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. [...]
From an written by AZoNano: For decades, carbon fiber has been considered as a pillar of strength in the field of materials manufacturing. Rice University scientists are now finding ways to improve these carbon fibers to enhance its properties. The scientists discovered that the polymer chains that develop a common carbon fiber are susceptible to misalignment [...]
From Science Daily: Molecular sized machines could in the future be used to control important mechanisms in the body. In a recent study, researchers at University of California, Berkeley, USA, and Umeå University in northern Sweden show how a nanoballoon comprising a single carbon molecule ten thousand times thinner than a human hair can [...]
From Nanowerk news: Professor Su-Il In’s research team from the Department of Energy Systems Engineering succeeded in developing porous acupuncture needles (hereafter PANs) that offer enhanced therapeutic properties by applying nanotechnology on the acupuncture needles for the first time in the world (Scientific Reports, "Hierarchical Micro/Nano-Porous Acupuncture Needles Offering Enhanced Therapeutic Properties"). The findings of [...]
From an article by Dawn Levy at phys.org: Researchers at Penn State, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company have developed methods to control defects in two-dimensional materials, such as graphene, that may lead to improved membranes for water desalination, energy storage, sensing or advanced protective coatings. For [...]
From an article written by AZoNano: The first evidence of new molecular structure has potential for chemical solutions for various environmental issues. Researchers at Indiana University have detected proof of the existence of a new molecular structure that has properties that could potentially reduce chemicals that pollute water and cause destruction of large fish kills, [...]
