Nanomachines Power Color-Changing Artificial ‘Chameleon Skin’ [Video]
Researchers have developed artificial ‘chameleon skin’ that changes color when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active camouflage and large-scale…
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Magnetic Particles Deliver Drugs With Pinpoint Targeting
Magnetic particles allow drugs to be released at precise times and in specific areas. Most pharmaceuticals must either be ingested or injected into the body…
Nanoparticles Cure Blood Disorder, Provide Site-Specific Gene Editing
With the combined efforts of three Yale laboratories, researchers conducted the first demonstration of site-specific gene editing in a fetus, correcting a mutation that causes…
Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Enable Improved Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University are working on a treatment that holds great promise for improving the lives of…
Breakthrough Technique Uses Nanoparticles to Combat Cancer Drug Resistance
The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs – known as multi-drug resistance – remains a leading cause for tumor recurrence and…
New Nanomedicine Inhibits the Progression of Pancreatic Cancer
A new Tel Aviv University study pinpoints the inverse correlation between a known oncogene — a gene that promotes the development of cancer — and…
Novel Carbon Coating Technology of Li-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode
Rapid development of portable electronics and electric vehicles requires lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to have high energy/power density, low cost, good safety and long lifespan. In…
Researchers Combine Nanoparticles and Machines To Improve Transplant Outcomes
By combining the use of drug-carrying nanoparticles with an organ-preserving machine, Yale researchers have developed a procedure that could help improve long-term outcomes for transplant…
Velvet Worms Secrete Stiff Fibers Spun from Slime
Scientists have now observed a remarkable mechanism by which polymer materials are formed. Under the influence of shear forces, nanoparticles from the secretion of velvet…
Copper Nanoparticles Yield High Efficiency CO2-to-Fuels Conversion
New research details how an electrocatalyst made up of copper nanoparticles provides the conditions necessary to break down carbon dioxide to form ethylene, ethanol, and…
‘Sticky’ Nanoparticles Provide More Precise Drug Delivery
By tampering with the surface properties of drug-loaded nanoparticles, researchers from Yale University can potentially direct these particles to specific cells in the brain. By…
MIT Develops New Model To Speed Up Colon Cancer Research
By delivering RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles to the colon, scientists at MIT have developed a fast and accurate way to speed up colon cancer…
Small Nanoparticles Provide Dramatic Improvements in Polymer Materials
New research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows that blending nanoparticles and polymers enables dramatic improvements in the properties of polymer materials. Polymer nanocomposites mix…
Luminescent Carbon Nanoparticles Exhibit Reversible Switching in Cancer Cells
A team of researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that photo luminescent carbon nanoparticles can exhibit reversible switching of their optical properties in cancer…
How Nanoscience Will Improve Our Lives in the Coming Years
In a newly published study, nanoscientists look ahead to what we can expect in the coming decade, and conclude that nanoscience is poised to make important…
New Nanoparticle Catalysts Improve Reactivity with Much Less Platinum
Using an atomically-thin coating of noble metal over a tiny particle made of a much more abundant and inexpensive material, MIT engineers have developed new…
Engineers Develop New Lightweight Metal from Carbide Nanoparticles
Using magnesium infused with dense silicon carbide nanoparticles, engineers from UCLA have developed an exceptionally strong and lightweight metal that could be used for airplanes,…
Engineers Design Nanoparticles to Track Cells and Interactions Within Them
Engineers from MIT have developed new protein nanoparticles that allow scientists to track cells and interactions within them. MIT engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles…