(Nanowerk News) Technologies based on nanoscale materials – for example, particles that are more than 10,000 times smaller than the period at the end of this sentence – play a growing role in our ...

A new form of agricultural pest control could one day take root—one that treats crop infestations deep under the ground in a targeted manner with less pesticide. Engineers at the University of ...

Antimicrobial nanoparticles are materials with exceptional antimicrobial properties, capable of controlling bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Thanks to their unique physicochemical attributes, ...

Silver nanoparticles are valued for their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer effects, but conventional production methods often use hazardous chemicals and require large volumes of energy.

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a simplified version of biodegradable nanoparticles that can “educate” the immune system to find and destroy disease-causing cells throughout ...

Some compounds in waste produced in the brewing process could be repurposed for antibacterial drugs. Iuri Gagarin/iStock via Getty Images Solid components such as used grains and yeast from this waste ...

A material made from hollow nanoparticles and DNA is exceptionally strong, especially considering how small its building blocks are. It could eventually be used to build extremely sturdy medical and ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have identified minuscule particles that supercharge therapeutic cancer vaccines, which train the immune system to attack tumors. These new lipid nanoparticles—tiny ...

Research on preventing type 1 diabetes often focuses on limiting the autoimmune response that destroys the body's ability to ...