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New Nanomaterial from Silk of Gorse Spider Mite has Biomedical Properties

An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human cells without damaging them and, therefore, has "promising biomedical properties".

18 Dec 2020

How Gold Nanoparticles Can Be Used to Kill Bacteria

Researchers have identified the physical mechanism that allows gold nanoparticles to effectively kill bacteria. The finding could lead to wider applications in the medical field.

15 Dec 2020

Silica Nanoparticles Could Act as Degradable Treatment Against Plant Pathogens

Scientists from the Adolphe Merkle Institute and the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg have identified how some silica nanoparticles could serve as a degradable, traceless and highly efficient treatment against certain plant pathogens.

15 Dec 2020

New Technique to Use Bacterial Nanopores to Decode Digital Information

In 2020, every individual in the world is generating around 1.7 MB of data each second, and that data amounts to 418 zettabytes, or 418 billion one-terabyte hard drives, in just a single year.

10 Dec 2020

How Nanotechnology Helped Create mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

A COVID-19 vaccine?—?or two?—?is just around the corner, bringing with it the possibility of a return to normalcy for many people. These medical interventions use nanotechnology to mimic nature’s own method of slipping past the immune system to deliver treatment to target cells.

4 Dec 2020

Nanocellulose 3D Objects Intricately Designed Using Bacteria

Researchers from Aalto University have used bacteria to create intricately developed three-dimensional objects made of nanocellulose.

11 Nov 2020

Bacterial Protein Cages Used as Nanoscale Bioreactors to Produce Hydrogen

A group of scientists from the University of Liverpool has revealed new possibilities for the upcoming development of clean, sustainable bioenergy.

4 Nov 2020

Understanding HCPCD to Help Develop At-Home COVID-19 Tests

A new study has highlighted the potential to develop new, disposable point-of-care and at-home COVID-19 tests.

12 Oct 2020

Reducing Harvest Period of Stem Cell Sheets with PNIPAAm Nanotopography

Stem cells are cell factories that constantly divide themselves to create new cells. Implanting stem cells in damaged organs can regenerate new tissues.

9 Oct 2020

Bio-Rad Introduces StarBright Violet 515 Dye for Flow Cytometry

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of StarBright Violet 515 (SBV515) Dye, the first of a new range of unique fluorescent nanoparticles, for use in flow cytometry.

From Bio-Rad Laboratories 14 Sep 2020