A recent study analyzed paint composition and its biological properties, as paints release polymers and particles into the environment.
Aug 24, 2022
This study not only provides an in-situ approach to producing biological nanomaterials, but also offers a sustainable route for high-efficiency extraction of aqueous uranium.
Aug 24, 2022
A new platform shows promise in the sped up design of lipid nanoparticles to deliver treatments that prevent viral infections.
Aug 24, 2022
D-Wave Systems was trying to raise about $300 million from a SPAC. D-Wave was hoping the completion of the merger with DPCM Capital would grant it access to a trust account worth $300 million, assuming that there were no redemptions by shareholder...
Aug 23, 2022
In 2006, I publicly predicted that solar energy would be the cheapest form of energy by 2020. Among 150 predictions I made in 2006 on the site nanotech-now were Solar power becomes cheapest form of enery by 2015-2020 Massive solar energy deploymen...
Aug 23, 2022
Today, the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Spear Bio, Inc.announced that the Institute's DNA nanotechnology-driven ultrasensitive SPEAR protein-detection technology has been licensed to the newly...
Aug 23, 2022
The success of COVID-19 vaccines is a great example of gene medicine's tremendous potential to prevent viral infections. One reason for the vaccines' success is their use of lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, to carry delicate messenger RNA t...
Aug 23, 2022
Over the past few decades, human-machine interface (HMI) technologies, especially driven by the demands of wearables, have progressed rapidly—into smaller, lighter, more efficient, more robust forms. Today, we also have various self-powered HMIs, ...
Aug 23, 2022
Supported metal nanoparticle catalysts play an important role in a series of industrially important reactions for fuel production, fine chemical synthesis, pollutant removal, and solar harvesting. However, the metal NPs tend to sinter and/or leach...
Aug 23, 2022
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease that leads to insidious deterioration of brain functions. Current treatments for AD that focus on inhibition of amyloid beta (Aβ) aggregation failed to show effectiveness in peop...
Aug 23, 2022
