Researchers have successfully melded magnetic iron nanoparticles, the anticancer drug doxorubicin, and a polymer tagged with a tumor-targeted molecule into a stable nanoparticle that accumulates inside human tumor cells.
Nov 6th, 2006
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Systematic experiments aimed at identifying how nanoparticle formulations affect drug delivery in the body.
Nov 6th, 2006
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A new European research project NESPA - NanoEngineered Superconductors for Power Applications.
Nov 6th, 2006
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A new EU research program CARBIO - Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications.
Nov 6th, 2006
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Two new techniques for placing carbon nanotube patterns on metal surfaces of just about any shape and size.
Nov 6th, 2006
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Germany launches a single framework for action.
Nov 6th, 2006
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A new nanotoxicity research grant titled Manufactured Nanomaterials: Physico-chemical Principles of Biocompatibility and Toxicity.
Nov 3rd, 2006
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Proteins rendered portable from the organisms that spawned them could make miniature bioreactor cells feasible.
Nov 3rd, 2006
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Scientists have answered a long-standing molecular stumper regarding DNA: How can parts of such a rigid molecule bend and coil without requiring large amounts of force?
Nov 3rd, 2006
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The Consortium for Nanomaterials for Aerospace Commerce and Technology, or CONTACT.
Nov 3rd, 2006
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With the aid of complex computer simulations, scientists have discovered how the shape and distribution of certain sticky areas on the cell affect its adhesion in blood vessels.
Nov 3rd, 2006
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A new era with a complete network of 22 Nanotechnology Centres linking up across the UK will be officially ushered in Nov. 2, 2006.
Nov 2nd, 2006
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It was demonstrated that quantum coherence is possible in electronic systems that are incommensurate, thereby removing one obstacle in the development of quantum devices.
Nov 2nd, 2006
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The first general model to study large-scale shape changes in responsive gels.
Nov 2nd, 2006
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Producing porous, nanoscopic, hollow platinum spheres by using liposomes as blueprints.
Nov 2nd, 2006
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Physicists have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within excitons.
Nov 2nd, 2006
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