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Next public FDA meeting on nanotechnology will discuss food, cosmetics, drugs and medical devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting on September 8, 2008 to gather information that will assist the Agency in implementing the recommendations of the Nanotechnology Task Force Report.

August 16, 2008 Read more

Minnesota nanotechnology trade association pushes its 10 year, $366m plan

A Minnesota nanotechnology trade association is depending on what it hopes will be a favorable economic impact report to convince the Legislature to approve public investment dollars next year.

August 16, 2008 Read more

Air Force develops transparent nanotechnology coating to protect planes

The development of a transparent nanotechnology coating that causes water to bead up into drops and roll or bounce off a surface will help protect and sustain Air Force systems by preventing corrosion and reducing ice formation on optical elements and aircraft.

August 15, 2008 Read more

Carbon nanotubes deliver anticancer drugs into tumor cells

Researchers are using targeted carbon nanotubes as delivery agents for an inactive form of platinum that cancer cells themselves convert into a toxic anticancer agent.

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Dual-mode nanoparticles image tumors using MRI and PET

Two reports in the scientific literature show how nanotechnology researchers have created dual-modality contrast agents for future use with next-generation imaging devices.

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Nanotechnology industry groups release statement on EPA's nanomaterial program

Statement of The Nanotechnology Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the NanoBusiness Alliance, and the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association?s (SOCMA) Nanotechnology SME Coalition Regarding the Status of EPA?s Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP).

August 15, 2008 Read more

Artificial collagen plays more than a supporting role in cell growth

Researchers at the Institute for NanoBioTechnology at Johns Hopkins University are discovering new properties and uses for a synthetic molecule that mimics collagen. When used with nanoparticles, this molecule, called collagen mimetic peptide (CMP) could produce detailed images of tumors, detect deadly buildup in arteries, deliver drugs, and improve blood supply to implanted tissues.

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Nanobiotechnology training at Johns Hopkins: big selection for tiny science

Anyone interested in nanobiotechnology can confirm there?s still much to learn about this small scale science. Few know this better than the more than 30 students and fellows participating in nanobiotechnology related educational programs offered through the Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) at Johns Hopkins University.

August 15, 2008 Read more

'NanoSurface 2008' zum Thema biochemisch oder chemisch aktiver Oberflaechen

Fachtagung der AG Materialwissenschaften, der IHK-Arbeitsgemeinschaft Hessen und des TechnologieTransferNetzwerks Hessen

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True properties of carbon nanotubes measured

Researchers at Northwestern University recently made the first experimental measurements of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes that directly correspond to the theoretical predictions.

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Bottom-up fabrication method for microchips could break size barrier

Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have come up with a way of beating size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips.

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X-rays can distinguish left- and right-handed quartz structures

A team of scientists from Japan and the UK have shown that circularly polarized x-rays of the right energy can distinguish 'left' from 'right' alpha-quartz

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Watching chemical reactions molecule by molecule

RIKEN scientists have developed a method to control and study a chemical reaction in a single molecule. The technique could eventually help to fabricate advanced electronic devices molecule by molecule.

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First ever atomic force microscope image taken on Mars

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope.

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Penetrating cell walls, carbon nanotubes kill cancer cells in mice

The new method has enabled the researchers to get a higher proportion of a given dose of medication into the tumor cells than is possible with the 'free' drug-that is, the one not bound to nanotubes-thus reducing the amount of medication that they need to inject into a subject to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

August 14, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology fits 2,500 Beijing Olympic logos on a grain of rice

Northwestern's Mirkin and his colleagues printed the logos as well as an integrated gold circuit using a new printing technique, called Polymer Pen Lithography (PPL), that can write on three different length scales using only one device.

August 14, 2008 Read more