Scientists have found a way to cork nanoscale test tubes. The goal is a better way to deliver drugs, for example, for cancer treatment. Scientists want to fill the teeny tubes with drugs and inject them into the body, where they will seek diseased or cancerous cells, uncork and spill their therapeutic contents in the right place.
May 10th, 2006
Read moreA new tactic in the battle against cardiovascular disease ? employing nanoengineered molecules called nanolipoblockers as frontline infantry against harmful cholesterol ? is showing promise in early laboratory studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
May 10th, 2006
Read moreEikos Inc. and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have achieved competitive efficiency in two types of solar cells using carbon nanotube conductive coatings, in a significant step toward developing fully printable solar cells.
May 10th, 2006
Read moreGadolinium ions are a popular component of agents used to improve magnetic resonance image (MRI) quality.
May 10th, 2006
Read moreBy melding magnetic and luminescent properties with an easily modified surface, a team of investigators at the National Research Council of Canada have created what could prove to be a highly versatile nanoparticle system for imaging and delivering drugs to tumors.
May 9th, 2006
Read moreTargeted nanoparticles may eventually help physicians detect the very earliest stages of cancer using readily available ultrasound equipment.
May 9th, 2006
Read moreChemical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a new way to predict the mobility of confined fluids at nanometer scales.
May 8th, 2006
Read moreA new report by law firm Marks and Clerk warns that high public expenditure in Europe is not being converted into commercial prospects due to a lack of patent applications.
May 8th, 2006
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By stacking layers of ceramic cloth with interlocking nanotubes in between, a team of researchers has created new composites with significantly improved properties compared to traditional materials.
May 8th, 2006
Read moreTexas scientists have added one more trick to the amazing repertoire of carbon nanotubes ? the ability to carry electrical signals to nerve cells.
May 8th, 2006
Read moreA new environmental chamber constructed by the Materials Science Division at Argonne allows researchers to watch materials as they grow step-by-step while interacting in elevated-temperature, reactive-gas environments.
May 8th, 2006
Read moreEngineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are announcing a critical new breakthrough in semiconductor spin-wave research.
May 8th, 2006
Read moreUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineers have developed a method for fabricating packages of tiny sensors that measure temperature more accurately than bulk thermocouples. Inserted unobtrusively in critical locations, these metal-embedded micro-thin film thermocouples could more effectively monitor conditions and diagnose problems during manufacturing processes such as injection-molding or die-casting.
May 5th, 2006
Read moreScientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields.
May 4th, 2006
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Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have potential for use as medical devices and in medical treatments such as kidney dialysis.
May 4th, 2006
Read moreEngineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are announcing a critical new breakthrough in semiconductor spin-wave research.
May 4th, 2006
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