An alternative to chemotherapy: Nanoparticles tackle pediatric brain tumors

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An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, is a step closer to delivering cancer-killing drugs to pediatric brain tumors, similar to the tumor that Senator Ted Kennedy is suffering from.

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Nanotechnology boosts war on superbugs

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This week Nature Nanotechnology journal (October 12th) reveals how scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL are using a novel nanomechanical approach to investigate the workings of vancomycin, ...

Sensitive nanowire disease detectors made by Yale scientists

Oct 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano ...

Mimicking gecko feet: Dry adhesive based on carbon nanotubes gets stronger

Oct 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers from four U.S. institutions.

Researchers design artificial cells that could power medical implants

Oct 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.

A new material could act as a nanofridge for microchips

Oct 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

In the past few years, the design and manufacturing of circuits at nanoscopic scale for integrated devices has become one of the frontier fields in new material science and technology. The significant reduction achieved in ...

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