Leiden and Jülich researchers discovered an elegant and simple approach to improve the sensitivity of graphene biosensors. These so-called 'next generation graphene electronic biochemical sensor devices' are able to detect very low amounts of HIV DNA thanks to their very low electronic noise. The richness of electronic properties of graphene has attracted enormous interest for [...]
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are known to have excellent antibacterial properties and are considered by many to be a strong contender in the critical search for an answer to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. They block enzymes and can cause bacteria to have irregularly shaped membranes, producing results ranging from inhibited growth to cell death. However, a collaboration of [...]
The nanomedicines market is worth billions and, despite a variety of hurdles, it continues to attract the attention of venture capitalists. Tarun Pandotra reviews developments in the sector. Nanotechnology has come a long way in the last five years and now nanomedicine, a marriage of nanotechnology and medicine, is taking its place in the fight [...]
Root canal treatment may soon be more effective because of a miniature but powerful ally that could inhibit infection after treatment. A team of Researchers at the UCLA School of Dentistry and the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science discovered in a clinical trial that nanodiamonds protected disinfected root canals after the [...]
University of Surrey scientists have developed ‘intelligent’ nanoparticles capable of heating up to a temperature that is high enough to kill cancerous cells – but which can self-regulate and lose heat before they get hot enough to harm healthy tissue. It may be possible to use the self-stopping nanoparticles very soon as part of hyperthermic-thermotherapy [...]
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a method that makes it possible to map the individual responses of nanoparticles in different situations and contexts. The results pave the way for better nanomaterials and safer nanotechnology and were recently published in the journal Nature Communications. In the future [...]
Until now, searching for genes related to memory capacity has been comparable to seeking out the proverbial "needle in a haystack." Scientists at the University of Basel made use of the CSCS supercomputer Piz Daint to discover interrelationships in the human genome that might simplify the search for "memory molecules" and eventually lead to more [...]
Dr Tristan Clemons, a UWA researcher, does his work on this minute scale. And while working on the nanoscale is pushing our science and technology to its limits, it's on this tiny new frontier that the solutions to scar tissue might be found. "Nanotechnology is answering a lot of questions about phenomena, which, up until [...]
Robert E. Geertsma, M.Sc., Senior Scientist, Centre for Health Protection RIVM ‐ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven (NL) talks at the Clinam Summit in 2017 about safety considerations on the route to the market. About the Clinam Foundation: The European Foundation for Clinical Nanomedicine is a non-profit institution [...]
Notwithstanding the progress neuroscientists have made in understanding the microscale function of single neurons and the macroscale activity of the human brain – a comprehensive understanding of the brain still remains an elusive goal. The BRAIN Initiative, launched in 2013, seeks to deepen understanding of the inner workings of the human mind and to improve [...]
