Biological Science & Technology

Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how to produce the safe biodegradable...

There are many mechanisms by which the body responds to foreign invaders.  One of these involves the T-cells of the immune system, which have a number of different proteins on...

Our consumer products can be filled with nanomaterials, but they do not show up in lists of ingredients. Credit: MostPhotos/Tatiana Mihailova. Consumer products such as food, cosmetics and clothes might...

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers show that the light emitted by a single molecule can be detected with a low-cost optical setup. Their prototype could facilitate medical diagnostics. Biomarkers play...

Bioadhesive nanoparticles (white) after being taken up by skin cancer tumor cells during in virtro culture. Image credit: Julia Lewis Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves...

Could long-distance interactions between individual molecules forge a new way to compute? Interactions between individual molecules on a metal surface extend for surprisingly large distances—up to several nanometers. A new...

       Picture of nanoparticles. Credit: Thakur et al. / Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2020 A team of researchers from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University obtained magnetic nanoparticles using sweet...

Nanoparticles used in drug delivery systems, bioimaging, and regenerative medicine migrate from tissues to lymphatic vessels after entering the body, so it is necessary to clarify the interaction between nanoparticles...

Magnetic nanoparticles biosynthesized by bacteria might soon play an important role in biomedicine and biotechnology. Researchers of the University of Bayreuth have now developed and optimized a process for the...

Picture of nanoparticles. Credit: Thakur et al. / Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2020 A team of researchers from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University obtained magnetic nanoparticles using sweet flag (Acorus calamus)....