The second group includes hydrophobic interactions between drugs and nanocarriers (e.g., polymeric micelles from amphiphilic block copolymers). Polymeric nanocarriers in the third group include ...

A new ion superhighway modeled after human cells could speed our batteries way up. Digging out a nanochannel for charged ions ...

A tiny, four-fingered "hand" folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering ...

Here the authors report the development and characterization of a nanoplatform that integrates hypoxia-activatable molecular imaging and photo-immunotherapy for cancer diagnosis and immunotherapy ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Using 'DNA origami' scientists have built innovative nanostructures that pave the way for advanced robotics that can deliver targeted drugs -- plus they made a tiny map of ...

An amphiphilic composite membrane was design and fabricated which not only has hydrophobic MoS2 nanoparticles for capturing the fine oil droplets, but also has hydrophilic cellulose acetate polymer ...

Nov. 28, 2024 — The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has ...

Nanomedicine involves the use of nanoscale materials, such as biocompatible nanoparticles and nanorobots, for diagnosis, delivery, sensing or actuation purposes in a living organism. Here the ...

Quantitative studies of cultural evolution and gene-culture coevolution (henceforth “CE” and “GCC”) emerged in the 1970s, in the aftermath of the “race and intelligence quotient (IQ)” and “human ...