Nano-based therapeutics and diagnostic systems are being increasingly applied to various fields of medicine, acting as sensors, delivery vehicles, immunostimulants, radiation sensitizers, and viral ...

Nanomaterials are being used increasingly in medicine due to their nanosize meaning they can cross barriers, enable targeting of certain tissues and act as specialized biosensors. Their varied ...

At Empa, an interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology within the ETH Domain, researchers are ...

The WHO estimated the annual mortality from drug-resistant diseases to be approximately 700,000, which could increase to 10 million annually by 2050 (World Health Organization, 2019). This major issue ...

Compared to their bulk materials, nanomaterials offer a wide range of distinct physicochemical properties that are ideal for many biomedical purposes. Some of the different applications of ...

In a new study in the journal Accounts of Materials Research, researchers presented an overview of the recent advances in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)-targeted ...

Nanobiotechnology is the application of nanotechnology to the field of biology and biotechnology. It involves the design, characterization, production, and application of materials, devices, and ...

(Nanowerk News) Carbon-based stimuli-responsive nanomaterials are gaining much attention due to their versatility, including disease diagnosis and treatment. They work under endogenous (pH, ...

As dangerous microbes grow harder to control, researchers are exploring new ways to neutralise them using light-activated ...