Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosing cancer metastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of therapies.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreA team of researchers from two of the National Cancer Institute's Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have teamed up to develop a 'cocktail' of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreMediSens Wireless, a startup company in UCLA's on-campus technology incubator at the California NanoSystems Institute, has obtained approval under federal Food and Drug Administration guidelines to begin clinical trials on its novel wireless body-monitoring system, which assesses muscle and neuromotor functions in the upper extremities.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreWhen ribosomes produce protein in all living cells, they do so through a chemical reaction that happens so fast that scientists have been puzzled. Using large quantum mechanical calculations of the reaction center of the ribosome, researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden can now provide the first detailed picture of the reaction.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreResearchers showed showed that, contrary to expectation, it is possible to confine giant Rydberg atoms in microscopic glass cells und circumstances without significant disturbance.
Jan 13th, 2010
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Stuttgarter Physiker entwickeln neuartige metallische Beschichtung
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreThe American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) is offering filtration short course training on March 22, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreNanoelectronics technology is improving the way that batteries and motors in electric vehicles are controlled, giving them a longer range on each charge.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreMetamaterialien haben besondere optische Eigenschaften: Zum Beispiel brechen sie Licht in eine andere Richtung als alle natuerlichen Materialien, sie haben also einen negativen Brechungsindex. Mit dem EU-Projekt NIM_NIL wollen Wissenschaftler des ISAS solche Metamaterialien fuer sichtbares Licht herstellen.
Jan 13th, 2010
Read moreA major new book on how energetic ions from different types of particle accelerators can be used in frontline nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Jan 12th, 2010
Read moreScientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have determined the most accurate values ever for a fundamental property of the element lithium using a novel approach that may permit scientists to do the same for other atoms in the periodic table.
Jan 12th, 2010
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A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles.
Jan 12th, 2010
Read moreResearchers are working to develop nanoscale optical fiber biosensor tests, or assays, for detection of Francisella tularensis, Burkholderia mallei, and B. pseudomallei.
Jan 12th, 2010
Read moreResearch by an RMIT University PhD graduate has led to the development of a diagnosis method that uses gold nanoparticles to detect deadly meningococcal meningitis disease in its early stages.
Jan 12th, 2010
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Vorrangiges Ziel dieser Roadmap, die im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) erarbeitet wurde, ist die Unterstuetzung aller Akteure aus Forschung, Industrie und Politik bei der mittelfristigen strategischen Ausrichtung zukuenftiger Aktivitaeten zur Erforschung und Entwicklung innovativer Nanomaterialien zum Einsatz in verschiedenen Anwendungsfeldern.
Jan 12th, 2010
Read moreWissenschaftler konnten erstmals nachweisen, dass Energiespeicher aus Nano-Materialien leistungsfaehiger sind, weil ein Grossteil der Ionen an der Oberflaeche bleibt und nicht wie bei herkoemmlichen Lithium-Ionen-Akkus vergleichsweise langsam in das Material diffundiert.
Jan 12th, 2010
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