Thousands of people beat cancer every year. Early detection of cancer greatly increases the chances for successful treatment. Qun Huo, an Associate Professor in the NanoScience Technology Center at the University of…
Prototype nanoneedles generate new blood vessels
Scientists have developed tiny nanoneedles that have successfully prompted parts of the body to generate new blood vessels, in a trial in mice.This paving the way for new regenerative medicine. The researchers,…
Anglo-Saxon remedy kills the MRSA superbug
Researchers at the University of Nottingham has been found a way to kill the modern-day superbug MRSA by a one thousand year old Anglo-Saxon remedy for eye infections which originates from a…
Scientists developed ‘cyberwood’ sensor from tobacco
Humans have been inspired by nature since the beginning of time.We mimic nature to develop new technologies, with examples ranging from machinery to pharmaceuticals to new materials.Researchers at the Department of Mechanical…
Atomic chicken-wire is key to faster DNA Sequencing
An unusual and very exciting form of carbon – that can be created by drawing on paper-looks to hold the key to real-time, high throughput DNA sequencing, a technique that would revolutionise…