chip

October 29, 2020
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Basel-Town, Switzerland — Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a precisely controllable system for mimicking biochemical reaction cascades in cells. Using microfluidic technology,...

Turning a Coronavirus Protein into Nanoparticle could be Key for COVID-19 Vaccine

October 29, 2020
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Buffalo, NY — A University at Buffalo-led research team has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19. Dr....

Delivering Proteins to Testes could Someday Treat Male Infertility

October 26, 2020
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Rochester, MN — According to the Mayo Clinic, about 15% of couples are infertile, and male infertility plays a role in over one-third of these cases. Often, problems with sperm development are to blame....

Highly Selective Membranes

October 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Membranes with microscopic pores are useful for water filtration. The effect of pore size on water filtration is well-understood, as is the role of ions, charged atoms, that interact...

Nanodevices Show How Living Cells Change with Time, by Tracking from Inside

October 22, 2020
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Bath, UK — For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning...

Controlling the Speed of Enzyme Motors Brings Biomedical Applications of Nanorobots Closer

October 15, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — A study by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), the Universidad Complutense (UCM), Universidad de Girona (UdG), and the Institute for Bioengineering...

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