Oct 25, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) Most cancer patients are diagnosed after tumors have already grown large or spread, posing major challenges for treatment. Traditional therapies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, often struggle to completely eliminate larger tumors, and side effects can significantly impact patients. As researchers search for safer,...
A new spectroscopy reveals water’s quantum secrets
Oct 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Water is synonymous with life, but the dynamic, multifaceted interaction that brings H2O molecules together – the hydrogen bond – remains mysterious. Hydrogen bonds result when hydrogen and oxygen atoms between water molecules interact, sharing electronic charge in the process. This charge-sharing is a key...
Scientists discover molecules that store much of the carbon in space
Oct 25, 2024 (Nanowerk News) A team led by researchers at MIT has discovered that a distant interstellar cloud contains an abundance of pyrene, a type of large, carbon-containing molecule known as a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). The discovery of pyrene in this far-off cloud, which is similar to the...