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Gold standards for nanoparticles

Expanding the potential of gold nanoparticles for a range of uses requires methods to stabilize the clusters and control their size....

Mar 30, 20172 min read

In living organisms, free metal ions are stored and transported through proteins assembled into highly ordered structures such as protein...

Mar 17, 20172 min read

Self-assembly of matter is one of the fundamental principles of nature, directing the growth of larger ordered and functional systems...

Jan 16, 20172 min read

Using a nano-enhanced version of a device capable of detecting the smallest viruses in solution, researchers at the Polytechnic Institute...

Dec 5, 20162 min read

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 700,000 new cases of liver cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year. Currently, the...

Nov 30, 20163 min read

Virginia Tech scientists have developed a new cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticles created by the biotech firm CytImmune Sciences to...

Nov 15, 20163 min read