Researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute and School of Chemistry have revealed that tiny gas bubbles – nanobubbles just 100 billionths of a metre high – form on surfaces in unexpected situations, providing a new way to reduce drag in small-scale devices. Liquid drag within microdevices can lead to internal fouling (accumulation [...]
Innovative researchers have investigated the potential of incorporating a gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel functionalized with synthetic nanoclay laponite to improve the delivery of osteoblast derived extracellular vesicles for increased bone repair. This research has been published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences as a bone repair strategy that may aid in alleviating the burden of bone [...]
A couple of essential biomolecules play a key role in the process of blood clotting. One of these is a protein called fibrinogen. It is often given to those who have experienced heavy bleeding, like trauma patients. But the fibrinogen concentrate that can be given to a patient is crude and involves a complicated [...]
Nanoemulsions are a relatively new technology that has found significant use for delivering functional chemicals such as micronutrients, flavorings, bioactive molecules, and antimicrobial agents into food and beverage products. This article focuses on applying nanoemulsions for sustainable food processing and packaging in the food sector. What is a Nanoemulsion? Nanoemulsions (NEs) are non-equilibrium dispersions [...]
Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles with a coating to suppress the immune response that dampens the therapy's effectiveness. When injected into the bloodstream, unmodified nanoparticles are swarmed by elements of the immune [...]
Bioinspired by tunicates and mussels, a Korean research team has created a “bomb-like” anticancer therapeutic agent that only destroys cancer cells. Schematic diagram of the mechanism of action of photoactivatable adhesive nanobombs made with bioinspired strategies from marine tunicates and mussels. (Image Credit: POSTECH). The nanobomb produces heat in precise sites where near-IR (NIR) laser [...]
(Reuters) - “Long COVID”, where symptoms of COVID-19 persist for months after an initial infection, could be emerging as a chronic disease in Finland, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Krista Kiuru said on Friday. Speaking at a news conference, she referred to a Finnish expert panel’s summary of more than 4,000 international [...]
The rising concern of plastic pollution and the increase in nanoplastics, which are small plastic debris particles with nanoscale sizes between 1 and 1000 nm, have become a field of research that has garnered popularity over recent years. Innovative research published in the journal, ACS Omega, has investigated the effect of nanoplastics on developing zebrafish [...]
Exciting and novel research has investigated the internalization of nanoparticles by cells to optimize drug delivery into target cells. This research, published within the journal, Pharmaceutics, aims to analyze the simultaneous uptake of two different types of nanoparticles into cells. Enhancing Drug Delivery Using Nanoparticles Nanoparticles, sized within the nanoscale, between 1 and 100 nm, [...]
Does the advent of machine learning mean the classic methodology of hypothesize, predict and test has had its day? Isaac Newton apocryphally discovered his second law – the one about gravity – after an apple fell on his head. Much experimentation and data analysis later, he realised there was a fundamental relationship between force, [...]
