University of Texas at Dallas chemist Dr. Jie Zheng has spent much of his career investigating gold nanoparticles for their potential impact in the field of nanomedicine. In new research, he and his colleagues show how these nanoparticles could pl...
Aug 12, 2021
Ultra-small nanomedicines of approximately 18 nm were fabricated by dynamic ion-pairing between Y-shaped block copolymers and nucleic acid drugs, such as siRNA and antisense drugs.
Aug 12, 2021
The project was kickstarted in 2017 when a delegation of YTC America (subsidiary of Yazaki Corporation) visited Kazan Federal University. During the talks, YTC suggested that KFU participate in developing effective methods of separating single-wal...
Aug 12, 2021
As devices continue to be built on an increasingly small scale, scientists are looking toward developing ways to engineer materials at the atomic level. In a breakthrough that will contribute to...
Aug 12, 2021
The ultrathin, highly aligned carbon nanotube films first made by Rice University physicist Junichiro Kono and his students a few years ago turned out to have a surprising phenomenon waiting within: an ability to make highly capable terahertz pola...
Aug 12, 2021
When electrons are confined into very small spaces, they can exhibit unusual electrical, optical and magnetic behavior. From confining electrons in two-dimensional atomic sheet graphene—a feat that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010—to restric...
Aug 12, 2021
Our immune system is a powerful ally to keep us safe, but there are times when it gets a little carried away and attacks things that are trying to help us. Now, researchers have developed particles called dendrimers that are covered in tiny tentac...
Aug 12, 2021
Researchers at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Physics in collaboration with colleagues from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the U.S. have uncovered a non-destructive mechanism to manipulate donor impurities within silicon using fo...
Aug 12, 2021
A biochemistry researcher from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has discovered that a nanoparticle drug delivery system can help decrease HIV/AIDS viral reservoirs present in the brain that generally lead to neurological issues.
Aug 12, 2021
At the University of Jyväskylä’s Nanoscience Center (NSC) in Finland, scientists have suggested a potential drug delivery system built from gold nanoclusters to achieve targeted gastric cancer therapy.
Aug 12, 2021
