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Nanoparticles will change the world, but whether it's for the better depends on decisions made now

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Frameworks for assessing the safety and ethics of nanoparticles have not kept pace with research. A chemists discusses what worries her.

Sep 7, 2023

Graphmatech and Khalifa University’s RIC2D sign MoU to collaborate on advanced graphene-engineered materials and manufacturing processes

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Graphmatech and Khalifa University of Science and Technology’s Research and Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (RIC2D) have announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU), establishing a strategic framework for cooperation in advanced ...

Sep 7, 2023

Universal Matter receives support from NETL

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Earlier this year, Universal Matter acquired Applied Graphene Materials' assets for $1.3 million and then AGM changed its company name to Universal Matter GBR. Now, Universal Matter received support from The National Energy Technology Laborat...

Sep 7, 2023

Electronic detection of DNA nanoballs enables simple pathogen detection

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have developed a novel method using DNA Nanoballs to detect pathogens, aiming to simplify nucleic acid testing and revolutionize pathogen detection. This could pave the way for a straightforward electronic-based test capable of identify...

Sep 7, 2023

A Single Drug Could Treat America's Top Two Killer Diseases

ScienceAlert   -   Scientific News Websites

Two birds, one nano-sized stone.

Sep 7, 2023

Innovative plasmonic nanotweezer rapidly traps potentially cancerous nanosized particles

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have developed a way to more quickly, and precisely, trap nanoscale objects such as potentially cancerous extracellular vesicles using a cutting-edge plasmonic nanotweezer.

Sep 7, 2023

Novel device combines nanopores with electronic signals for disease detection

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

In living organisms, cells have a very high capacity to process and communicate information by moving molecules or ions through tiny channels that span the cell membrane. Scientists have created a device that mimics this biological concept in orde...

Sep 7, 2023

Newly discovered nanobody may lead to a treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine, believe they have discovered a special antibody which may lead to a treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa, a condition that causes loss of central vision, as well as night and color vision.

Sep 7, 2023

This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

IEEE Spectrum   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

People have expected great things from Alice Parker, who was raised in a family of distinguished scientists and engineers. And Parker, emerita professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern California has delivered....

Sep 6, 2023

Researchers develop plasmonic nanotweezers to more rapidly trap potentially cancerous nanosized particles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Vanderbilt researchers have developed a way to more quickly and precisely trap nanoscale objects such as potentially cancerous extracellular vesicles using cutting-edge plasmonic nanotweezers.

Sep 6, 2023

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