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Weekly briefings

What moved this week, from research data and the news.

2026-10-16

Nanotechnology briefing: vesicles hottest, RNA delivery rising fastest

Extracellular vesicles in disease is the hottest Nanotechnology subtopic right now, at 96/100. RNA Interference and Gene Delivery is the fastest-rising research topic, with 503 papers in Jul 2026–Sep 2026, +31% on a year earlier. Wikipedia page views for the topic averaged 477 a day over the last 30 days (−31% on the 30 days before), and we saw no unusual moves in the latest data.