Curcumin Shows Promise Against Ovarian Cancer, but Nanotechnology May Hold the Key
A systematic review of 21 preclinical studies finds that curcumin and its nanoformulations modulate key cancer signaling pathways and enhance ...
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Porous ZnO Films Boost Solar Cell Efficiency with a Simple Polymer Trick
Researchers in Turkey have boosted silicon solar cell efficiency by about six percent using porous zinc oxide antireflection films made ...
Beach Plant Extract Yields Copper Ferrite Nanoparticles for Supercapacitor Electrodes
Researchers synthesized copper ferrite nanoparticles using Pemphis acidula leaf extract via a hydrothermal method, achieving high specific capacitance and strong ...
X-ray microscope reveals how nanoparticles dance to different rhythms in swirling flows
By combining millisecond-resolution X-ray scatter microscopy with polarized light imaging, researchers have shown that plate-like and rod-like nanoparticles respond in ...
Blood Test Tracks Tumour Oxygen Starvation and Predicts Radiotherapy Benefit in Bladder Cancer
A nanoparticle-enabled blood proteomics test can measure tumour hypoxia in bladder cancer patients, track it during radiotherapy and predict who ...
Biodegradable Nanoparticles Boost Grape Yields by Shielding a Fragile Plant Hormone
A field study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that loading the plant hormone gibberellic ...
Silver Particles on Graphite: A Cleaner Route to Model Catalysts for Ethylene Epoxidation
Researchers have identified an electron-beam deposition method on freshly cleaved graphite that produces large, uniformly distributed silver particles with high ...
Tiny Warriors Against Drug-Resistant Oral Thrush: Nanoparticles Show Promise
A new scoping review maps how nanoparticles and nanocarriers could overcome drug-resistant oral Candida infections, while warning that fragmented methods ...
Nanovaccine Built From Metal–Organic Frameworks Drives Tumours Into Full Retreat
A metal–organic framework nanovaccine co-delivering tumour antigens and STING agonists induced systemic tumour regression, immune memory and synergy with radiotherapy ...
Madagascar Periwinkle Extract Yields Dual-Action Nanoparticles That Boost Plant Defenses and Kill Bacteria
Green-synthesized iron oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles made with Catharanthus roseus extract strongly inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli while ...
Amino Acid Nanoparticles Turn Indigo Dye Into Biocompatible Memory Devices
Researchers in South Korea have built flexible, biocompatible non-volatile memory devices using poly-L-lysine amino acid nanoparticles as the charge-trapping layer ...
Palm Oil and Myristic Acid Nanoparticles Could Smooth Out Parkinson’s Drug Delivery
Researchers engineered a lipid nano-emulsion from solid myristic acid and liquid palm oil that encapsulates L-DOPA in sub-100-nanometer particles and ...
Tiny Particles, Big Harvests: How Nanoparticles Could Shield Cereal Crops From Drought
A new review in Discover Plants maps how metal oxide, silicon, carbon-based, and polymer nanoparticles modulate water relations, photosynthesis, and ...
Plant-Powered Nanoparticles Push Corrosion Protection Toward 99 Percent
A new review shows that pairing plant extracts with green-synthesized nanoparticles lifts corrosion inhibition efficiency from roughly 69-96 percent to ...
Nanoparticles and Dendritic Cells Boost Cancer Immunity
In a groundbreaking advancement set to redefine the landscape of cancer immunotherapy, researchers have unveiled a pioneering approach that seamlessly ...
Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale
Is it possible to drive nanoparticles to orbit below the light diffraction limit using a Gaussian beam? A recent joint ...
