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Renewable Solvent Cyrene™ Delivers High-Purity Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

A study using renewable solvent CyreneTM, produced by biotechnology company Circa Group, found that high-purity nanoparticles can be produced – opening up opportunities to use CyreneTM as a more sustainable and saf...

From Circa Group Ltd 13 Jul 2021

Researchers Fix Superconducting Contacts in Ultrathin Semiconductor

Scientists from the University of Basel have fitted superconducting contacts in an ultrathin semiconductor, for the first time.

7 Jul 2021

Nano-Scale Borate Bioactive Glass Reduces Biological Toxicity of Borate Bioglass

Scientists recently created nano-scale borate bioactive glass (Nano-HCA@BG) using a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device.

6 Jul 2021

Nanomaterials Cross the Brain Side of the Blood-Brain Barrier Model

A new study discloses that nanomaterials found in healthcare and consumer products can pass from the bloodstream to the brain side of a blood-brain barrier model with differing ease based on their shape—thereby causing possible neurological impacts that could be both positive and negative.

6 Jul 2021

New Technique 'Upcycles' Waste Hop Stem into Cellulose Nanofibers

Some three quarters of the biomass in hop plants used in beer-making ends up in landfills. But a group of Japanese researchers has developed a technique that 'upcycles' that waste hop into cellulose nanofibers (CNFs).

5 Jul 2021

Silver Nanoparticles Found to be Very Effective at Inducing Crystallization in Supercooled Aqueous Solutions

Scientists at Osaka University, Panasonic Corporation, and Waseda University used scanning electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to determine which additives induce crystallization in supercooled aqueous solutions.

29 Jun 2021

Eco-Friendly Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment

Using a biomolecule known as B3 peptide, researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an eco-friendly process to synthesize gold nanoparticles that have improved morphology for near-infrared light absorption.

29 Jun 2021

Evolution and Advancement of Nanomaterials Towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery

'Nanomaterials: Evolution and Advancement Towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery' gives the present status and future perspective of Polymeric nanoparticles, Liposomes, Carbon Nanotubes, Magnetic Nanoparticles, Silica Based nanomaterial, Hydrogels, Metallic Nanoparticles, Cyclodextrins, Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) and its Copolymers.

25 Jun 2021

New Method for Developing Composite Nanopowders

Material scientists have come up with a rapid method to produce epsilon iron oxide and have revealed its potential for advanced communications devices.

24 Jun 2021

Scientists to Develop the Coatings for Titanium Implants to Fasten Osseointegration

Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from St. Petersburg State University developed the coatings for titanium implants, which accelerate the implantation of the implant material into the bone tissue.

24 Jun 2021