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Bio & Medicine Mar 12, 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 ...

Bio & Medicine 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 ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 11, 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). ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 10, 2025

Sperm motility and droplet adhesion: A novel approach could make at-home male fertility tests a reality

A new way to measure male fertility has been discovered by researchers at the University of Waterloo, opening the door to the development of simple, inexpensive tests for clinical and at-home use.

Condensed Matter Mar 6, 2025

Controlling electrons in molecules at ultrafast timescales with tailor-made terahertz light pulses

Scientists at Yokohama National University, in collaboration with RIKEN and other institutions in Japan and Korea, have made an important discovery about how electrons move and behave in molecules. This discovery could potentially ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 5, 2025

Innovations in core-shell nanoparticles advance drug delivery and precision medicine

A review in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology explores how core-shell nanoparticles could revolutionize drug delivery systems and play a key role in advancing personalized and precision medicine.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 5, 2025

Scientists catch water molecules flipping before splitting

For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have watched water molecules in real-time as they prepared to give up electrons to form oxygen.

Earth Sciences Mar 4, 2025

Iron oxides act as natural catalysts to unlock phosphorus to fuel plant growth

Northwestern University researchers are actively overturning the conventional view of iron oxides as mere phosphorus "sinks." A critical nutrient for life, most phosphorus in the soil is organic—from remains of plants, ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 27, 2025

Contamination detection tool merges synthetic biology and nanotech for ultrasensitive water testing

A platform developed nearly 20 years ago previously used to detect protein interactions with DNA and conduct accurate COVID-19 testing has been repurposed to create a highly sensitive water contamination detection tool.

Astronomy Feb 27, 2025

Engineers create first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars

For centuries, lenses have worked the same way: curved glass or plastic bending light to bring images into focus. But traditional lenses have a major drawback—the more powerful they need to be, the bulkier and heavier they ...

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