Case Western Reserve University co-sponsors Nanomedicine Summit in Cleveland
The 2008 Cleveland NanoMedicine Summit is the anchor event for NanoWeek in Cleveland, now in its fifth year. It is being co-hosted by Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and NorTech's Nano Network.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreFraunhofer Institute achieves 39.7% record efficiency for solar cells
At 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg have exceeded their own European record of 37.6% which they achieved just a short time ago.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreSimply shaking up a solution of carbon nanotubes can alter the tubes' electronic properties
Researchers have found that reactions occurring when nanotubes are shaken in particular solvents - a routine procedure - produce chemicals that draw electrons from the nanotubes, effectively doping them.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read morePolymer nanoparticles cloaked in plasma proteins
Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. The composition of the protein cloak depends not only on the surface properties of the nanoparticle, but also, surprisingly, on its size.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreResearch collaboration to develop long retention-time nanoparticle contrast agents
Philips Research and the University of Urbino (Urbino, Italy) have signed a research agreement to study the encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticle contrast agents inside living blood cells to prolong the retention time of these agents in the blood.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreLeading researchers and companies gathered for Europe's largest nanotechnology conference
Leading researchers and companies gathered in Copenhagen on September 23-25, 2008 for Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference and exhibition to hear about latest research findings, to convey visions for the market impact of nanotechnology and to demonstrate commercial products and tools at the exhibition.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read more$42 million 'Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration' program issues first grants
Two University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers are among the first-ever recipients of $42.2 million in federal grants supporting projects that take scientific risks, but also offer potentially huge rewards.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreNew self-assembly technology for drug delivery nanoparticles
University of Queensland researcher Dr Shizhang Qiao is working on developing a new self-assembly technology to synthesise new nanoparticles for selective separation of biomolecules.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreMIT Materials Science and Engineering wins $19.2m NSF grant
Amid an increasingly challenging federal funding environment, MIT's Center for Materials Science and Engineering has won a six-year, $19.2 million National Science Foundation grant that will support research, K-12 educational outreach programs and vital shared experimental facilities.
Posted: Sep 24th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Queensland promotes nanotechnology expert
The University of Queensland has promoted a researcher renowned for his work with minute matter in order to scale up its global research networks.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreGreen Nano and the 21st Century Nanotechnology Act
The bill now incorporates green nanotechnology language that calls for a proactive research plan to account for environmental, health and safety issues involved in nanotechnology research.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology symposium: The big future of tiny medicine
The newest and upcoming micro-devices used to heal.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreEmTech08 conference at MIT explores next-generation technologies
Technology Review, Inc. is hosting its eighth annual Emerging Technologies Conference, EmTech08, September 23-25th at MIT in Cambridge, Mass.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreNovel class of disposable protein/DNA biosensosrs is based on photonic crystals
Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed a new class of disposable, microplate-based optical biosensors capable of detecting protein-DNA interactions. Based on the properties of photonic crystals, the biosensors are suitable for the rapid identification of inhibitors of protein-nucleic acid and protein-protein interactions.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreNew, more sensitive nanotechnology test for chemical DNA modifications
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel test to screen for chemical modifications to DNA known as methylation. The technology potentially could be used both for early cancer diagnoses and for assessing patients' response to cancer therapies.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
Read moreJulius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2008 honors pioneering work in nanoelectronics
This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to Phaedon Avouris and Tony Heinz for their pioneering work on the electrical and optical properties of nanoscale carbon materials including carbon nanotubes.
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008
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