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Materials Science Mar 6, 2024

Introducing multi-component liquid-infused surfaces for adaptive and functional coatings

Surface coatings have long been essential in various industries, offering protection and functionality. In recent years, liquid-infused surfaces (LIS) have emerged as a groundbreaking technology, revolutionizing how we approach ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 6, 2024

Scientists use a new type of nanoparticle that can both deliver vaccines and act as an adjuvant

Many vaccines, including vaccines for hepatitis B and whooping cough, consist of fragments of viral or bacterial proteins. These vaccines often include other molecules called adjuvants, which help to boost the immune system's ...

Nanomaterials Mar 5, 2024

Harmful 'forever chemicals' removed from water with new electrocatalysis method

Scientists from the University of Rochester have developed new electrochemical approaches to clean up pollution from "forever chemicals" found in clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, and a wide array of other products. ...

Nanomaterials Mar 5, 2024

Aluminum nanoparticles make tunable green catalysts

Catalysts unlock pathways for chemical reactions to unfold at faster and more efficient rates, and the development of new catalytic technologies is a critical part of the green energy transition.

Bio & Medicine Mar 4, 2024

Lipid nanoparticles research closing in on genetic treatments for hereditary lung disease, vision loss

Researchers who work with tiny drug carriers known as lipid nanoparticles have developed a new type of material capable of reaching the lungs and the eyes, an important step toward genetic therapy for hereditary conditions ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 4, 2024

Nanomedicine research aims to transform treatment of aortic aneurysms

Aortic aneurysms are bulges in the aorta, the largest blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, or injury can all increase the risk of aneurysms, ...

Nanomaterials Mar 4, 2024

Nanoscale topcoat can turbocharge supported gold nanoparticle catalysts

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to add single nanosheets of mixed metal oxide to gold nanoparticles supported on silica to enhance their catalytic activity.

Nanomaterials Mar 1, 2024

Synergy palladium single atoms and twinned nanoparticles for efficient CO₂ photoreduction

The challenge of regulating the electronic structures of metal single-atoms (M-SAs) with metal nanoparticles (M-NPs) lies in the synthesis of a definite architecture. Such a structure has strong electronic metal-support interactions ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 1, 2024

Research team develops nanoparticle-based sonodynamic therapy for H. pylori infection

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a common pathogen that can be transmitted from person to person. Long-term H. pylori infection has been recognized as a Class I human carcinogen. Currently, the standard clinical treatments ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 1, 2024

Chemical etching method opens pores for fuel cells and more

A chemical etching method for widening the pores of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) could improve various applications of MOFs, including in fuel cells and as catalysts. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan and East ...

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