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New Camera Chip Provides Superfine 3-D Resolution
Imagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. You just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its integrated 3-D imager, send it to…
Nanoparticles May Exploit Tumor Weaknesses to Selectively Attack Cancers
Delving into the world of the extremely small, researchers are exploring how biodegradable nanoparticles can precisely deliver anticancer drugs to attack neuroblastoma, an often-deadly children’s cancer.CHOP Collaborators Explore Ultrasmall Drug Delivery Vehicles…
Optics, nanotechnology combined to create low-cost sensor for gases
Engineers at Oregon State University have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin-films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyze a…
Combining magnetism and light to fight cancer
Scientists at the Laboratory Material and Systems Complexes (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot) and the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Electrolytes and Nanosystems Interfacial (CNRS/UPMC)obtained total tumor regression in mice. By combining, in a…