Tiny Chip Recovers Nanoparticles from Blood

Tiny Chip Recovers Nanoparticles from Blood

Nanoparticles have exciting potential applications in health and medical tasks, from delivering drugs to targeted cells, to monitoring specific toxins or biomarkers in the body. But this then raises the question, how do you monitor these to make sure that they are...
Silver Nanowires Improve Breast Screening

Silver Nanowires Improve Breast Screening

The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
Scientists Enlist Algae in War on Cancer

Scientists Enlist Algae in War on Cancer

When I hear “nanotechnology,” I tend to think of microscopic components that have been designed and fabricated by people for some purpose or another. Scientists at the University of South Australia have taken a different approach to engineering their...