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'Molecular library' opens up new frontier of biological space-time

In the search for solutions to diseases like cancer, scientists are pursuing a new frontier in biology—the spatial and temporal places where our cells live.

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Electrons travel one of two routes in nano-biohybrid systems

Peanut butter and jelly. Simon and Garfunkel. Semiconductors and bacteria. Some combinations are more durable than others. In recent years, an interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers has been pairing microbes with the ...

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Mar 18, 2025

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Magnetic microalgae: Tiny swimmers are on a mission to become robots

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart developed a biohybrid micro swimmer covered with magnetic material, whose swimming ability is largely unaffected by the coating. ...

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Mar 17, 2025

Cancer nanotech nurtures sustainable agriculture innovation

Cancer drugs and agrichemicals can be powerful, but toxic, tools. Now, UNSW scientists are applying nanomedicine insights in a project to make greener agrichemicals more affordable.

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Mar 17, 2025

Tunneling nanotube-like structures offer insight into how the heart's layers communicate during formation

From his lab at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy Drug Discovery Institute, Mingfu Wu, associate professor, is offering new hope for treating heart disease by sharing his insights into the fundamental process ...

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Mar 17, 2025

RNA origami technique folds nanotubes to create artificial cytoskeletons for synthetic cells

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural RNA biomolecule to fold ...

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Mar 17, 2025

Unveiling cancer's hidden messengers: How extracellular vesicles aid tumor spread

Most cells in the body send out little messengers called extracellular vesicles that carry proteins, lipids, and other bioactive molecules to other cells, playing an important role in intercellular communication. But healthy ...

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Mar 14, 2025

Biomolecular 'silly putty': High-res imaging of cellular condensates achieved using fluorogen technology

Biomolecular condensates are shifting blobs in our cells that organize cellular matter. They are distinct molecular communities made of DNA, RNA and proteins that "condense" molecules to key locations, yet they frequently ...

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Mar 14, 2025

Implantable biosensors get major longevity boost with coating technology that inhibits biofouling

Wearable and implantable biosensors that can accurately detect biological molecules in a non- or minimally invasive manner have vast potential for monitoring patients' physiology and response to therapies. For example, wearable ...

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Mar 13, 2025

Nanotube separation technique advances precise sensors for continuous health monitoring

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have succeeded in producing sensors from single-wall carbon nanotubes that could enable major advances in health care, such as continuous health monitoring. Single-wall carbon ...

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Mar 13, 2025

Electrocatalytic sterilization: Nanowires produce localized highly alkaline microenvironments to kill bacteria

Harmful microorganisms such as bacteria represent one of the largest threats to human health. Efficient sterilization methods are thus a necessity.

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Mar 13, 2025

New capabilities in DNA nanostructure self-assembly eliminate need for extreme heating and controlled cooling

University at Albany researchers at the RNA Institute are pioneering new methods for designing and assembling DNA nanostructures, enhancing their potential for real-world applications in medicine, materials science and data ...

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Mar 12, 2025

Nanogel drug delivery system shows promise for treating recurrent urinary tract infections

Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus studied a new method to deliver antibiotics, specifically gentamicin, directly into the bladder tissue to better treat UTIs. They did this by creating nanogels ...

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Mar 12, 2025

Lighting the way: How activated gold nanoparticles reveal drug movement in the body

Tracking targeted drug delivery is often a challenge due to limitations in current imaging techniques. A recent study by Tokyo's Waseda University reports a breakthrough imaging technique that allows direct and highly sensitive ...

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Mar 12, 2025

'Nanosnag' virus detection technique could streamline vaccine production quality checks

As viral vaccines are increasingly used to meet global health needs, the pharmaceutical industry is manufacturing larger amounts of virus to make them. A new method of virus detection from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's ...

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Mar 12, 2025

Smartphone and nanotechnology enable rapid neonatal jaundice detection

A research team led by Prof. Jiang Changlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative dual-mode sensing platform using upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). ...

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Mar 11, 2025

Zebrafish study reveals nanoplastics' impact on red blood cell maturation

Polystyrene nanoparticles are widely used in packaging, but their effects on organisms are unclear. Very little was known about how they affect blood cell development until now.

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Mar 11, 2025

Bio-based polyester nanocomposites offer high performance and reprocessability

A research team led by Prof. Zhu Jin from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has synthesized a novel bio-based polyester nanocomposite with high performance ...

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Mar 11, 2025

Smart humidity sensor monitors human behavior through respiratory patterns

A cutting-edge humidity sensing system has been unveiled, capable of monitoring human behaviors in real-time through the detection of respiratory patterns. This breakthrough technology integrates a highly sensitive humidity ...

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Mar 11, 2025

Liquid nanofoam innovation designed to protect the brain now tested on internal organs

Researchers at Michigan State University have refined an innovation that has the potential to improve safety, reduce severe injury and increase survival rates in situations ranging from car accidents, sports, law enforcement ...

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Mar 11, 2025

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Nanozyme targets hypoxic lesions to enhance radiosensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

A collaborative study published on January 21 in Nature Communications presents a novel strategy to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).

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Feb 13, 2025

Scientists develop magnesium-enriched nanofiber patches for safer wound healing

The skin serves as the body's primary defense against harmful microorganisms, toxins, and physical damage. However, severe injuries from burns, trauma, surgery, or conditions like diabetes can compromise its ability to heal ...

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Feb 12, 2025

Masquerading moth deploys specialized nanostructures to evade predators

Researchers from Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia found the forewings of the fruit-sucking moth (Eudocima aurantia) have the appearance of a crumpled leaf—but are in fact flat.

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Feb 12, 2025

Biocompatible nanoadhesive offers hope for safer corneal transplants, reducing inflammation and infection risks

A research team from the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University, China, has developed a novel biocompatible nanoadhesive for corneal transplantation. The nanoadhesive is based on tetrahedral framework nucleic acids combined ...

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Feb 10, 2025

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University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step to understanding how to protect vulnerable ecosystems.

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Solving the drug solubility problem with silica nanoparticles

Harvard University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong researchers have developed a technique that increases the solubility of drug molecules by up to three orders of magnitude. This could be a breakthrough in drug formulation ...

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Nanomachines loaded with wine ingredients overcome gene therapy challenges

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time in the world using mice, the ability to overcome significant challenges in gene therapy using adeno-associated virus vectors (AAV), specifically "production of neutralizing ...

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A research team from POSTECH has developed a biodegradable polymer-based delivery system that efficiently transports mRNA. The study was recently published in Biomaterials.

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Nanogate uses voltage to control molecule passage through tiny pore

A collaboration led by researchers at Osaka University has developed a nanogate that can be open or shut by applying electricity. The nanogate shows various behaviors depending on the materials in the solutions on both sides ...

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Surface-modified apatite nanoparticles use pH control to improve biocompatibility of implants

Medical implants have transformed health care, offering innovative solutions with advanced materials and technologies. However, many biomedical devices face challenges like insufficient cell adhesion, leading to inflammatory ...

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A novel biomaterial for regenerative medicine: Scientists develop acellular nanocomposite living hydrogels

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.

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Nature-inspired nanotechnology acts as body's own courier service for genetic medicines

A large research team led by nanotechnologist Roy van der Meel rebuilt the body's own proteins and fats into nano-delivery vans that get genetic medicines to exactly the right place in the body. In a joint effort with researchers ...

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Kombucha-derived bioink developed for personalized tissue repair

Tissue engineering utilizes 3D printing and bioink to grow human cells on scaffolds, creating replacements for damaged tissues like skin, cartilage, and even organs. A team of researchers led by Professor Insup Noh from Seoul ...

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Printable molecule-selective nanoparticles enable mass production of wearable biosensors

The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to ...

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A delicate nanoflower that is downright deadly to bacteria

A carnation-like nanostructure could someday be used in bandages to promote wound healing. Researchers report in ACS Applied Bio Materials that laboratory tests of their nanoflower-coated dressings demonstrate antibiotic, ...

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Green tea-derived nanosilver complex displays anti-melanoma activity

Melanoma is a fast-progressing skin cancer characterized by a high mortality rate after metastasis. Local chemotherapy could be considered a therapeutic approach only in stage 0 of progression (in situ melanoma) and in the ...

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Nanoparticles damage coronavirus in unexpected way, paving way for new disinfection technology

A new way to neutralize coronavirus and other membrane-surrounded viruses has been discovered by researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Tartu. Certain mineral nanoparticles ...

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Surprising longevity of nanoparticle paste offers hope for surgery-sparing technique

A nanotechnology-based drug delivery system developed at UVA Health to save patients from repeated surgeries has proved to have unexpectedly long-lasting benefits in lab tests—a promising sign for its potential to help ...

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3D-printed nanopillars mimic brain environment to promote neuron growth

Key cells in the brain, neurons, form networks by exchanging signals, enabling the brain to learn and adapt at incredible speed. Researchers at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands (TU Delft) have developed ...

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Droplet microfluidics advance may hold key to next-generation cancer drugs

At Texas A&M University, one research lab is changing the game of droplet microfluidics, a technique that involves conducting experiments in nanoscale droplets of liquid in a controlled environment. The team has developed ...

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