An experimental therapy cuts in half the time it takes to heal wounds compared to no treatment at all.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Chemists make new silicon-based nanomaterials
Researchers describe methods for making nanoribbons and nanoplates from a compound called silicon telluride. The materials are pure, p-type semiconductors (positive charge carriers) that could be used in a variety of electronic and optical devices.
Nanotechnology designer toolkit for dynamic DNA nanomachines
The latest DNA nanodevices - including a robot with movable arms, a book that opens and closes, a switchable gear, and an actuator - may be intriguing in their own right, but that's not the point. They demonstrate a breakthrough in the science of using DNA as a programmable building material for nanometer-scale structures and machines.
New study shows bacteria can use magnetic nanoparticles to create a 'natural battery'
The bacteria can load electrons onto and discharge electrons from microscopic particles of magnetite. This discovery holds out the potential of using this mechanism to help clean up environmental pollution, and other bioengineering applications.
Behind the dogmas of good old hydrodynamics
A new theory gives new insights into the transport of liquid flowing along the surface under applied electric field.
Fluctuation X-ray scattering
In biology, materials science and the energy sciences, structural information provides important insights into the understanding of matter. The link between a structure and its properties can suggest new avenues for designed improvements of synthetic materials or provide new fundamental insights in biology and medicine at the molecular level.
Surface-modified nanoparticles endow coatings with combined properties
Nanoparticles are specifically adapted to the particular application by Small Molecule Surface Modification (SMSM). Thereby surfaces of workpieces or mouldings are expected to exhibit several different functions at one and the same time.
Nanocarbon enhanced plastic could spur green energy applications, artificial muscles
A plastic used in filters and tubing has an unusual trait: It can produce electricity when pulled or pressed. This ability has been used in small ways, but now researchers are coaxing fibers of the material to make even more electricity for a wider range of applications from green energy to 'artificial muscles'.
Engineers create nanomaterials tougher than bulletproof vests
Researchers have created new structures that exploit the electromechanical properties of specific nanofibers to stretch to up to seven times their length, while remaining tougher than Kevlar.
Simple method of binding pollutants in water with nanoadsorbers
New types of membrane adsorbers remove unwanted particles from water and also, at the same time, dissolved substances such as the hormonally active bis-phenol A or toxic lead. To do this, researchers imbed selective adsorber particles in filtration membranes.
The first observation of the effect of electron spin of molecular oxygen on the surface oxidation reaction
Scientists presented the first spin-controlled oxygen adsorption experiment indicating that the rate of surface oxidation is strongly affected by the electron spin of oxygen.
Gold nanoparticles size up to cancer treatment
Incorporating gold nanoparticles helps optimise treatment carrier size and stability to improve delivery of cancer treatment to cells.
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