Dr Kyle Isaacson

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Hate pesticides? 'Tiny tech' offers big gains in agriculture

While nanotechnology has often been used for biomedical applications, researchers are only beginning to explore its potential in improving the environmental sustainability of agricultural practices, including the reduced use of pe...

by Dr Kyle Isaacson ∙ July 28, 2021 ∙ 2 min read

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Honey, I shrunk the nanogel to kill tumours!

By mimicking the human body’s natural elastic behaviour, researchers are developing nanogels that reduce their size and are able to drop drugs into previously inaccessible cancerous tissues. In 10 seconds? Scientists have created...

by Dr Kyle Isaacson ∙ July 27, 2021 ∙ 2 min read