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Multifunctional nanoparticle platforms for targeting and imaging cancer cells

A multifunctional nanoparticle platform comprising nanoparticles synthesized within dendrimers equipped with targeting molecules and dyes is able to seek out and specifically bind to cancer cells.

June 22, 2007 Read more

The nanocarbon material with the highest capacity to remove active oxygen

Scientists measured the ability of each nanocarbon material to remove singlet oxygen, a kind of active oxygen species.

June 22, 2007 Read more

Catching Waves - measuring self-assembly in action

By making careful observations of the growth of a layer of molecules as they gradually cover the surface of a small silicon rectangle, researchers have gained basic insights into how self-propagating self-assembly wave fronts develop.

June 21, 2007 Read more

New Hampshire urges significant changes to the Patent Reform Act of 2007

Over 200 organizations express a united opposition against three problematic elements of the Patent Reform Act of 2007.

June 21, 2007 Read more

Nanoethics - new nanotechnology journal free first issue

NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale provides a multidisciplinary forum for exploration of ethical issues related to nanotechnology.

June 21, 2007 Read more

Trust and communication: keys to public acceptance of nanotechnology

Speakers at session at the EuroNanoForum 2007, taking place in Düsseldorf in Germany, gave an overview of what various surveys have established regarding societal perceptions of nanotechnology, and offered advice on how to deal with scepticism.

June 21, 2007 Read more

The smallest piece of ice reveals its true nature

Combining experimental observations with theoretical modelling reveals with unprecedented resolution the structures of the smallest pieces of ice that form on hydrophobic metal surfaces.

June 21, 2007 Read more

New rules expected on safety of nanotechnology products

Today, Environmental Defense and DuPont publicly launch of the Nano Risk Framework.

June 21, 2007 Read more

Chiral quantum dots

Fluorescent semiconductor nanoparticles that exhibit chiral luminescence.

June 20, 2007 Read more

A high-performing room-temperature nanolaser

Honeycomb-like photonic crystal helps nanolaser achieve high efficiency.

June 20, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology: Europe invested in research, where are the applications?

If Europe is to benefit from all that nanoscience and nanotechnology has to offer, the results of research must make their way out of the lab, and into industrial applications.

June 20, 2007 Read more

Buckyballs to fight allergy

A research team has identified a new biological function for buckyballs - the ability to block allergic response, setting the stage for the development of new therapies for allergy.

June 20, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology a potential boon for Canada

The Canadian Institute of Environmental Law and Policy has just released an important new document discussing a policy framework for nanotechnology in Canada.

June 19, 2007 Read more

Stretching a molecule helps it conduct

Chemists in Taiwan have shown that the conductance of a molecule fluctuates as it is stretched.

June 19, 2007 Read more

New reserach to develop practical on-board hydrogen storage

Solving one of the biggest problems in commercialization of fuel-cell-powered automobiles is the goal of a new $1.88 million research project on on-board hydrogen storage at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.

June 19, 2007 Read more

CNF reflects on past, looks to future of nanotechnology at 30th anniversary celebration

The Cornell campus buzzed with close to 380 participants at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), June 14.

June 19, 2007 Read more