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Nanostructures Made of DNA Pave Way Toward Functional Drug-Delivery Vehicles

New research demonstrates that it is possible to program nanostructures made of DNA molecules to operate as pH-responsive cargo carriers, opening the door toward functional drug-delivery vehicles.

29 Apr 2019

A Classic 19th-Century Paradox is Revisited for Designing Innovative Nanostructures

When a box filled with Mikado sticks is shaken up, do the sticks within the box spread uniformly? Such a question touches Bertrand’s paradox—a standard in mathematics.

29 Apr 2019

OCSiAl’s Graphene Nanotube-reinforced PU Shafts with Stable Anti-static Properties

Graphene nanotube-reinforced anti-static polyurethane shafts are becoming the new industry standard and help manufacturers keep production costs down and ensure occupational safety.

From OCSIAL Group 26 Apr 2019

Researchers Use Simple Light Irradiation to Switch New Micelle-Type Nano-Container Between Assembled and Disassembled States

Scientists at Tokyo Tech’s Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science have produced a micelle-type nano-container that can be toggled between assembled and disassembled states through simple light illumination.

25 Apr 2019

New Method Could Help Estimate the Amount of Negative Pressure Produced by Liquid Crystals in Nanopores

In addition to governing the quantum vacuum or the Universe, negative pressure, despite being of a different nature, also appears in liquid crystals restrained in nanopores.

25 Apr 2019

New Nanofiber Yarn Could Help in Healing Injured Muscles and Tendons

A complex cable system of muscles and tendons hold the human body together. This system is designed by nature to be highly stretchable and strong.

24 Apr 2019

Nanoparticles Used to Optimize Treatment of Peritoneal Tumors

Researchers at the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine used nanoparticles for the formulation of new imaging and treatment approaches for peritoneal cancers.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotube Templates to Produce Isolated TMM Nanowires

At Tokyo Metropolitan University, scientists have successfully created nanowires of transition metal monochalcogenide (TMM) using carbon nanotube templates.

22 Apr 2019

Hybrid Magnetic-Plasmonic Elements Facilitate Contactless, Selective Temperature Control in Magnetic Metamaterials

In a recent study reported in Nanoscale, scientists belonging to the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE exhibit the use of hybrid magnetic-plasmonic elements to make contactless and selective temperature control easy in magnetic functional metamaterials.

17 Apr 2019

Researchers Produce Gilded Nanodisks for Medical Needs

Young researchers from Siberian Federal University (SibFU) along with their colleagues from FRC KSC SB RAS are designing a technology for producing multilayer gilded nanodisks for targeted drug delivery and treating cancer using dip pen nanolithography (DPN).

17 Apr 2019