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Harnessing Nanoparticles To Track Cancer Cell Changes

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jul 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. Cancer researchers adopting that philosophy have developed a new imaging technology that could give scientists the ability to simultaneously ...

'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jul 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (5) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...

New statistical technique improves precision of nanotechnology data

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Jul 01, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

A new statistical analysis technique that identifies and removes systematic bias, noise and equipment-based artifacts from experimental data could lead to more precise and reliable measurement of nanomaterials ...

Hi-tech 'Trojan horse' can kill cancer cells: researchers

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 29, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (12) | 7

Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a "Trojan horse" against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy.

Computer-Guided Nanoparticle Therapy Destroys Tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (11) | 0

Gold nanoshells are among the most promising new nanoscale therapeutics being developed to kill tumors, acting as antennas that turn light energy into heat that cooks cancer to death. Now, a multi-institutional research team ...

Can a new implant coating technique create a new six million dollar man?

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 29, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0

Tel Aviv University researcher Prof. Noam Eliaz of the TAU School of Mechanical Engineering has developed an electrochemical process for coating metal implants which vastly improves their functionality, longevity ...

Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds

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Jun 29, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...

Nanotubes weigh the atom

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Jun 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How can you weigh a single atom? European researchers have built an exquisite new device that can do just that. It may ultimately allow scientists to study the progress of chemical reactions, ...

Singapore nanotechnology combats fatal brain infections

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Doctors may get a new arsenal for meningitis treatment and the war on drug-resistant bacteria and fungal infections with novel peptide nanoparticles developed by scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology ...

Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 26, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (7) | 0

Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetic ...

Making nanoparticles in artificial cells

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Jun 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that ...

Tiny capsules can deliver drugs to targeted cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 25, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream.

New nanoparticles could revolutionize therapeutic drug discovery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 25, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being available as potential ...

SRNL to study applicability of solar cell coatings

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jun 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital part of ...

Salt block unexpectedly stretches in new experiments

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jun 24, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 5

To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly.

A promising niche for nanotech

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jun 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

In a cluster of rather drab buildings overlooking the Charles River, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are incubating a tiny technology that packs an enormous punch.

Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

Jun 23, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of ...

Researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Jun 19, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 1

University of Georgia researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants ...