Trojan Horse to Kill Cancer Cells
Visits: 6 – Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a […]
Nanoscience
DNA as Nano-carrier can control release of drugs
Visits: 3 – Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells inside DNA Courtesy TUM: Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not […]
Platform for controlled delivery of nanoscale drugs
Visits: 8 – The new approach, developed by chemical engineers at MIT, can help create more efficient consumer products, including medicines, cosmetics and food. Courtesy MIT […]
Researchers synthesize nanoparticles for new materials
Visits: 2 – Core-shell clusters pave the way for new efficient nanomaterials that make catalysts, magnetic and laser sensors or measuring devices to detect electromagnetic radiation […]
Light box that opens new doors into the nano world
Visits: 19 – Researchers at Chalmers have discovered a completely new way of capturing, amplifying and linking light to matter at the nano level. Using a […]
Graphite nanoplatelets on medical devices kill bacteria and prevent infections
Visits: 20 – Graphite nanoplatelets integrated into plastic medical surfaces can prevent infections, killing 99.99 per cent of bacteria which try to attach – a cheap […]
A super-fast “light switch” for future cars and computers
Visits: 19 – Switching light beams quickly is important in many technological applications. Researchers at ETH have now developed an “electro-opto-mechanical” switch for light beams that […]
Nanocellulose Sensors – Wood on our Skin
Visits: 22Flexible, biocompatible nanocellulose sensors Courtesy Empa by Andrea Six: Physiological parameters in our blood can be determined without painful punctures. Empa researchers are currently […]
On the road to safe nanomedicine
Visits: 63Tiny particles that can fight cancer or that can easily pass through any interface within our body are a great promise for medicine. But […]
Rewriting the periodic table at high pressure
Visits: 22The periodic table has been a vital foundational tool for material research since it was first created 150 years ago. Now, Martin Rahm from […]
Are you happy with your salary ?
Visits: 42Nature’s survey offers a snapshot of salaries and career paths in the scientific sector. Source Nature: Many science students and junior researchers continue to […]
Magnetic Superpowers for the Electron microscope
Visits: 84Researchers expand an electron microscope’s capacity to explore new domains Source Tokyo University : In a world first, a powerful transmission electron microscope (TEM) […]