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Bio & Medicine May 6, 2024

'Quartet Nanocage' vaccine found effective against coronaviruses that haven't even emerged yet

Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks—including ones we don't even know ...

Bio & Medicine May 4, 2024

Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication

An international team, led by researchers from Australia, have developed a system using nanotechnology that could allow people with diabetes to take oral insulin in the future. The researchers say the new insulin could be ...

Bio & Medicine May 3, 2024

Vortex fluidic device can speed artificial liposome production to aid drug functionality

The expansion of clean chemistry applications for the vortex fluidic device (VFD)—invented by Flinders University's Professor Colin Raston—continues with the successful rapid and simplified production of artificial liposomes ...

Environment Apr 30, 2024

Activity in a room stirs up nanoparticles left over from consumer sprays, study shows

Common household products containing nanoparticles—grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye—could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according to a Rutgers University ...

Nanomaterials Apr 30, 2024

New class of spongy materials can self-assemble into precisely controllable structures

A team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has drawn inspiration from a wide variety of natural geometric motifs—including those of 12-sided dice and potato chips—in order to extend a set of ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 29, 2024

Scientists construct sophisticated synthetic system using self-replicating nanostructures

A research team led by the late Professor Liang Haojun from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed a facile enthalpy-mediated ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 26, 2024

Scientists learn from caterpillars how to create self-assembling capsules for drug delivery

Self-assembling molecules that spontaneously organize themselves to form complex structures are common in nature. For example, the tough outer layer of insects, called the cuticle, is rich in proteins that can self-assemble.

Nanomaterials Apr 13, 2024

A machine learning-based approach to discover nanocomposite films for biodegradable plastic alternatives

The accumulation of plastic waste in natural environments is of utmost concern, as it is contributing to the destruction of ecosystems and is causing harm to aquatic life. In recent years, material scientists have thus been ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 29, 2024

New carbon nanotube transistor enhances sensitivity and resolution of molecule glasses

Researchers have developed a carbon nanotube (CNT) transistor for molecule glasses that facilitates detailed examination of molecular interactions. This innovative technology is poised to open a fresh research direction in ...

Nanophysics Mar 25, 2024

Quantum interference could lead to smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient transistors

An international team of researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the University of Oxford, Lancaster University, and the University of Waterloo have developed a new single-molecule transistor that uses quantum interference ...

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