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UC Irvine receives $2.18 million to explore nano advancements in DNA sequencing

UC Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering has been awarded $2.18 million to blend traditional DNA sequencing techniques with cutting-edge nanotechnology to develop a faster and less costly method of analysis.

October 1, 2007 Read more

A German-Israeli symposium on nanomedicine

Internationally recognized experts will present recent achievements in molecular diagnostics based on nanotechnological tools. These principles will open the door to personal diagnosis and therapy but also to bio-electronic circuitry.

October 1, 2007 Read more

'Silent sputnik' threatens U.S. competitive leadership

On the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, former Harvard Business School professor John Kao describes the U.S. as fat and complacent, and gives the nation a failing report card on how it stacks up in innovation capacity compared to other countries.

October 1, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology bound: evaluating the case for more regulation

An interesting paper about nanotechnology regulation - Nanotechnology Bound: Evaluating the Case for More Regulation - by Patrick Lin of The Nanoethics Group has been posted over at their website.

October 1, 2007 Read more

The Nanoethics Group to speak in Yale University's lecture series

The Nanoethics Group announced today that that it has been invited by Yale Universityâ??s Technology and Ethics Working Group to deliver a public lecture on nanoethics next week at the university.

October 1, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology part of 2009 U.S. R&D budget priorities

The White House is now seeking to place its stamp on federal scientific spending during the Bush administrationâ??s final year in office, according to a memo released last Friday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

September 30, 2007 Read more

Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution

Possible advances for nanoscience, energy, biology, and materials research.

September 28, 2007 Read more

Researchers make electron spin useful

In the global race for possibilities for the use of electron spin, an international research team is right at the forefront: The researchers have managed to maintain the polarisation of nuclear spin and its associated electron spin for some ten minutes - a virtually endless amount of time for typical computer calculation steps.

September 28, 2007 Read more

Teacher and researcher-scientist to be honored at the inaugural iBIO iCON Awards

The iBIO Institute today announces two local individuals as its first iCON Award winners. Professor Chad A. Mirkin is honored with the Institute's 2007 "iCON Innovator" award.

September 28, 2007 Read more

Measurements from the edge: magnetic properties of thin films

Materials researchers have pushed the measurement of thin films to the edge - literally - to produce the first data on how the edges of metallic thin films contribute to their magnetic properties.

September 28, 2007 Read more

Nanomaterials and gender aspects in research and technology

A workshop on nanomaterials and gender aspects in research and technology will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, on October 18 and 19, 2007.

September 27, 2007 Read more

Using nanotubes to detect and repair cracks in aircraft wings, other structures

New technology enables real-time diagnostics and on-site repair.

September 27, 2007 Read more

Quantum device traps, detects and manipulates the spin of single electrons

A novel device simply and conveniently traps, detects and manipulates the single spin of an electron, overcoming some major obstacles that have prevented progress toward spintronics and spin-based quantum computing.

September 27, 2007 Read more

Scientists spot sneaky 'neurodegenerative' iron at the European synchrotron

Scientists suspect that iron accumulation plays a role in neurodegenerative processes such as Parkinsonâ??s disease, but its distribution in neurons has never been observed because of the lack of techniques to do so. Until today.

September 27, 2007 Read more

Novel 3-D cell culture model shows selective tumor uptake of nanoparticles

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model.

September 27, 2007 Read more

Nanoparticle could help detect cancer and other diseases early

Researchers have created the first nanoparticle capable of detecting and imaging trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide in animals. The nanoparticles, thought to be completely nontoxic, could someday be used as a simple, all-purpose diagnostic tool to detect the earliest stages of any disease that involves chronic inflammation, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and arthritis.

September 27, 2007 Read more