Nanoparticles could help patients with MS, ALS, and Parkinson’s

Researchers say it's possible for nanoparticles to go through the digestive system and deliver medicine directly to the brain tissue.

Dalin Clark-Michigan State • futurity
April 22, 2024 ~5 min

Team uses DNA to make quasicrystal out of nanoparticles

Nanoengineers have used to DNA to create a quasicrystal, a scientifically intriguing and technologically promising material structure.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 13, 2023 ~7 min


Nanoparticle ‘seeds’ are actually gold buckyballs

Gold buckyballs and the nanoparticles chemists often use as "seeds" are one and the same, report researchers.

Liz Goodfellow-Futurity • futurity
Aug. 16, 2023 ~6 min

Superresolution shows cell division at nano scale

"The living cell is a busy place with proteins bustling here and there. Our superresolution is very attractive for viewing these dynamic activities."

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 4, 2023 ~7 min

Containers keep pesky coating off nanomaterials

New storage containers for nanomaterials use an"ultraclean" strategy to keep VOCs at bay.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
July 21, 2023 ~5 min

Nanoparticles could form ‘fire ice’ structure

Water clathrates are called "fire ice" when they occur in the ocean. Researchers want to create nanoparticle clathrate structures.

U. Michigan • futurity
May 31, 2023 ~6 min

Nanotech method could make profits from waste plastic

Recycling waste plastic isn't effective because there's no money in it. But what if all that plastic could become nanomaterials?

Silvia Cernea Clark-Rice • futurity
March 17, 2023 ~6 min

Team controls two quantum light sources

"We can now control two quantum light sources and connect them to each other. It might not sound like much, but it's a major advancement..."

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 7, 2023 ~5 min


Silver nanoparticles boost antibiotics to fight tough bacteria

Small amounts of silver nanoparticles combined with a common antibiotic block the growth of resistant bacteria, new research shows.

Samantha Murray-Florida • futurity
Feb. 1, 2023 ~5 min

Nanochip device may treat traumatic muscle loss

Silicon nanochip technology, shown to be successful in changing skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells, may also treat traumatic muscle loss.

April Toler-Indiana • futurity
Nov. 9, 2022 ~4 min

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