Scientists working to enhance brain-computer interface (BCI) technology—which allows people to control devices with their ...

Antibiotics are no longer able to treat infections as effectively as they once did because many pathogens have developed ...

Scientists have discovered how to electrically power insulating nanoparticles using organic molecules that act like tiny ...

Due to the extensive usage of nanoparticles, toxicologists and scientists alike are interested in better understanding their safety profile. The toxic effects of nanoparticles on macrophages, for ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents the passage of foreign substances from the blood to the brain's extracellular fluid. Several drugs that permeate through the BBB are compromised, and only an ...

Scientists have developed copper oxide nanoparticles which can be coated onto implanted medical devices to reduce the risk of infection after operations. A team at Nottingham Trent University has led ...

No matter where cancer cells grow in the human body, they are a threat to our health and our lives. But instead of treating ...

Developing effective treatments for genetic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis has proven challenging. That might not be the case for much longer, with scientists developing a new type of ...

(Nanowerk News) Iron oxide nanoparticles are often used in medical technology – as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging or as transport agents for drugs in the bloodstream, for example in ...

Researchers introduce a novel imaging method to detect gold nanoparticles in woodlice. Their method, known as four-wave mixing microscopy, flashes light that the gold nanoparticles absorb. The light ...