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Specialized Nucleic Acid-Based Nanostructures Could Be Used to Target Cancer Cells

Scientists have shown that dedicated nucleic acid-based nanostructures could be used to target cancer cells while sidestepping normal cells.

16 Aug 2018

Schwarzite: Long-Sought Nanoscale Carbon Structure Discovered

The discovery of buckyballs in the 1980s, nanotubes in the 1990s, and graphene in the 2000s, but schwarzite has evaded everyone, until recently.

16 Aug 2018

Simple Method to Create and Functionalize Virus-Like Polymer Particles Having Nanostructures

Scientists have created a simple method to develop and functionalize virus-like polymer particles that have many nanostructures.

13 Aug 2018

Researchers Create Biomimetic Twisted Plywood Structural Materials

Nature has given innumerable biological materials which serve either as organisms' skeletons or as offensive or defensive weapons.

13 Aug 2018

Nanoparticle-Based Combination Therapy to Treat Breast, Prostate Cancer

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed a new nanoparticle-based cancer therapy to deliver a combination therapy directly to cancer cells.

10 Aug 2018

Trickle-Down Graphene: An Economical Production Mechanism

By making carbon leak (trickle-down) through the cracks of a metal, researchers have produced graphene directly on a substrate. This versatile process enables graphene to be economically grown on almost any semiconducting or dielectric substrate of relevance to the electronic industry.

10 Aug 2018

Researchers Study Graphene’s Reaction in Extreme Space Conditions

The Centre for Advanced Two-Dimensional Materials (CA2DM) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has partnered with US-based aerospace company Boreal Space to examine the properties of graphene after it has been launched into the stratosphere. The results could provide an understanding of how graphene could be used for satellite and space technologies.

9 Aug 2018