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Nanotechnology to fight hospital superbugs

Each year, twice as many people die in Europe from hospital acquired infections than from road accidents. These infectious diseases have developed antibiotic resistance and spread despite the best efforts of staff, mainly through textiles like bed linen. But the technology developed by a European research project helps fight back against the so-called superbugs, by using a revolutionary nanotechnology to treat bed linen and other textiles.

Apr 23rd, 2013

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Nanocytology detects ovarian cancer using neighboring cells

Pioneering biophotonics technology developed at Northwestern University is the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves.

Apr 22nd, 2013

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Nanotechnologies and bio-inspiration for healthcare, communication, more

The latest advances in microtechnologies for smart sensors, energy harvesting, smart power, reconfigurable multimedia, wireless communication, and biomedical applications will be presented next month in Grenoble at SPIE Microtechnologies. The event attracts researchers and developers for an interdisciplinary exchange of technology advances and discussion of future applications.

Apr 22nd, 2013

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Nanoparticle molecular probes drastically reduce cost of powerful microscopy technique

A dye-based imaging technique known as two-photon microscopy can produce pictures of active neural structures in much finer detail than functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, but it requires powerful and expensive lasers. Now, a research team at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a new kind of dye that could reduce the cost of the technique by several orders of magnitude.

Apr 21st, 2013

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DNA biosensors fabricated with carbon nanotubes

Scientists fabricated an electrochemical DNA biosensor by studying interactions between antimicrobial drug and double stranded DNA on the surface of glassy carbon electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotube.

Apr 20th, 2013

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New, all-graphene photodetector is both flexible and transparent

Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a new photoelectric device that is both flexible and transparent. The device converts light into electrical signals by exploiting the unique properties of the recently discovered materials graphene and graphExeter. GraphExeter is the best known room temperature transparent conductor and graphene is the thinnest conductive material.

Apr 19th, 2013

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