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April 05, 2025

Label-free fluorosensor detects enteroviral RNA with high selectivity and sensitivity

Source: Phys.org | Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025

In a significant advancement, researchers from the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have unveiled an innovative, label-free ratiometric fluorosensor designed for the selective and sensitive detection of enteroviral RNA. The research promises to deliver even more advanced and effective detection methods, reinforcing the importance of interdisciplinary...

Engineering biomolecular condensates for programmable immune response and material design

Source: Nanowerk | Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025

Framework for nanoscale material design using programmable DNA systems enables precise control over structure, function, and immune signaling in soft materials.

Boosting Hydrogen Fuel Production with TiO2 and Copper-Based MOFs

Source: AZoNano.com | Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025

Boosting Hydrogen Fuel Production with TiO2 and Copper-Based MOFs

The synergy between TiO2 and HKUST-1 leads to high hydrogen evolution rates, offering a sustainable alternative to noble metal catalysts in photocatalysis.

Physicists uncover electronic interactions mediated via spin waves

Source: Science Daily | Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Physicists have made a novel discovery regarding the interaction of electronic excitations via spin waves. The finding could open the door to future technologies and advanced applications such as optical modulators, all-optical logic gates, and quantum transducers.

Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible

Source: MIT News | Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Tabletop factory-in-a-box makes hands-on manufacturing education more accessible

Inaugural cohort of Tecnológico de Monterrey undergraduates participate in immersive practicum at MIT featuring desktop fiber-extrusion devices, or FrEDs.

Drug-carrying DNA aptamers offer dual action against leukemia stem cells

Source: Medical.Net | Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025

Drug-carrying DNA aptamers offer dual action against leukemia stem cells

Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.

Nanoscale resolved mapping of the dipole emission of hBN color centers with a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope

Source: NanoWorld | Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025

Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are promising candidates as quantum light sources for future technologies. * In the article “Nanoscale resolved mapping of the dipole emission of hBN color centers with a scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope “, Iris Niehues, Daniel Wigger, Korbinian Kaltenecker, Annika Klein-Hitpass , Philippe Roell, Aleksandra K. Dąbrowska,...