From an article written by AZoNano: Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed needle-electrodes with a diameter of 5 µm on block modules with the dimensions 1 mm x 1 mm. The tiny needles could help to solve [...]
From an article at Genesis Nanotechnology: Drug discovery is a long and difficult process that requires a comprehensive understanding of the molecular structures of compounds under investigation. It’s difficult to have an idea of the precise shape of complex molecules such as proteins, but researchers at University of Melbourne in Australia have come up with [...]
From Nanowerks News: If drugs could be targeted to exactly the right place in the body, we could probably do with significantly smaller doses – and consequently fewer side effects. To allow for such precise delivery, we need tiny nanocarriers and even smaller nanotrackers to monitor them. Researchers in Finland are working on both of [...]
From an article written by AZoNano: Anti-reflective coating is applied to most lenses, eyeglass lenses, lasers, and objectives, however this coating only functions optimally within a narrow wavelength range. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart has developed an alternative technology by manipulating the surface instead [...]
From an article by Elizabeth Howell, Discovery News: After months in space, your crew has finally made it to Mars, but there's a nasty readjustment awaiting all of them. Living in zero gravity during the Earth-Mars transit will have some pretty harsh side effects, but most urgently they'll have to readjust to gravity again. And [...]
From AZoNano: Annually, dengue fever affects over 350 million people in more than 120 countries. The symptoms can range from a skin rash and achy muscles to critical hemorrhagic fever. Scientists have found it challenging to develop effective vaccines to fight the dengue virus, partially due to the four distinct serotypes, or strains that cause [...]
From an article by Edwin L. Aguirre: In the past decade, nanotechnology has become an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. Using nanoparticles measuring only billionths of a meter in size, doctors are able to deliver drug molecules directly to the affected tissue. “A nanoparticle-based drug called Abraxane is being used in clinics [...]
From an article by nanotechnology now: New research led by the University of Liverpool aims to improve the administration and availability of drug therapies to HIV patients through the use of nanotechnology. The research, conducted by the collaborative nanomedicine research programme led by Pharmacologist Professor Andrew Owen and Materials Chemist Professor Steve Rannard, examined the [...]
From an article by David Nield at Science Alert: You might be used to peering down at your street on Google Maps, but what if those satellite photographs were completely up to date – maybe even just a few hours old? That's the plan of Japanese imaging company Axelspace, which is launching 50 new [...]
From an article written by Azonano: A pancreatic cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence for patients because both radiation and chemotherapy have very little effect on the disease. According to the National Institutes of Health, there will be nearly 53,000 new cases and 42,000 deaths due to pancreatic cancer this year in the U.S. [...]
