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Research on cancer-frying nanoparticles heats up

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Scientists have improved the performance of magnetic nanoparticles designed to roast and destroy tumors.

Jun 26, 2018

Superresolution Microscopy Enhances DNA Nanostructures

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

A method of superresolution microscopy, called DNA-PAINT, allows all of the strands within DNA-based nanostructures to be visualized individually, with a high degree of spatial resolution. Using DNA-PAINT, researchers can directly visualize all co...

Jun 26, 2018

Novel theranostic agent designed for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A novel, intelligent theranostic agent for precise tumor diagnosis and therapy has been developed that remains as small molecules while circulating in the bloodstream, can then self-assemble into larger nanostructures in the tumor, and be activate...

Jun 26, 2018

Faster, more precise lab-on-a-chip holds promise of early cancer diagnosis

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

An award-winning Vanderbilt University researcher used plasmonics to develop a new kind of nanotweezers that can rapidly trap and detect molecules, viruses and DNA – a device transformative for medicine that also has color printing applications.

Jun 26, 2018

Nanotweezer lab-on-a-chip holds promise of early cancer diagnosis

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers used plasmonics to develop a new kind of nanotweezers that can rapidly trap and detect molecules, viruses and DNA - a device transformative for medicine that also has color printing applications.

Jun 26, 2018

Registration Now Open for NanoScientific Symposiums on SPM

AZoNano   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Registration is now open for all three 2018 NanoScientific Symposiums on SPM, co sponsored by Park Systems and NanoScientific Journal offered to all engineers and researchers working in science,...

Jun 26, 2018

Asymmetric plasmonic antennas deliver femtosecond pulses for fast optoelectronics

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in generating ultrashort electric pulses on a chip using metal antennas only a few nanometers in size, then running the signals a few millimeters above the surface and reading them in again a controlle...

Jun 26, 2018

New CRISPR-Gold technique reduces behavioral autism symptoms in mice

New Atlas   -   Scientific News Websites

A remarkable new study has successfully used the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique to edit a specific gene in mice engineered to have fragile X syndrome (FXS), a single-gene disorder often related to autism. The single gene edit in the li...

Jun 26, 2018

Nanomaterials could mean more algae outbreaks for wetlands, waterways: High tech metal particles may inadvertently take a toll on aquatic life

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The last 10 years have seen a surge in the use of tiny substances called nanomaterials in agrochemicals like pesticides and fungicides. The idea is to provide more disease protection and better yields for crops, while decreasing the amount of toxi...

Jun 25, 2018

Carbon Nanotubes Emerge as Potential Quantum Light Sources

Photonics Media   -   Scientific News Websites

Researchers report on the potential of carbon nanotubes as single-photon emitters for quantum information processing. A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is collaborating with colleagues at CNRS (The French National Center for Scient...

Jun 25, 2018

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