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Rubbery Properties of RNA Nanoparticles Provide High Tumor Targeting Efficiency

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute shows that RNA nanoparticles have elastic and rubbery properties that help explain why these particles target tumors so efficiently and why they possess lower toxicity in animal studies.

15 Sep 2020

2D FFF System Opens Door to New Separations

Postnova Analytics powerful EAF4 technology combines the principle of Electrical and Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation in just one system.

From Postnova Analytics GmbH 15 Sep 2020

Bio-Rad Introduces StarBright Violet 515 Dye for Flow Cytometry

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of StarBright Violet 515 (SBV515) Dye, the first of a new range of unique fluorescent nanoparticles, for use in flow cytometry.

From Bio-Rad Laboratories 14 Sep 2020

New Nanoparticle Antitumor Vaccines Control Melanoma Growth in Preclinical Models

At the Wistar Institute, researchers merged synthetic DNA technology with their expertise in protein engineering to successfully create nanoparticle antitumor vaccines that stimulated strong CD8 T cell immunity and regulated melanoma growth in preclinical models.

11 Sep 2020

Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Nanofluid can Efficiently Recover Heavy Oil from Reservoirs

A group of scientists from the University of Houston has recently demonstrated that a non-toxic and low-cost nanofluid can be applied to efficiently recover even highly viscous heavy oil from reservoirs.

11 Sep 2020

A Simple and Efficient Method to Convert Silicon Wafers into Nanoparticles

Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a new method of silicon recycling.

10 Sep 2020

Study Finds Potentially Useful Electrical Phenomenon in Gold Nanowires

Though the Summer Olympics were postponed, there's at least one place to see agile hurdlers go for the gold.

9 Sep 2020

Scientists Develop a Microfluidic Chip to Detect COVID-19 Antibodies

Robust and widespread antibody testing has emerged as a key strategy in the fight against SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

9 Sep 2020

New Nano System Enhances the Effectiveness of Melanoma Treatment

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro of TAU's Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Sackler School of Medicine, have developed an innovative nanotechnological drug delivery system that significantly enhances the effectiveness of treatment for the aggressive skin cancer melanoma.

9 Sep 2020

Scientists Excite Magnons in Nanostructures

Physicists from MIPT and the Russian Quantum Center, joined by colleagues from Saratov State University and Michigan Technological University, have demonstrated new methods for controlling spin waves in nanostructured bismuth iron garnet films via short laser pulses.

9 Sep 2020

Compact SQUID Instrument to Measure Extremely Faint Magnetic Fields

At the University of Basel, physicists have designed a compact instrument capable of detecting very small magnetic fields.

8 Sep 2020

Researchers Demonstrate Ambient Coherent Amplification of THz Radiation in Graphene

A team of international researchers has been successful in achieving coherent amplification of terahertz (THz) radiation in graphene at room temperature.

8 Sep 2020

Eco-Friendly Method to Convert Silicon Waste into Nanoparticles

A new technique for recycling silicon has been developed by researchers from Skoltech and their collaborators from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU).

8 Sep 2020

Titanium Dioxide Nanopillars Control Both Color and Intensity of Incident Light

By shining white light on a glass slide stippled with millions of tiny titanium dioxide pillars, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and their collaborators have reproduced with astonishing fidelity the luminous hues and subtle shadings of "Girl With a Pearl Earring," Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece.

7 Sep 2020

New Nano-Confinement Method Helps Form Sub-Nanometer Reactors for Electrocatalysis

In electrocatalysis processes, single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit high potential as they tend to utilize atomic-scale active species to the maximum possible extent.

7 Sep 2020