The particulates—known as titanium suboxide nanoparticles—are unintentionally produced as coal is burned, creating these tiniest of particles, as small as 100 millionths of a meter

A Washington University team, led by Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor of Electrical & Systems Engineering, has made major strides recently in the study and manipulation of light

Curcumin formula shows promise against treatment-resistant childhood cancer

Their research gives oncologists a better shot at overcoming the problems of drug resistance, toxicity to patients, and a host of other barriers to consistently achieving successful gene therapy for cancer

Novel theory explains how metal nanoparticles form

A team of chemical and biomolecular engineers at the University of Notre Dame designed nanoparticles that mimic natural allergens by displaying each allergic component one at a time on their surfaces

Columbia Engineering technique could lead to stronger composite materials used in commercial products, opening the way for their use in structural applications

The nanovaccine consists of tumor antigens—tumor proteins that can be recognized by the immune system—inside a synthetic polymer nanoparticle

In a paper published Apr. 21 in Science, Argonne and Temple University researchers describe the behavior of metal nanoparticles by watching them in real time as they oxidized

Fresh insights into living cells, brighter video projectors, and more accurate medical tests are just three of the innovations that could result from a new way of fabricating lasers