Cobalt-Graphene Catalyst Performs Nearly As Well as Platinum
Researchers at Brown University have developed a cheaper and more durable catalyst using graphene, cobalt, and cobalt-oxide nanoparticles that can catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction…
Researchers at Brown University have developed a cheaper and more durable catalyst using graphene, cobalt, and cobalt-oxide nanoparticles that can catalyze the oxygen reduction reaction…
MIT researchers are working to develop an electron-cloaking material that would “hide” particles from passing electrons, possibly leading to more efficient thermoelectric devices and new…
A team of scientists from UCLA has developed a platform to precisely manipulate magnetic nanoparticles inside uniformly shaped cells. Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles…
Metallic nanoparticles are key ingredients in products such as sunscreen, cosmetics, diesel fuel, as well as odor-eating socks. This in turn causes them to end…
Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a more powerful and longer-lasting fuel cell material by replacing the central part of the…
By synthesizing nanoparticles of sodium borohydride and encasing them inside nickel shells, chemical engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated remarkable hydrogen…
Using a photoactive plastic that converts infrared light into an electrical current, scientists developed a new kind of polymer solar cell that produces energy by…
Developed by a team of scientists at Yale, a new biodegradable nanoparticle, called a nanogel, delivers a combination of two therapeutic agents to tumor sites,…
A newly published study from scientists at Rice University found patterns in the way that surface plasmons influence each other in chains of gold nanoparticles….
By packaging Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) inside biodegradable nanoparticles, scientists developed a nanoparticle-based system to deliver growth factors to stem cells in culture, resulting in…
Developed by engineers at the Wyss Institute, a new biomimetic strategy delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause…
By turning chitosan into beads and impregnating them with nanoparticles of titanium dioxide and aluminum oxide, scientists developed a technique that removes both arsenite and…
By using selenium nanoparticles to coat polycarbonate, Brown University scientists were able to reduce the cultured populations of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria by as much as…
A new study from scientists at Trinity College Dublin found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious impact on health, linking it to rheumatoid…
New research shows that disc-shaped nanoparticles created with photolithographic technology will allow researchers to specify the size, shape, and surface properties of the nanoparticles, while…
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have created biodegradable nanoparticles made from stands of DNA and RNA that can deliver snippets of RNA directly…
Using nanoparticles that deliver a compound that specifically targets miR-155, biologists at Yale University were able to stop lymphoma in mice when injected directly into…
A team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have reported the first direct observation of “jump-to-contact” between nanoparticles, the critical step in oriented…