Scientists use micorencapsulated polymer nanoparticles to deliver the colon cancer drug 5-fluorouracil through the digestive system.
Seeing in color at the nanoscale
Berkeley Lab scientists develop a new nanotech tool to probe solar-energy conversion.
Growing nanosheets for supercapacitor electrodes
Professor X. W. Lou and co-workers report a new method to grow nanosheets on conductive substrates as a conductive agent-free electrode for supercapacitors.
Bone repair: new templating technique for hydrogel scaffold
Researchs developed new method to fabricate a biodegradable, hydrogel-based integrated bi-layered scaffold for bone and cartilage repair.
Highly stable graphene-based ultrathin films: a covalent protocol
Chinese scientists have shown how to integrate highly stable graphene-based multilayered film via a novel covalent-based protocol.
Designer nanocrystals find funding
W. M. Keck Foundation funds David Mazziotti, Greg Engel, and Dmitri Talapin to research manipulate of nanocrystal properties.
New organic metamaterials developed with mechanical metaproperties
A new hydrogel created by Cornell researchers is so soft that it can flow like a liquid and then return to its original shape.
Researchers measure supercollision cooling of hot electronics in graphene
Cornell research team shed light on electron cooling through the first known direct measurements of hot electrons cooling down in graphene.
NanoString Completes Issuance of $15.3 Million Series E Preferred Stock
Proceeds will be used to support the expansion of NanoString’s existing life sciences business and its first commercial launch in molecular diagnostics.
Polymeric nanoparticles for next generation vaccines
Polymer nano- and microparticles can be used to develop new vaccines for disorders such as cancer and HIV.