Nanomedicines—typically drugs hidden within nanoscopic fatty membranes ('liposomes')—have potential to transform chemotherapy treatments, improving drug delivery and reducing toxic side effects for thousands of cancer patients every year.
Mar 10, 2022
Prof. Hong Zhang and Dr. Yansong Feng at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have engineered and synthesized unique multi-layered, multi-functional nanoparticles that allow radiotherapy and ph...
Mar 10, 2022
New research has identified that the frequently used chemotherapy drug (5-FU or Fluorouracil) is 100 per cent more effective at targeting tumors (rather than surrounding tissues) when administered using an optimized liposomal formulation.
Mar 10, 2022
A metal foam could underpin a low-cost method for generating carbon-free fuels, researchers from KAUST have shown. The team seamlessly coated the foam with iron and cobalt nanomaterials to create a highly active electrode for a device that splits ...
Mar 10, 2022
In an article recently published in Scientific Reports, researchers explored the removal of permanent tattoos and compared nano and picosecond laser treatments. Study: Comparative...
Mar 10, 2022
The impact of different kinds of commercial metallic nanoparticles (nanosized zero valent iron (nZVI), bimetal nZVI-Pd, and nano-magnetite (nFe3O4)) for the recovery of soil co-contaminated with Cr and PCBs are evaluated in a recent article publis...
Mar 10, 2022
An article recently published in Science of The Total Environment focuses on the existing status, agglomeration, and settling features of nanoparticles in natural water sources....
Mar 10, 2022
The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, the National Metrology Institute of Germany) reported that it has developed standards for aspheric optics. The standards are intended to improve the calibration of aspheric and freeform surface measu...
Mar 10, 2022
Nanomedicines – typically drugs hidden within nanoscopic fatty membranes (‘ liposomes ’) – have potential to transform chemotherapy treatments, improving drug delivery and reducing toxic side effects for thousands of cancer patients every year. No...
Mar 9, 2022
Each simple RNA virus has a genome, its "native RNA." This genome dictates how the virus replicates in cells to eventually cause disease. The genome also has the code for making a capsid, the protein shell of a virus that encapsulates th...
Mar 9, 2022
