Delivering an effective therapeutic payload to specific target cells with few adverse effects is considered by many to be the holy grail of medical research. A new Tel Aviv University study explores a biological approach to directing nanocarriers ...
Oct 30, 2018
Nanosystems that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging materials to tumors are showing significant progress, particularly those that respond to tumor-related stimuli, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced ...
Oct 30, 2018
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes.
Oct 30, 2018
By structuring nanowires in a way that mimics geckos' ears, researchers have found a way to record the incoming angle of light. This technology could have applications in robotic vision, photography and augmented reality.
Oct 30, 2018
The research from the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering finds that silk combined with carbon nanotubes may lead to a new generation of biomedical devices and so-called transient, biodegradable electronics.
Oct 30, 2018
A technique to generate large amounts of giant vesicle (liposome) dispersion has been developed. The technique involves adsorbing a lipid into a silicone porous material resembling a 'marshmallow-like gel' and then squeezing it out like ...
Oct 30, 2018
Quantum computers that are capable of solving complex problems, like drug design or machine learning, will require millions of quantum bits -- or qubits -- connected in an integrated way and designed to correct errors that inevitably occur in frag...
Oct 30, 2018
Icarus Interstellar Spaceship designer Adam Crowl has provided more analysis of the potential of the 80 Gigapascal carbon nanotube bundle material. Nextbigfuture wrote this material which has been made in a chinese lab. The material is 20 times st...
Oct 29, 2018
A new study explores a biological approach to directing nanocarriers loaded with protein “game changers” to specific cells. The groundbreaking method may prove useful in treating myriad malignancies, inflammatory diseases and rare genetic disorder...
Oct 29, 2018
Researchers have engineered a new type of molecular probe that can measure and count RNA in cells and tissue without organic dyes. The probe is based on the conventional fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique, but it relies on compact...
Oct 29, 2018
