Bioengineers devise nanoscale system to measure cellular forces

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University of Pennsylvania researchers have designed a nanoscale system to observe and measure how individual cells react to external forces.

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Molecular memory a game-changer

Nov 21, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, ...

Carbon Nanotubes Detect Lung Cancer Markers in the Breath

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer ...

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Protein Array Detection Limits

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(PhysOrg.com) -- To detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes in blood or other biological samples. Those efforts should ...

Caltech 4-D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world

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More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world ...

Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs

Nov 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.

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