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New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Jun 17, 2020

Energy storage using oxygen to boost battery performance

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers have presented a novel electrode material for advanced energy storage device that is directly charged with oxygen from the air. Professor Jeung Ku Kang's team synthesized and preserved the sub-nanometric particles of atomic cluste...

Jun 17, 2020

New nanoparticle drug combination for atherosclerosis developed

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Physicochemical cargo-switching nanoparticles (CSNP) designed by KAIST can help significantly reduce cholesterol and macrophage foam cells in arteries, which are the two main triggers for atherosclerotic plaque and inflammation.

Jun 17, 2020

White nanolight source for optical nanoimaging

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanolight sources based on resonant excitons of plasmons near a sharp metallic nanostructure have attracted great interest in optical nanoimaging. However, the resonant phenomenon only works for one type of wavelength that resonates with plasmons....

Jun 17, 2020

Nanomaterial gives robots chameleon skin: Features include unusual color changes and high touch sensitivity

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi -- among other futuristic applications.

Jun 17, 2020

Nanosponges could intercept coronavirus infection

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.

Jun 17, 2020

Nanosponges could intercept SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.

Jun 17, 2020

Nanosponges could intercept coronavirus infection

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce.

Jun 17, 2020

Support Materials can Decide the Fate of Gold Nanoclusters as Catalysts

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In collaboration with experimentalists from Ghent University, Belgium and Utrecht University, Netherlands, researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) at the University of Jyväskylä, have...

Jun 17, 2020

Study Compares Effective Magnetic Moments of Different Multicore Nanoparticle Systems

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Magnetic nanoparticles, a class of nanoparticles that can be manipulated by magnetic fields, have a wide range of technical and biomedical applications, including magnetic hyperthermia, targeted drug...

Jun 17, 2020

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