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Ultrasound beam triggers nanodroplets to deliver drugs at exactly the right spot

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Conventional drug delivery is often like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. Whether the drug is swallowed, injected, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, it ultimately diffuses to most parts of the body, including those where it isn’t needed – ...

Jun 19, 2024

iGii (formerly Integrated Graphene) secures investment of over $11 million

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

iGii, formerly Integrated Graphene, has announced it has raised £8.8 million (over USD$11.7 million) in new funding to accelerate growth. iGii will use the funds to accelerate customer projects, increase its manufacturing capacity, and deepen its ...

Jun 19, 2024

Rimere's graphene to be tested in Holliday Rock's concrete

Graphene Info   -   Scientific and Educational Websites

Rimere, a climate solutions company with proprietary plasma technology, and Holliday Rock, a leading producer of concrete and asphalt in California, have announced a new co-development agreement for Rimere’s graphene to be tested in Holliday Rock’...

Jun 19, 2024

Lung-targeting lipid nanoparticles with CRISPR components successfully treat cystic fibrosis mouse models

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of medical researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and ReCode Therapeutics has developed a way to send gene-editing tools to the lungs to repair the faulty gen...

Jun 18, 2024

Ultrasound beam triggers 'nanodroplets' to deliver drugs at exactly the right spot

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Conventional drug delivery is often like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer. Whether the drug is swallowed, injected, inhaled, or absorbed through the skin, it ultimately diffuses to most parts of the body, including those where it isn't need...

Jun 18, 2024

Scientists use tyrosine nanomedicine to halt melanoma growth

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An international research team used a common amino acid, tyrosine, packaged as a nanomedicine, to change the metabolism of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, and prevent cancer growth.

Jun 18, 2024

Researchers film energy materials as they form

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Shooting a movie in the lab requires special equipment. Especially when the actors are molecules -- invisible to the naked eye -- reacting with each other. 'Imagine trying to film tiny lava flows during a volcanic eruption. Your smartphone ca...

Jun 18, 2024

Improving fingerprint detection with carbon-coated nanoparticles

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Fingerprint detection is one of the most important techniques in forensic investigation. When fingerprints are dusted with a carbon-based powder, the material will adhere to the moisture and grease left behind by the unique patterns of ridges and ...

Jun 17, 2024

MXenes for energy storage: Chemical imaging more than just surface deep

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new method in spectromicroscopy significantly improves the study of chemical reactions at the nanoscale, both on surfaces and inside layered materials. Scanning X-ray microscopy (SXM) at MAXYMUS beamline of BESSY II enables the investigation of ...

Jun 17, 2024

Physicists discover a new optical property that measures the twist in tiny helices

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

A new nonlinear optical property of tiny particles has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by physicists at the University of Bath, with important implications for researchers working in fields as diverse as display technolo...

Jun 17, 2024

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