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Bio & Medicine Oct 26, 2023

New nanoparticles found to be effective for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

A team of scientists has developed a new solution for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The work has been published in Nature Nanotechnology.

Nanomaterials Oct 24, 2023

Examining the synergistic roles of platinum nanoparticles and sodium ions within beta zeolites

Organic N-alkyl amines are important chemical products and intermediate with wide applications in the fields of daily chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, and life sciences. The C–N bonds formed by alkylating ...

Bio & Medicine Oct 18, 2023

Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an experimental vaccine that could prevent the spread of metastatic cancers to the lungs. The key ingredients of the vaccine are nanoparticles—fashioned ...

Bio & Medicine Oct 16, 2023

Drug-delivery technique with vessel-targeted gold nanoparticles shows growing promise for brain cancer treatment

A technique developed by University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers to deliver medication through the blood-brain barrier has shown promise in a preclinical study for treating glioblastoma, ...

Nanophysics Oct 13, 2023

Lanthanide-doped KMgF₃ upconversion nanoparticles for photon avalanche luminescence

Lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped photon avalanche (PA) upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) can be applied in super-resolution bioimaging, miniaturized lasers, single-molecule tracking and quantum optics.

Bio & Medicine Oct 6, 2023

Super-efficient laser light-induced detection of cancer cell-derived nanoparticles achieved

Can particles as minuscule as viruses be detected accurately within a mere five minutes? Osaka Metropolitan University scientists say yes, with their innovative method for ultrafast and ultrasensitive quantitative measurement ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 25, 2023

Researchers challenge long-standing theory guiding nanoparticle treatment of tumors

Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new theory to explain how nanoparticles enter and exit the tumors they are meant to treat, potentially rewriting an understanding of cancer nanomedicine that has guided ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 20, 2023

Team elucidates mechanism for maximizing therapeutic effects of magnetic nanotherapeutics for cancer

A team led by Professor Choi Hong-Soo in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at DGIST has discovered a method to enhance the penetration of magnetic nanoparticles into cancer cells and their magnetic hyperthermia ...

Plants & Animals Sep 19, 2023

Study finds iron oxide nanoparticles are useful for medicinal plant sustainability under toxic metal conditions

Metal(loid) toxicity severely inhibits plant growth and development, thereby affecting yield and quality. It is crucial to seek favorable measures to improve plant survival under toxic metal(loid) conditions.

Nanophysics Sep 19, 2023

Precisely arranging nanoparticles to develop plasmonic molecules

In the incredibly small world of molecules, the elementary building blocks—the atoms—join together in a very regular pattern. In contrast, in the macroscopic world with its larger particles, there is much greater disorder ...

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