Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the postoperative phase afte...
Jan 31, 2025
A transdisciplinary team of AMBER and CRANN researchers from the School of Chemistry at University College Cork (UCC) and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has developed sensor technology for wearable air quality monitors that ...
Jan 31, 2025
A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report in ACS Applied Bio Materials that laboratory tests of their nanoflower-coated dressings demonstrate antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and bio...
Jan 31, 2025
A carbon structure lighter than a postage stamp holds two full-sized bricks aloft without buckling, while remaining so delicate it balances on a soap bubble without breaking the film. This achievement from University of Toronto engineers demonstra...
Jan 31, 2025
Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties.
Jan 31, 2025
Inside the human digestive tract, an electronic capsule can now generate its own electricity using recycled seaweed, power small electronic devices, with the duration depending on the specific energy requirements of each device, kill harmful bacte...
Jan 31, 2025
Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have successfully controlled the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of “DNA origami.” The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large therapeutic loads into c...
Jan 31, 2025
Our nerve cells transmit signals that process everything from our sense of touch, smell, and hearing, to what makes us feel hungry.
Jan 31, 2025
A nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed to save patients from repeated surgeries has proved to have unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests -- a promising sign for its potential to help human patients.
Jan 30, 2025
This novel finding regarding the nonreciprocal diffraction of acoustic waves could open doors for next-generation communication devices.
Jan 29, 2025
