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Study analyzes the viability of new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle

News Medical   -   Scientific News Websites

A new study by the University of Barcelona has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle.

Jan 11, 2023

New Treatment for Hereditary Blindness Possible Using Nanoparticles and mRNA

SciTechDaily   -   Scientific News Websites

Scientists from the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy have demonstrated in animal models the possibility of using lipid nanoparticles and messenger RNA, the technology underpinning COVID-19 vaccines, to treat blindness associated with a ...

Jan 11, 2023

Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness

Nanowerk   -   Nanotechnology Websites

Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited forms of blindness.

Jan 11, 2023

Examining how sunlight breaks down plastics on ocean's surface

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean's surfaces. Floating microplastic is broken down into ever smaller, invisible nanoplastic particles that spread across the entire water column, but also to compounds that can then...

Jan 11, 2023

Researchers take key step toward new treatment for hereditary blindness

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

Scientists have demonstrated in animal models the possibility of using lipid nanoparticles and messenger RNA, the technology underpinning COVID-19 vaccines, to treat blindness associated with a rare genetic condition.

Jan 11, 2023

Nanotechnology may improve gene therapy for blindness

Phys.org   -   Scientific News Websites

Using nanotechnology that enabled mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines, a new approach to gene therapy may improve how physicians treat inherited forms of blindness.

Jan 11, 2023

Researchers uncover mechanisms to easily dry, redisperse cellulose nanocrystals

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Cellulose nanocrystals—bio-based nanomaterials derived from natural resources such as plant cellulose—are valuable for their use in water treatment, packaging, tissue engineering, electronics, antibacterial coatings and much more. Though the mater...

Jan 11, 2023

Researchers uncover mechanisms to easily dry, redisperse cellulose nanocrystals

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

A team of chemical engineering researchers studied the mechanisms of drying the nanocrystals and proposed nanotechnology to render the nanocrystals highly redispersible in aqueous mediums, while retaining their full functionality, to make them eas...

Jan 11, 2023

Discovery of a new form of carbon called Long-range Ordered Porous Carbon (LOPC)

ScienceDaily   -   General News Websites

The most well-known forms of carbon include graphite and diamond, but there are other more exotic nanoscale allotropes of carbon as well. These include graphene and fullerenes, which are sp2 hybridized carbon with zero (flat-shaped) or positive (s...

Jan 11, 2023

Modification to Shor's algorithm may mean less powerful quantum computers could crack cryptosystems

Tech Xplore   -   Scientific News Websites

A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across China has modified Shor's algorithm in a way that could allow less powerful quantum computers to crack current cryptosystems. The team describes their modifications and outli...

Jan 11, 2023

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