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Breakthrough in cancer screening

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new method to detect so-called circulating tumor cells (CTC) which are beyond solid tumors to take root in new locations in the body contribute to cancer metastasis. The new test is being developed jointly with the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson is a microchip that can detect [...]

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Discovered a new state of soft matter

Lightweight and biocompatible materials to be used, for example, in biomedicine for the transport of drugs. It is one of the possible applications of a study published in Nature Materials and produced by the Institute for chemical and physical processes (IPFC-CNR) and the Institute of Complex Systems (ISC-CNR) of CNR in collaboration with the University [...]

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Obtain drinking water using nanotechnology

A tea bag and nanotechnology can help make the quality of life for millions of people get a bit better, at least in the aspect that has to do with the most precious liquid by man: the water or, better yet, drinking water. Actually it is not just a tea bag, but a water filter [...]

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