A new tool speeds up development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than 1 million times while minimizing costs. In search of pharmaceutical agents such as new vaccines, industry will routinely scan thousands of related candidate molecules. A novel technique allows this to take place on the nano scale, minimizing use of [...]
A simple and effective preparation for the protection of in vitro-derived seedlings from phytopathogens has been developed by a scientific team of NUST MISIS together with colleagues from Voronezh and Tambov. Small doses of copper oxide nanoparticles in its composition work as an immunostimulator of plants. As a result, scientists are planning to obtain [...]
A new study, which is forthcoming in Materials Today: Proceedings, has focused on highlighting nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems and targeted delivery approaches for anticancer medication. The authors highlighted the importance of developing plant-based nanoparticles that can be explored to develop novel anticancer chemotherapeutics. Cancer Treatment and Nanotechnology To date, one of the biggest causes of [...]
New research shows the W boson—a tiny particle fundamental to the formation of our universe—is heavier than scientists expected. This discovery goes against the Standard Model of particle physics, the framework scientists use to make sense of all observable matter. The 400-person team carefully sifted through 10 years’ worth of data from more than four million [...]
Compartmentalization is one of the main strategies by which nature allows for control over many biological processes. For the proper functioning of living cells, organelles, small compartments within the cell, are essential. Researchers are working on ways to make artificial organelles that add new functionalities to cells or correct dysfunctional processes in cells, for [...]
Catching Covid is associated with a fivefold increase in the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and a 33-fold increase in risk of a potentially fatal blood clot on the lung in the 30 days after becoming infected, data suggests. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal on Thursday, could help explain a doubling in [...]
The increase in the global population has worsened the demand for food significantly. In addition, rapid climatic change and urbanization have adversely impacted agricultural production. Recently, phytonanotechnology has played an important role in promoting sustainable agriculture to meet the global food demand. A new forthcoming study in Chemosphere has focussed on providing a prospective application of [...]
Researchers from Tel Aviv University proved that a drug delivery system based on lipid nanoparticles can utilize RNA to overcome resistance to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy in cancer treatments. The study opens a new path to a personalized and precisely targeted battle against cancer. The results were published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials ("Dual-Targeted Lipid [...]
A paper recently published in the journal ACS Omega reviewed the current status and potential of X-ray spectroptychography for the characterization of advanced nanomaterials. What is X-ray Spectroptychography? X-ray spectroptychography is an emerging technique that represents the ptychographic version of X-ray spectromicroscopy and is used for the chemical microanalysis of nanomaterials such as batteries and catalysts. [...]
Inside a lab at the University of British Columbia, the printers aren't for paper. Instead, they are being used in hopes of producing something unexpected — sperm. "We wanted to really replicate what we see in the natural human body," Dr. Ryan Flannigan, a UBC urology assistant professor told Global News. In a pair [...]
