Researchers report the development of cell membrane nanovesicles that carry receptors for SARS-CoV-2 and various inflammatory cytokines on their surfaces, thereby acting as decoys for…
A Boost for Cancer Immunotherapy One promising strategy to treat cancer is stimulating the body’s own immune system to attack tumors. However, tumors are very…
Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress. Abnormal levels of stress hormones such as…
Scientists around the world are scrambling to adapt their research to find solutions to the many problems raised by the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping the world,…
Synthetic microparticles more intricate than some of the most complicated ones found in nature have been produced by a University of Michigan-led international team. They…
Liquid phase electron microscopy illuminates 3D atomic structures of platinum nanoparticles, advancing full control of nanoengineering. What do you see in the picture above? Merely…
A new approach brings the hope of new therapeutic options for suppressing seasonal influenza and avian flu: On the basis of an empty – and…
Universal Novel Nanoparticle Flu Vaccine Protects Against 6 Influenza Viruses in Mice A novel nanoparticle vaccine that combines two major influenza proteins is effective in…
Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of viruses. A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time,…
In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, University of California, Irvine (UCI) chemists report that they’ve found nanoscale…
Dialing Up the Heat on Nanoparticles The ability of metallic nanoparticles to harvest and control light is transforming scientific research, according to physicists from the…
Theoretical calculations reveal that when impacted by positrons of particular energies, spherical nanoparticles release unstable electron-positron pairs, with signals dominating in the same direction as…
Large volume expansion during charging, the obstacle to using Si anodes in conventional liquid electrolytes, helps a Si anode composed of nanoparticles in solid electrolytes…
The efficiency of solar panels is hampered by a ‘Goldilocks’ problem: the light needs to have just the right amount of energy to be converted…
Light at the end of the nanotunnel for future catalysts. Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded…
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colors of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters was also able to activate…
University of New Mexico researchers find decreasing the density of nanoparticles in ordered arrays produces exceptional field enhancements. Controlling the interactions between light and matter…
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have explored the initial consequences of the interaction of light with molecules on the surface of nanoscopic aerosols. The…