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Nanomaterials key to new strategies for blocking metastasis

A new treatment strategy using targeted nanoparticles to block metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue.

July 9, 2008 Read more

JPK announces the next NanoBioVIEWS International Meeting

JPK announces the seventh annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) in areas such as biophysical, biochemical and medical research. It will be held on the 8-9th October 2008 in Berlin.

July 9, 2008 Read more

Environmental Defense Fund and DuPont expand global accessibility of Nano Risk framework

One year after launch, important tool is now available in Mandarin, French and Spanish.

July 9, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology oversight: An agenda for the new administration

Join former Environmental Protection Agency official J. Clarence Davies, one of the nation's foremost authorities on environmental regulation and policy, at the release of his new report that identifies the steps the incoming president must take to deal with the potential risks posed by nanotechnology.

July 9, 2008 Read more

Researchers develop breakthrough antimicrobial nanotube coatings

A team of researchers in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has produced new antimicrobial coatings with potential to prevent diseases from spreading on contaminated surfaces - possibly solving a growing problem not only in hospitals but also in schools, offices, airplanes and elsewhere.

July 8, 2008 Read more

NanoMedicine summit returns to Cleveland, September 25-26

Event to focus on nanomedical applications in diagnostics, imaging, and therapeutics.

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SEMATECH announces speaker lineup for SEMICON West

SEMATECH's thought leaders and technical experts will be on hand during SEMICON West, July 15-17, 2008, to discuss technical and manufacturing solutions that will enable continued progress in device scaling.

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Nanosurgery with laser technology

The FAST-DOT project, backed by the EU with EUR 10.1 million in financing, is underway to develop a new line of lasers for biomedical applications.

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MIT reports finer lines for microchips

Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more.

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Researchers demonstrate the role of thermodynamics at a molecular scale and establish a new bridge between physics, chemistry and biology

Researchers have applied the laws of thermodynamics down to the molecular scale and discovered theoretically that the molecular structure of copolymers - such as DNA - may be arranged in order when they are synthetized out of the thermodynamic equilibrium while they stay disorganized when in equilibrium.

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Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

A balanced injection of positive and negative charge carriers into the organic layer is important to achieve high quantum efficiency, but the interface between the metallic coating and organic layer where the injection occurs is poorly understood.

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Einweihung des Kieler Nanolabors mit Nobelpreistraeger

Zukunftstechnologie bekommt an der CAU einen neuen Raum: das Kieler Nanolabor.

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Proposed nanomedicine institute hires its first director

A proposed North Carolina Nanomedicine Institute has taken another step with the hiring of a local consultant as its first director.

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Coated fullerenes might be a new hydrogen-storage material

In cooperation with their US co-workers, Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers recently discovered a new nano-material with high-capacity hydrogen storage.

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UCR professor part of a team developing an electronic nose for quick detection of explosives

Chemical and Environmental Engineering Professor Yushan Yan is part of a multidisciplinary team working to develop an 'electronic nose' - an ultra-sensitive sensor system that is designed to quickly detect trace quantities of explosives in high-traffic high-risk security areas, such as airports.

July 8, 2008 Read more

New insight to demineralization

Scientists demonstrate amorphous silica dissolves by pathway similar to crystals.

July 7, 2008 Read more