Physicists report advance toward a nanotechnology approach to protein engineering
UCLA physicists report a significant step toward a new approach to protein engineering.
Jun 8th, 2006
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Successful development of a carbon nanotube transistor with over 1000 times operational stability
Japanese researchers have succeeded in the development of a CNT transistor with an operational stability 1000 or more times that of conventional CNT transistors.
Jun 8th, 2006
Read moreNanowerk publishes premier edition of nanoRISk newsletter
Nanowerk today launched nanoRISK, a bimonthly print newsletter and companion website, www.nanorisk.org.
Jun 8th, 2006
Read moreGrocery Manufacturers Association to study nanotechnology in food packaging
The GMA is sponsoring the development of a series of case studies on the commercialization and regulation of engineered nanoscale materials for food and packaging materials.
Jun 7th, 2006
Read moreMagnetic field acts as remote control to deliver nanomedicine
A nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept in which an applied magnetic field directs the accumulation in tumor cells of custom-designed, drug-filled nanocarriers has been demonstrated by University at Buffalo researchers.
Jun 7th, 2006
Read moreNanowire-paper offers strength, flexibility
University of Arkansas researchers have created assemblies of nanowires that show potential in applications such as armor, flame-retardant fabric, bacteria filters, oil cracking, controlled drug release, decomposition of pollutants and chemical warfare agents.
Jun 7th, 2006
Read moreCreation of a new type of highly luminescent glass phosphors dispersing nanoparticles
Semiconductor nanoparticles without using harmful cadmium have been prepared by an aqueous solution method.
Jun 6th, 2006
Read moreGrowing nanostructures on micro cantilever provides new platform for materials discovery
Researchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanoscale structures as they are being produced.
Jun 6th, 2006
Read moreProgramming nanoparticle release
Imagine an implantable device that could be programmed to release exact numbers of drug-laden nanoparticles at specific times over the course of weeks or months or even in response to incoming biochemical signals.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreNanoparticles monitor enzyme activity
A team of investigators describes its use of plasmon resonance spectroscopy to detect the release of individual gold nanoparticles that are cleaved from a surface through the activity of a target enzyme.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreNanoparticles open new avenues for photodynamic therapy
Two newly published papers suggest that nanoparticles may provide the means for targeting tumors with photosensitizers.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreAnalysis of the primary processes in the growth of quantum dot nano-crystals at solid-liquid interfaces
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Tohoku University have theoretically and experimentally analyzed the crystal nucleation process and the subsequent crystal growth process in the colloidal synthesis of CdSe quantum dots.
Jun 1st, 2006
Read morePromising new metamaterial could transform ultrasound imaging
Using the same principles that help create the complex tones of a guitar, researchers have developed a new material that holds promise for revolutionizing the field of ultrasound imaging.
May 31st, 2006
Read moreNanoparticles increase sensitivity of gene detection
Using oligonucleotides attached to gold nanoparticles, researchers have developed an assay capable of detecting as few as 3 million copies of any given gene using a simple optical detection method.
May 30th, 2006
Read moreBiobarcode nanoparticles enable multiplexed DNA detection
Biobarcoded nanoparticles, which up until now have proven useful only for detecting mutations one at a time, can be used in a multiplexed system to detect and distinguish among four different DNA sequences simultaneously
May 30th, 2006
Read moreNanoparticles were not the cause of health problems in Germany
According to the findings of the Federal Institute for Risk Assesment (BfR) in Germany, nanoparticles are not the cause of the health disorders, in some cases severe, which occurred after using so-called sealing sprays.
May 26th, 2006
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