The University of Aarhus celebrated the opening of its new Centre for DNA Nanotechnology last week as a giant leap into the future of fighting disease using the building blocks of the human body.
Aug 25th, 2007
Read moreA space elevator is one of those ideas from 1950s-style futurism that are so whacky they might just work.
Aug 25th, 2007
Read moreThe North Carolina Biotechnology Center, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Carolinas Medical Center are hosting "Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine," a one-day conference on nanotechnology's potential impact on medicine on November 5, 2007.
Aug 24th, 2007
Read moreMoving beyond carbon nanotubes, researchers are developing insights into a remarkable class of tubular nanomaterials that can be produced in water with a high degree of control over their diameter and length.
Aug 23rd, 2007
Read moreTeenagers may not have heard about it, but there's a Web 2.0 site that's a hit with scientists and engineers.
Aug 23rd, 2007
Read moreNanotubes packing powerful alpha-emitters could target lone cancer cells.
Aug 23rd, 2007
Read moreNanoSafe presentation will provide a 2007 update on the practical five-point risk management approach developed with industry, academia, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Aug 23rd, 2007
Read moreDietram Schaeufele, over at the nanopublic blog has posted a spot on commentary on the current gold rush in the U.S. to cash in on clean nanotechnologies.
Aug 23rd, 2007
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If you happen to be in London on October 11, check out the Dana Centre's "Taste" event.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreThe annoying bulges of an overwound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller's motion help explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreUsing metal nanoshells designed to both absorb and scatter near-infrared light, a team of investigators has shown that such nanoparticles can both image and treat tumors in animals.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreIn an important step toward realizing the potential of radionuclide-loaded nanoparticles as radiotherapeutic agents, scientists have demonstrated that ultrashort carbon nanotubes will permanently entrap the potent alpha particle emitting element astatine-211, which has a half-life of 7.2 hours.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreA new targeted drug delivery method, which combines two nanoparticles into one larger one, uses ultrasound to image tumors and release the anticancer drug doxorubicin from "nanobubbles" into the same tumors.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreTake a quantum dot, add a coating of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and attach a homing peptide and a piece of small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the result is a targeted nanoparticle that can stop the production of a specific protein by a targeted cell.
Aug 22nd, 2007
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Build a pendulum small enough, and it will violate Newton's classical laws of mechanics, following quantum rules instead. Some researchers hope to observe such violations by cooling a tiny wobbling object to very low temperatures.
Aug 22nd, 2007
Read moreUsing DNA, the molecule that carries life's genetic instructions, researchers are studying how to control both the speed of nanoparticle assembly and the structure of its resulting nanoclusters.
Aug 22nd, 2007
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