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Bio & Medicine Oct 28, 2025

Nanoparticle solution helps lasers pulverize kidney stones with improved efficiency

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens. It's better for the patient if urologists can break kidney stones ...

Bio & Medicine Oct 23, 2025

Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery vehicles of modern medicine, carrying cancer drugs, gene therapies and vaccines into cells. Until recently, many scientists assumed that all LNPs followed more or less the same ...

Nanomaterials Oct 15, 2025

Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks

Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, allowing them to "paint" gold nanoparticles with polymers to give them an array of new shapes and functions.

Nanophysics Oct 14, 2025

Lasers and gold nanoparticles enable on-demand crystal growth for new materials

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered how to "draw" on demand the crystals used in many crucial technologies, from solar panels and LED lighting to medical imaging.

Bio & Medicine Oct 8, 2025

Nasal spray with gold nanoparticles delivers targeted treatment to the brain

Tiny gold particles that act as carriers for lithium can be delivered directly to the brain in the form of a nasal spray. Developed by scientists at the Università Cattolica Rome campus/Fondazione Policlinico Universitario ...

Bio & Medicine Oct 6, 2025

Bacteria may influence accumulation of gold nanoparticles in spruce tree needles

A new study has, for the first time, uncovered a connection between bacteria living in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles. This discovery could pave the way for environmentally friendly gold exploration methods, ...

Nanomaterials Sep 26, 2025

Nature-inspired nanocage serves as gold nanoparticle reactor

Researchers led by Professor Yi-Tsu Chan at National Taiwan University have created a giant molecular cage that mimics nature's nested structures. This layered nanocage is remarkably stable and can serve as a miniature reactor ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 9, 2025

Sponge-like gold nanoparticles could upgrade ovarian cancer diagnostics

A project led by University of Queensland Ph.D. student Javeria Bashir has produced specially crafted gold nanoparticles that can highlight cancer markers in samples like urine, saliva, or blood. Bashir said she hoped to ...

Nanophysics Sep 2, 2025

Golden nano sandwich makes nanoparticles visible

Nanoparticles are everywhere. Nanoparticles find a wide range of applications in biomedical applications, sensing, energy conversion, and industrial processes. But nanoparticles can also have negative implications as environmental ...

Bio & Medicine Aug 22, 2025

New nanoparticle methods speed up detection of viruses in food and water

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people have been unknowingly exposed.

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