Researchers take exploration of key 'building block' particles into space

As part of SpaceX's CRS-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), researchers are set to begin a new scientific investigation to explore how a group of microscopic particles considered key 'building blocks' for materials and products here on Earth, known as colloidal particles, behave and form in zero-gravity.

Study finds salt nanoparticles are toxic to cancer cells

Sodium chloride nanoparticles - more commonly known as salt - are toxic to cancer cells and offer the potential for therapies that have fewer negative side effects than current treatments.

Nanoparticles deliver 'suicide gene' therapy to pediatric brain tumors growing in mice

Medical researchers report that a type of biodegradable, lab-engineered nanoparticle they fashioned can successfully deliver a 'suicide gene' to pediatric brain tumor cells implanted in the brains of mice.

Scientists create world's first monolayer amorphous film

Previously thought to be impossible, the discovery of monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC) could finally settle a decades-old debate of exactly how atoms are arranged in amorphous solids, and open up potential applications.

Nanobubbles in nanodroplets

Researchers observed the ultrafast reaction of nanodroplets of helium after excitation with extreme ultraviolet radiation (XUV) using a free-electron laser in real time.

Nano antennas for data transfer

For the first time, physicists have successfully converted electrical signals into photons and radiated them in specific directions using a low-footprint optical antenna that is only 800 nanometres in size.