Silica nanoparticles may make oral insulin possible by safely enhancing drug absorption through the intestinal wall in obese mice.

Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a method that pairs engineered nanoparticles with machine learning algorithms to detect trace toxic pollutants in complex ...

Researchers have discovered that how water binds to nanoparticles can determine whether a nanomedicine works or fails. A key finding.

University of New Mexico researchers studying the health risks posed by gadolinium, a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans, have found that oxalic acid, a molecule found in many foods, can ...

Tiny particles bounce light around in a unique way, a property that researchers are using to detect pollutants in water and ...

Stimuli-responsive nanomaterials enhance targeted drug delivery, improving treatment precision for inflammatory diseases through innovative design strategies.

Nanotoxicology is an essential discipline within nanotechnology focused on assessing the potential hazards that nanoparticles can pose to the environment and human health. Given their nanoscale size, ...

Researchers at São Paulo State University have developed an iron-based compound, loaded into lipid nanoparticles, that completely eliminated tuberculosis bacteria from the lungs of infected mice after ...

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