Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2023
Researchers develop new test for detecting cancer biomarkers
When doctors are examining suspected cancer cases, they turn to biomarker tests to help make a diagnosis.
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Bio & Medicine
Apr 17, 2023
Correlative light electron microscopy using gold nanoparticles as single probes
Correlative light electron microscopy (CLEM) is a powerful tool in bioimaging, as it combines the ability to image living cells over large fields of view with molecular specificity using light microscopy (LM) with the high ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2023
New imaging method enables pollution monitoring through precise detection of gold nanoparticles in woodlice
The woodlouse goes by many names: roly-poly, pill bug, potato bug, tomato bug, butchy boy, cheesy bob and chiggy pig, to name just a few. It is best known for contracting into a ball when agitated. This crustacean (yes, it's ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 4, 2023
Hot electron electrochemistry with ultrafast laser pulses
Laser-induced electrochemical deposition of metals on metals relies possibly on thermal and defect generation effects. When semiconductor substrates are chosen, locally photogenerated electrons can reduce metal ions resulting ...
Polymers
Mar 20, 2023
New catalyst helps turn plastic waste into useful organosilane compounds
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that gold nanoparticles supported on a zirconium oxide surface help turn waste materials like biomass and polyester into organosilane compounds, valuable chemicals ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 2, 2023
Chemically modified nanosheets for biomedical applications
In a recent study, researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry (OC) and Materials Research Centre (MRC), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), show that surface modifications of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 28, 2023
New purification method could make protein drugs cheaper
One of the most expensive steps in manufacturing protein drugs such as antibodies or insulin is the purification step: isolating the protein from the bioreactor used to produce it. This step can account for up to half of ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 9, 2023
Aggregated gold nanoparticle conjugates for multimodal imaging and synergistic phototherapy
National University of Singapore chemists have discovered that aggregated, photosensitized, gold nanoparticle conjugates can be used for multimodal imaging and synergistic phototherapy to destroy cancer cells effectively ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 3, 2023
Probing researchers strike gold to stop the trots in pigs
Gold nanorod probes combined with an optical microscope can now be used to detect signs of a highly contagious and lethal virus that poses a major threat to the swine industry worldwide.
Polymers
Jan 30, 2023
Chemists pioneer responsive polymers that heat up when exposed to LED light
Creating new materials and speeding up reactions is what they do. Sounds a bit mundane, no? It is anything but. Materials that catalyze faster can be used in a wide range of fields from pharmaceuticals to future Mars habitats.
