Nanotechnology can benefit medicine by creating nanoscale machines small enough to transverse inside the blood stream to help cure disease and trauma.
Advances in nanotechnology are increasingly being utilized in the life sciences. Designs and structures at the nanometer scale are being applied to fields such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and tissue engineering.
Protein-based nanotechnology combines the study of nanoscale proteins with the expanding field of nanotechnology. Proteins are versatile biomolecules, composed of amino acid chains, which provide the foundation for important biological functions such as molecule transportation and DNA replication.
Graphene, known worldwide as a potential wonder material, is asserting its dominance across nanotechnology, materials science, chemistry and physics fields. New research is being published all the time, be it in small open-access journals or high impact paywall journals. Industry is advancing at a fast pace and is being governed by organizations such as the National Graphene Association (NGA, Mississippi, USA) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI, Manchester, UK).
By Liam Critchley
23 Oct 2017
Microfluidics is the general term for the manipulation of nanoliter volumes of fluids through micro-channels. The field has led to the development of microfluidic devices or chips which are commonly used for high-throughput screening in the biosciences.
The most common application of nanotechnology to the field of medicine is the use of nanoparticles for cancer detection, monitoring and treatment. Many of the biological processes that cause cancer occur at the nanoscale. It is therefore possible to manipulate the tumor environment using nanotechnology for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology to the field of medicine, often using materials at the nanometer scale.
By Sarah Moore
17 Oct 2017
Resonators are devices used to amplify wavelengths,they exist in many devices and come in many forms. Resonators commonly exist in science as mechanical, acoustic (sound), optical (light), microwave and cavity resonators.
By Liam Critchley
17 Oct 2017
In 1937, Physicist Ettore Majorana hypothesized that within nature existed neutrally charged particles that acted as their own antiparticles.
By Benedette Cuffari
6 Oct 2017
James Baker, Graphene Business Director at The University of Manchester, talks to AZoNano about the current state of the graphene market and the key next steps needed.