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Create new heart patch
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Create new heart patch

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of patch with gold and alginate nanofibers. Star clusters of gold nanowires can be seen in these images.

December 11, 2018
'Nanoparticles' can help shrink devices
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'Nanoparticles' can help shrink devices

Some technical devices - like iPods and laptops - are getting smaller. Scientists are trying to reduce them even further by applying small parts by one-millionth of the…

December 11, 2018
Use nanoparticles to find cancer cells
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Use nanoparticles to find cancer cells

US scientists have developed a technique that uses tiny gold particles attached to antibodies to look for cancer cells. The focus of this work is on ovarian cancer, a ve…

December 11, 2018