(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists have discovered a way to wake up the immune system to fight cancer by delivering an immune system-stimulating protein in a nanoscale container called a vault directly into lung cancer tumors, ...
Bio & Medicine
May 3, 2011
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Dr. Yuri Lvov, professor of chemistry and T.C. Pipes endowed chair in micro and nanosystems at Louisiana Tech University, recently led a symposium at the 241st Conference of the American Chemical Society (ACS), discussing ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As electronics become smaller and smaller the need to understand nanoscale phenomena becomes greater and greater. Because materials exhibit different properties at the nanoscale than they do at larger scales, ...
Nanophysics
Nov 17, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.
Nanomaterials
Nov 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many drug-resistant infections are the result of bacterial biofilms, structured aggregates of bacteria that live on surfaces and that are extremely resistant to environmental stresses. These biofilms impact ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of graphitic carbon, has great potential to make electronic devices such as radios, computers and phones faster and smaller. But its unique properties have also led to difficulties ...
Nanophysics
Sep 3, 2010
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Swiss researchers have built a transistor whose crucial element is a carbon nano-tube, suspended between two contacts, with outstanding electronic properties. A novel fabrication approach allowed the scientists to construct ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 21, 2010
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Chemists from UCLA and South Korea report the "ultimate porosity of a nano-material," achieving world records for both porosity and carbon dioxide storage capacity in an important class of materials known as MOFs, or metal-organic ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 15, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The application of nanotechnology in the field of drug delivery has attracted much attention in recent years. In cancer research, nanotechnology holds great promise for the development of targeted, localized ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 9, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The new technique, in which molecules are used as bait to capture and study large biomolecules, could lead to a new generation of psychiatric medications.
Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2010
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