The application and the clinical development of nanomedicines strongly requires a deep study on the complex dynamics that happen after in vivo administration. Particularly, plasma proteins tend to associate to nanoparticles, forming a new surface named the “protein corona” that can have a strong impact on biodistribution, targeting efficacy, and toxicity.
John Rogers and co-workers report a soft, skin-mounted microfluidic system for sweat collection and analysis directly from and on the surface of the skin.
The recognition that scaling down would be the key to the future of technology led to research into simpler, greener techniques to synthesise nanomaterial building blocks. It’s not enough that the materials can be created: synthesis techniques need to be precise and...
Get to know a highly porous 3D graphene foam as a binder-free cathode material for high-capacity Al-ion batteries.
Porous liposomes can provide a suitable environment for controlled nanoreactions admitting molecules of a specific size only.
Investigating how nanomaterials interact with the components involved in blood coagulation is an important step towards utilizing nanomedicine safely without causing dysregulation of hemostasis that could result in serious thrombotic and/or hemorrhagic pathologies.
You can now include gold/silica nanomushrooms on your menu, as András Deák and co-workers recently published their generation in Particle.
A new special issue in Advanced Materials Interfaces this month highlights advances in Atomic Layer Deposition for Energy and Environmental Applications.
Professor Xiaogang Qu’s team engineered an artificial metalloenzyme for efficient and friendly ERT of hyperuricemia.
A recently published feature article discusses the reasons for the poor targeting efficiency via polymeric micelles, and the approaches that have been explored to tackle this problem.
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
Higgs boson may be driving the Universe’s expansion
Water-powered gadgets may be on the horizon thanks to new evaporation-based energy device
Scientists discover a new class of antibiotics
Micron-sized hidden dimensions could solve two of physics’ deepest puzzles
A new type of dark matter could explain mysterious radiation from the Milky Way’s core