News from the NNI Community - Research Advances Funded by Agencies Participating in the NNI

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(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health)

Scientists have used nanoparticles along with FDA-approved medication to effectively and selectively inhibit drug-resistant kidney cancer. 

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Scientists have developed a method for spraying invisibly thin antennas, made from a type of two-dimensional, metallic material called MXene, which perform as well as those being used in mobile devices, wireless routers and portable transducers. 

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Scientists have developed a method for spraying invisibly thin antennas, made from a type of two-dimensional, metallic material called MXene, which perform as well as those being used in mobile devices, wireless routers and portable transducers. 

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Using an atomically thin material, hexagonal boron nitride, placed on nanopillars, scientists have created an array of quantum emitters operating at room temperature that could be integrated into next generation quantum communication systems.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation)

Using an atomically thin material, hexagonal boron nitride, placed on nanopillars, scientists have created an array of quantum emitters operating at room temperature that could be integrated into next generation quantum communication systems.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers have developed a system that harnesses the power of bubbles to propel tiny particles through the surfaces of microbial films—which often coat medical devices, household items, and the inside of water supply pipes—and kill the microbes living inside.

(Funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health)

Researchers have developed a system that harnesses the power of bubbles to propel tiny particles through the surfaces of microbial films—which often coat medical devices, household items, and the inside of water supply pipes—and kill the microbes living inside.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Scientists are leveraging advances in nanotechnology and the unique properties of messenger RNA to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by targeting tumor suppressors, which are genes that help cancer cells grow unchecked.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Scientists are leveraging advances in nanotechnology and the unique properties of messenger RNA to inhibit the growth of cancer cells by targeting tumor suppressors, which are genes that help cancer cells grow unchecked.

(Funded by the National Institutes of Health)

Scientists are developing nanoparticles that could be injected in the body to safely and effectively convert energy-storing bad fat to energy-burning good fat.