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Newswise: Researchers harness 2D magnetic materials for energy-efficient computing
Released: 22-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Researchers harness 2D magnetic materials for energy-efficient computing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Experimental computer memories and processors built from magnetic materials use far less energy than traditional silicon-based devices.

Released: 21-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Long COVID can happen to anyone. Keep up with the latest research on Long COVID on Newswise
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Stay informed! These are the latest research articles on "Long COVID" from the Coronavirus News Source on Newswise.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
First human trial shows ‘wonder’ material can be developed safely
University of Edinburgh

A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 3:50 PM EST
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
Argonne National Laboratory

A multi-institutional team reports the first look at electrons moving in real time in liquid water. Their findings could affect studies of radiation-induced processes, such as those in space travel, cancer treatments, nuclear reactors and legacy waste.

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Released: 15-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Study Finds New Inhalable Therapy is a Big Step Forward in Lung Cancer Research
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Biomedical Engineer Ke Cheng has developed a technique that uses inhalation of exosomes, or nanobubbles, to directly deliver IL-12 mRNA to the lungs of mice.

Newswise: Gold nanoparticles reverse brain deficits in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s
Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Gold nanoparticles reverse brain deficits in multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Results from phase two clinical trials at UT Southwestern Medical Center showed that a suspension of gold nanocrystals taken daily by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease (PD) significantly reversed deficits of metabolites linked to energy activity in the brain and resulted in functional improvements.

Newswise: Researchers Develop Economical Tool to Facilitate Identification of Disease-Causing Pathogens
12-Feb-2024 2:00 PM EST
Researchers Develop Economical Tool to Facilitate Identification of Disease-Causing Pathogens
Southern Methodist University

SMU nanotechnology expert MinJun Kim helped a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to develop a less expensive way to detect nuclease digestion – one of the critical steps in many nucleic acid sensing applications, such as those used to identify COVID-19.

   
Released: 8-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Technique could improve the sensitivity of quantum sensing devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

In quantum sensing, atomic-scale quantum systems are used to measure electromagnetic fields, as well as properties like rotation, acceleration, and distance, far more precisely than classical sensors can.

Newswise: Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine
Released: 6-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Building a DNA nanoparticle to be both carrier and medicine
Iowa State University

A pair of Iowa State University geneticists are among the first research teams in the world to construct DNA nanoparticles that can express their own built-in genetic instructions.

Newswise: Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
Released: 1-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Rice research unveils key dynamics of 2D nanomaterials with view to larger-scale production
Rice University

A team of Rice University researchers mapped out how flecks of 2D materials move in liquid ⎯ knowledge that could help scientists assemble macroscopic-scale materials with the same useful properties as their 2D counterparts.

Newswise: Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:45 AM EST
Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry
University of Notre Dame

In a new study, engineers at the University of Notre Dame have presented clear images of nanoplastics in ocean water off the coasts of China, South Korea and the United States, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
RNA Scientist Receives Federal Funding to Commercialize Molecular Tool Against Alzheimer’s Disease
University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany scientist Scott Tenenbaum, founder of UAlbany spinoff company sxRNA Technologies, Inc. (sxRNA Tech), has received $500,000 from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how aging brain cells shape the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, and advance RNA technology that could inform new therapeutics to prevent and treat Alzheimer's and related dementias.

Newswise: Antiviral Color Nanocoating Technology
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:00 AM EST
Antiviral Color Nanocoating Technology
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has announced that a collaborative research team led by Dr. So-Hye Cho from the Materials Architecturing Research Center and Dr. Seung Eun Lee of the Research Animal Resources Center has developed a nanocoating technology that not only maximizes the antiviral activity of the surface, but also enables the realization of various colors.

Newswise: Small yet mighty: showcasing precision nanocluster formation with molecular traps
Released: 30-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Small yet mighty: showcasing precision nanocluster formation with molecular traps
Chiba University

Researchers demonstrate the growth of cobalt nanoclusters on two-dimensional copper surfaces using an array of ring-shaped crown ether molecules.

Newswise: UAH researchers design revolutionary low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance and physical health
Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
UAH researchers design revolutionary low-cost wearable biosensor to enhance athletic performance and physical health
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have designed a wearable biosensor that offers a new way to measure human muscle activation to potentially prevent injuries and enhance athletic performance.

Newswise: Argonne scientists help scale up nanomaterials for sustainable manufacturing
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Argonne scientists help scale up nanomaterials for sustainable manufacturing
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists using Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have developed a multipurpose nanomaterial to aid in sustainable manufacturing.

Newswise: Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles
Released: 26-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles
Washington University in St. Louis

Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman, both professors in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, led a team that harnessed the power of specially made nanostructures to enhance the neural response in a locust's brain to specific odors and to improve their identification of those odors.

Newswise: Hacking DNA to Make Next-Gen Materials
Released: 24-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Hacking DNA to Make Next-Gen Materials
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia University, and Stony Brook University have developed a universal method for producing a wide variety of designed metallic and semiconductor 3D nanostructures—the potential base materials for next-generation semiconductor devices, neuromorphic computing, and advanced energy applications.

Newswise: Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) to lead $40 Million initiative for AFIRM Consortium
Released: 22-Jan-2024 12:00 PM EST
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) to lead $40 Million initiative for AFIRM Consortium
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, part of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, has been selected to lead the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) Consortium.

   
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Scientists trap krypton atoms to form one-dimensional gas
University of Nottingham

For the first time, scientists have successfully trapped atoms of krypton (Kr), a noble gas, inside a carbon nanotube to form a one-dimensional gas.

Newswise: Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Plumber’s nightmare structure in block polymers
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Plumber’s nightmare structure presents itself as an assemblage where all exits seem to converge inward—a plumber’s nightmare but an anticipated uniqueness for researchers, suggesting distinctive traits divergent from traditional materials.

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Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Scientists Advance Affordable, Sustainable Solution for Flat-Panel Displays and Wearable Tech
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Scientists have developed “supramolecular ink,” a new 3D-printable OLED (organic light-emitting diode) material made of inexpensive, Earth-abundant elements instead of costly scarce metals.

Newswise: Scientists Make COVID Receptor Protein in Mouse Cells
22-Jan-2024 5:00 AM EST
Scientists Make COVID Receptor Protein in Mouse Cells
Brookhaven National Laboratory

A team of scientists has demonstrated a way to produce large quantities of the receptor that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, binds to on the surface of human cells.

Released: 19-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
DNA becomes our ‘hands’ to construct advanced nanoparticle materials
Northwestern University

Evanston, IL In a paper to be published in Science Jan. 18, scientists Chad Mirkin and Sharon Glotzer and their teams at Northwestern University and University of Michigan, respectively, present findings in nanotechnology that could impact the way advanced materials are made.

Newswise: Joshua Zide: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Released: 16-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Joshua Zide: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Joshua Zide and his team at the University of Delaware are taking a new approach to materials, making metallic nanoparticles separately from films and then incorporating them. It turns semiconductors into nanocomposites with different properties and new applications.

Newswise: Revolutionary Implantable Tactile Sensing System for Neuroprosthetics
Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Revolutionary Implantable Tactile Sensing System for Neuroprosthetics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Tactile mechanoreceptors are essential for environmental interaction and movement. Traditional tactile sensors in wearables and robotics often fall short, especially in restoring touch in cases of paralysis.

Newswise: Soldering wounds with light and nano thermometers
Released: 16-Jan-2024 3:05 AM EST
Soldering wounds with light and nano thermometers
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Not every wound can be closed with needle and thread. Empa researchers have now developed a soldering process with nanoparticles that gently fuses tissue.

Newswise: Bladder tumours reduced by 90% using nanorobots
Released: 15-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
Bladder tumours reduced by 90% using nanorobots
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

The research, which was conducted on mice, demonstrates how these tiny nanomachines are propelled by urea present in urine and precisely target the tumour, attacking it with a radioisotope carried on their surface.

   
Newswise: Light-matter interaction: broken symmetry drives polaritons
Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:05 PM EST
Light-matter interaction: broken symmetry drives polaritons
FRITZ HABER INSTITUTE - MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

An international team of scientists provide an overview of the latest research on light-matter interactions.

Newswise: Observing macroscopic quantum effects in the dark
Released: 10-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Observing macroscopic quantum effects in the dark
University of Innsbruck

The boundary between everyday reality and the quantum world remains unclear. The more massive an object, the more localized it becomes when being made quantum through cooling down its motion to the absolute zero. Researchers propose an experiment in which an optically levitated nanoparticle, cooled to its ground state, evolves in a non-optical (“dark”) potential created by electrostatic or magnetic forces.

Newswise: Scientists Develop Green Method for Producing Bactericidal Copper Oxide Nanoparticles From Noni Plant (Morinda citrifolia)
Released: 10-Jan-2024 3:05 AM EST
Scientists Develop Green Method for Producing Bactericidal Copper Oxide Nanoparticles From Noni Plant (Morinda citrifolia)
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University biologist described a green method for obtaining copper oxide nanoparticles from the noni plant (Morinda citrifolia), common in Asia. These nanoparticles have pronounced bactericidal and fungicidal properties.

Newswise: Unveiling the Future of Photonics: Hydrogel Innovations Pave the Way
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Unveiling the Future of Photonics: Hydrogel Innovations Pave the Way
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Photonic devices, crucial in modern technology, manipulate light through films and structures, enhancing functionalities via principles such as interference and resonance.

Newswise: Ultrasensitive molecular sensing with synthesize complex-frequencey waves
Released: 5-Jan-2024 10:10 PM EST
Ultrasensitive molecular sensing with synthesize complex-frequencey waves
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sensors are essential tools for detecting and analyzing trace molecules in various fields. However, developing sensors with high enough sensitivity to detect tiny amounts of molecules remains a challenge.

Newswise: Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
Released: 5-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Using a new technology developed at MIT, diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then taking a urine test that reveals whether a tumor is present.

   
Newswise: Springs aboard – gently feeling the way to grasp the microcosmos
Released: 4-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Springs aboard – gently feeling the way to grasp the microcosmos
CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

These “picosprings” have remarkably large and tuneable compliancy and can be controlled remotely through magnetic fields (even deep within the human body) allowing articulated motion in microrobots as well as micromanipulations well beyond the state of the art.

Released: 4-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Even far below freezing, ice’s surface begins melting as temperatures rise
Argonne National Laboratory

An imaging method for sensitive materials conducted at Argonne National Laboratory reveals previously unseen changes in ice even when the temperatures are well below zero degrees Celsius.

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Released: 3-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics. Video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWUX2OTqkEo

Released: 2-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Continuous glucose monitoring
Wiley

Monitoring glucose levels is one of the key elements in health monitoring. A research team has now developed a battery-independent fluorescent nanosensor based on single-wall carbon nanotubes and an inactive form of the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx).

Newswise: A Novel Toxic Gas Sensor by KRISS Improves the Limit of Detection
Released: 28-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST
A Novel Toxic Gas Sensor by KRISS Improves the Limit of Detection
National Research Council of Science and Technology

KRISS develops a sensor with advanced materials for monitoring nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere with the world’s highest sensitivity.

Newswise: Developing nanocatalysts to overcome limitations of water electrolysis technology
Released: 28-Dec-2023 12:00 AM EST
Developing nanocatalysts to overcome limitations of water electrolysis technology
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Kyung Joong Yoon’s research team at the Energy Materials Research Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a nanocatalyst for high-temperature water electrolysis that can retain a high current density of more than 1A/cm2 for a long time at temperatures above 600 degrees.

Newswise: Nanoparticle Magic: Fine-Tuning Gold Nanoparticles in Tellurite Glass for Unique Photonics
Released: 27-Dec-2023 8:20 AM EST
Nanoparticle Magic: Fine-Tuning Gold Nanoparticles in Tellurite Glass for Unique Photonics
Chinese Academy of Sciences

After extensive prior research spanning more than a decade, scientists have introduced an innovative approach for incorporating gold nanoparticles into tellurite glasses, capitalising on their highly desirable attributes.

Released: 20-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Working with Big Data requires a lot of power! The latest research and features on Supercomputing
Newswise

With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.

       
Newswise: Microfluidic Magnetic Detection System Revolutionizes Tumor-Derived Exosome Analysis
Released: 19-Dec-2023 8:05 AM EST
Microfluidic Magnetic Detection System Revolutionizes Tumor-Derived Exosome Analysis
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Cancer, a leading cause of death globally, releases TDEs, tiny vesicles containing crucial bioactive components.

Released: 15-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Five researchers named Argonne Distinguished Fellows for 2023
Argonne National Laboratory

Researcher’s honor is awarded to less than 3% of Laboratory’s scientific staff.

Newswise: Large neutron and X-ray scientific facilities for microstructural characterization of polymer-bonded explosives
Released: 13-Dec-2023 9:00 AM EST
Large neutron and X-ray scientific facilities for microstructural characterization of polymer-bonded explosives
Chinese Academy of Sciences

The researchers summarized the small-angle scattering, neutron reflection, and neutron diffraction techniques for characterizing the inherent hierarchical microstructures of PBXs.

Released: 12-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Illuminating the nanoscale: the forceful dance of light and heat
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology developed a microscope that visualizes the invisible forces exerted by light at the nanoscale. This groundbreaking tool reveals the intimate tango between light, force, and temperature with unprecedented detail and speed.

Released: 11-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Permselectivity reveals a cool side of nanopores
Osaka University

Have you ever wondered how water boils in an electric kettle? Most people may think electricity simply heats up the metal coil inside the kettle, which then transfers the heat to the water. But electricity can do more than that.

Newswise: CRONT: Empowering Optical Tweezers with
Released: 8-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST
CRONT: Empowering Optical Tweezers with "Biometric Eyes"
Chinese Academy of Sciences

CRONT(CRISPR-powered optothermal nanotweezers):A groundbreaking bio-detection technology has emerged by merging the single-base-specific recognition capability of CRISPR gene editing technology with the precise control for biomolecules of optothermal tweezers.

Released: 7-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Soham Saha is developing the next generation of X-ray tools
Argonne National Laboratory

Soham Saha, a Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, discusses his work to develop small, adjustable X-ray sources.

Newswise: Optical and electrically driven single-molecular Raman switch
Released: 7-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST
Optical and electrically driven single-molecular Raman switch
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Understanding and controlling the molecular switching of a single molecule is fundamental for the development of molecular logic operations and for the further development of nanoscale computation.



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