Nanoparticles

[Webinar] Biomedical Applications of Magnetic Micro- and Nanoparticles

September 1, 2017

The use of magnetic micro- and nanoparticles for biomedical applications was first proposed in the 1920s as a way to measure the rheological properties of the cytoplasm. Since that time, particle synthesis techniques and functionality have [more...]

Engineers Find Better Way to Detect Nanoparticles

August 16, 2017

Two light scatterers, represented by the blue spheres, are utilized to tune the sensors to exceptional points, at which light propagates in one direction. (Image: W. Chen and L. Yang) Credit: Washington University in St. Louis It’s long [more...]

IBM Lab-on-a-Chip Breakthrough Aims to Help Physicians Detect Cancer

August 2, 2016

A view of IBM’s lab-on-a-chip mounted in a microfluidic jig. IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians [more...]

New Technique for Rapidly Killing Bacteria

March 20, 2016

An artist’s interpretation of how bacteria cells on a nanoporous gold disk array are killed after exposure to near-infrared light. (Credit: Greggy M. Santos and Wei-Chuan Shih) Researchers have developed a new technique for killing [more...]

Vancouver-based Nanomedicine Startup Targets Genetic Solution To Diseases

March 1, 2016

Microfluidic chip in the Precision NanoSystem (Image credit: PNI) Vancouver-based biotech firm Precision NanoSystems Inc. (PNI) has created a tabletop device that produces “self-assembling” molecules that carry drugs and gene therapies [more...]

Scientists Pinpoint How Nanoparticles Damage Immune Cells

January 17, 2016

Mouse macrophages (red) engulf silica nanoparticles (green). (Photo Credit: PNNL) Scientists have shown that a process known as oxidative stress is at work during encounters between certain nanoparticles and immune cells, selectively [more...]

Dime-Sized Electric Chip Removes Nanoparticles from Blood with Ease

November 25, 2015

An artist’s representation of the nanoparticle removal chip developed by researchers in Professor Michael Heller’s lab at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. An oscillating electric field (purple arcs) separates [more...]

Nanosheet Flow Meters Find Sensor Stability

October 21, 2015

Nanosheets have a surface-texture advantage (image credit: Anna Demming) The ability to monitor fluid flow is crucial for a number of applications but current methods use ‘hot wires’ that are brittle and prone to break under operating [more...]

Here’s Why Nobody’s Talking About Nanotech Anymore

October 11, 2015

A micro reactor from glass of the iX-factory GmbH for cost-efficient and danger-reduced mixing of chemicals in the chemical industry (Credit: Kevin Kelleher, Time) Of all the investment fads and manias over the past few decades, none have [more...]

3-D-printed Microscopic Fish Do More Than Swim

September 1, 2015

3-D-printed microfish contain functional nanoparticles that enable them to be self-propelled, chemically powered and magnetically steered. The microfish are also capable of removing and sensing toxins. (Image Credit: J. Warner, UC San [more...]

Inkjet Printing Innovation Opens The Door To Instant Personalised Health Testing

July 20, 2015

New technology from product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is set to bring radical innovation to the diagnostics market. Ingenious use of inkjet printing techniques has made it possible to create a diagnostic test [more...]

Nanoparticles: Great Promise Against Cancer

May 27, 2015

The advancement of nanotechnology in the past decade has driven the development of numerous medical applications. None of them is as promising as the use of targeted nanoparticles aimed to improve the treatment of cancer, which has serious [more...]

Silicon Nanoparticles and Cells Can Now Be Printed with Lasers

April 12, 2015

IMAGE: 3D printed cell structures (left) include stem cells printed in grid patterns (a) immediately after printing, and later differentiated toward (b) bone, (c) cartilage, and (d) adipose tissue. Histologic sections of skin tissue [more...]

Researchers Deliver Large Particles into Cells at High Speed

April 9, 2015

A team led by Professor Eric Pei-Yu Chiou created a tool that delivers nanoparticles, enzymes, antibodies and bacteria into cells at the rate of 100,000 cells per minute — significantly faster than current technology. A new device [more...]

Inkjet-printed Nanoparticle Liquid Metal Could Bring Wearable Tech, Soft Robotics

April 9, 2015

This artistic rendering depicts electronic devices created using a new inkjet-printing technology to produce circuits made of liquid-metal alloys for “soft robots” and flexible electronics. Elastic technologies could make [more...]

Tiny Treasure: The Future of Nano-gold (Nature Videos)

February 21, 2015

Lumps of gold moulded into rings, coins and ingots have been highly prized for millennia. But recently, scientists have realized that tiny pieces of this precious metal – far too small to be seen by the naked eye – could also [more...]

Nanoparticles infiltrate, kill cancer cells from within

November 25, 2014

Schematic of nanoparticle construction (Credit: University of Cincinnati) Conventional treatment seeks to eradicate cancer cells by drugs and therapy delivered from outside the cell, which may also affect (and potentially harm) nearby [more...]