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Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment.

May 3, 2021

Dance of the molecules: New methods of producing tailor-made materials

chemeurope.com   -   Scientific News Websites

A Hamburg research team is paving the way for new methods of producing tailor-made materials: for the first time, the scientists from DESY NanoLab and the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) have deciphered the collective arrangement of organ...

May 3, 2021

Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients

University of South Australia   -   Organizations and Universities Websites

3D illustration of a nanobot attacking a cancer cell. Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment. That’s the finding from Indian and A...

May 3, 2021

Flexible, easy-to-scale nanoribbons move graphene toward use in tech applications

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Silicon-based fiber optics are currently the best structures for high-speed, long distance transmissions, but graphene -- an all-carbon, ultra-thin and adaptable material -- could improve performance even more.

May 3, 2021

A new way to make AR/VR glasses

EurekAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

University of Rochester researchers have imprinted freeform optics with a nanophotonic optical element called a metasurface to create AR/VR glasses that are not only compact and easy to wear, but deliver high quality optics without looking like &q...

May 3, 2021

Identifying Individual Molecules: How to Build a Better “Nanopore” Biosensor

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such devices... The post Identifying Individual Molecules: How to Build a Better “Nanopore” ...

May 2, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: World's first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.

May 1, 2021

Nanotechnology Now - Press Release: Researchers analyzed circulating currents inside gold nanoparticles: A new method facilitates accurate analysis of magnetic field effects inside complex nanostructures

Nanotechnology Now   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers in the Nanoscience Center of University of Jyvaskyla, in Finland and in the Guadalajara University in Mexico developed a method that allows for simulation and visualization of magnetic-fie...

May 1, 2021

Applications of nanoparticles in combating COVID-19

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers review the various properties and use of nanoparticles in targeting SARS-CoV-2 and how they could be used to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2.

Apr 30, 2021

Carbon dioxide catalysis made more accessible: An economical alloy-based aerogel as electrocatalyst for carbon fixation

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Many industrial processes emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Unfortunately, however, current electrochemical separation methods are expensive and consume large amounts of power. They also require expensive and rare metals as catalysts. A stu...

Apr 30, 2021

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