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Silver nanoparticles may lead to a host of innovative applications (Sify News)
A team of scientists has introduced a new method to deterministically and precisely position silver nanoparticles onto self-assembling DNA scaffolds, which could lead to a new generation of (get the story…) Related items Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications (Science Daily) Washing Nanoparticles Off Socks And Into The Environment (Medical News Today) Knocking Nanoparticles Off The Socks (redOrbit) Knocking... »
Silver proves its mettle for nanotech applications (Science Daily)
Scientists have introduced a new method to deterministically and precisely position silver nanoparticles onto self-assembling DNA scaffolds. (read on…) Related items Silver nanoparticles may lead to a host of innovative applications (Sify News) Fish Kill: Nanosilver Mutates Fish Embryos (Scientific American) Washing Nanoparticles Off Socks And Into The Environment (Medical News Today) Knocking Nanoparticles Off The Socks (redOrbit) Knocking Nanoparticles Off... »
Nanoparticles Provide A Targeted Version Of Photothermal Therapy For Cancer (Medical News Today)
In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or “magic bullet,” as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment. Magic bullets, also called silver bullets, because of the folkloric belief that only silver bullets can kill supernatural creatures, remain the goal of drug development efforts today.... »
&discoveries developments (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
Odor-fighting silver out in wash Silver ions are such effective anti-microbial agents that there are now hundreds of consumer products with small amounts of the metal, in the form of nanoparticles that release ions slowly. Among those products are socks (get the story…) Related items Fish Kill: Nanosilver Mutates Fish Embryos (Scientific American) Nanoparticles come loose during washing... »
Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery (Science Daily)
Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Researchers see many uses for this new way of storing electricity. (read here…) Related items Nanotubes, Ink, And Paper Make Instant Battery (redOrbit) Scientists come up... »
