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Chemistry World May 24, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Releasing reactive oxygen Scientists in Canada have made nanoparticles that release singlet oxygen when a laser beam is shone on them. The nanoparticles could improve the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy, a treatment for some cancers.
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Chemistry World November 6, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Soybeans Strike Nanogold A simple mix of soybeans, water and gold salts may hold the secret to producing gold nanoparticles without harming the environment, according to one team of US researchers.
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Chemistry World October 7, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New light shed on 'photothermal' cell death Photothermal therapy - where tiny particles of a metal are introduced into a cell and heated by laser light to kill the cell - might not work in the way people think, researchers in the UK have discovered.
Chemistry World September 4, 2013 Emma Stoye	Cracked bones attract healing nanoparticles A US team have used drug-loaded nanoparticles to detect and heal tiny cracks in human bones. Their system uses ions leaking from the crack to draw the particles to damaged areas.
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Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Manisha Lalloo	Antibacterial nanoparticles from bacteria Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles made using bacteria have better antibacterial properties than their chemically synthesised counterparts.
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Chemistry World April 1, 2011 Hayley Birch	Nanoparticles help reveal hidden fingerprints A technique using gold nanoparticles in combination with antibodies has shown promising results for enhancing fingerprints that are over a week old.
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Chemistry World December 3, 2007 Michael Gross	Flash Memory Enters Another Dimension Researchers in Korea and Australia have used stacked layers of gold nanoparticles to boost the storage density of flash memory.
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Chemistry World September 12, 2014 Hayley Simon	Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise Nanoparticles coated in an amino acid polymer have been found to prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils -- incorrectly folded protein fibers associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Chemistry World October 9, 2014 James Urquhart	Designer nanoparticles cast in DNA molds German researchers have developed a DNA origami approach to produce custom-made inorganic nanoparticles with programmable, pre-designed shapes.
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Chemistry World April 11, 2006 Jon Evans	Nanotechnology Tackles Chemotherapy Chemists and medical researchers have developed nanoparticles that target chemotherapy drugs directly at tumours. The researchers claim that the same technique could be used to develop nanoparticle-based treatments for a wide range of other diseases.
Chemistry World September 10, 2013 Emily Skinner	Shape memory polymer hosts functional nanoparticles Scientists in China have developed a polymer scaffold for functional nanoparticles that can be folded and mangled but will reform into its original shape if it is placed in water.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Cheap material makes speedy memory Researchers have devised potentially low-cost, high-speed nonvolatile memory (retains information even when it is not powered) from polystyrene and gold nanoparticles.
Chemistry World June 27, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Nanoparticles allow remote control of cells In an experiment reminiscent of the mind-control rays that featured prominently in B-movies from the 1950s, scientists in the US have used a magnetic field to alter the behavior of an animal.
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Chemistry World December 3, 2010 Emma Shiells	No stone left unturned in oil hunt Polymer coated nanoparticles could be used to detect unrecovered oil in mature oil fields, say US scientists.
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Chemistry World March 20, 2014 James Urquhart	Nanoparticle composites make colorful magnetic crystals Incorporating nanoparticles into single crystal materials can imbue them with new properties, such as color and magnetism, thanks to gel crystallization techniques developed independently by UK and Chinese research groups.
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Chemistry World August 19, 2009 Hayley Birch	Gold nanoparticles detect cancer Chinese scientists have used gold nanoparticles as ultrasensitive fluorescent probes to detect cancer biomarkers in human blood.
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