New research has used Sendai virus to transport Quantum Dots (Qdots) into brain cancer cells and to specifically bind Qdots to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) which is often over-expressed and up-regulated in tumors.
Feb 17th, 2012
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Billions of engineered nanoparticles in foods and pharmaceuticals are ingested by humans daily, and new Cornell research warns they may be more harmful to health than previously thought.
Feb 17th, 2012
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Novel technology could potentially seek out cancer cells and cause them to self-destruct.
Feb 17th, 2012
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For years, biologists have been amazed by the power of gecko feet, which let these 5-ounce lizards produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping. Now, a team of polymer scientists and a biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered exactly how the gecko does it, leading them to invent "Geckskin", a device that can hold 700 pounds on a smooth wall.
Feb 17th, 2012
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A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of structural anomaly, or defect, that can appear in quasicrystals, a unique material with some crystal-like properties but a more complex structure.
Feb 17th, 2012
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A theory that accurately describes the properties of relativistic electron vortex beams will impact applications such as electron microscopy.
Feb 17th, 2012
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A mixture of current drugs and carbon nanoparticles shows potential to enhance treatment for head-and-neck cancers, especially when combined with radiation therapy, according to new research by Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Feb 16th, 2012
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Researchers from the University of York are pioneering the development of electron microscopes which will allow scientists to examine a greater variety of materials in new revolutionary ways.
Feb 16th, 2012
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Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have succeeded in changing the genetic material of cancer cells using a brand-new transfection method. This major breakthrough in nanosurgery opens the door to new medical applications, among others for the treatment of cancers.
Feb 16th, 2012
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RMIT University researchers have developed computer models to design more effective nasal sprays to provide alternate drug delivery to needles or pills.
Feb 16th, 2012
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In a research lab at Wake Forest University, biophysicist and computer scientist Samuel Cho uses graphics processing units (GPUs), the technology that makes videogame images so realistic, to simulate the inner workings of human cells.
Feb 16th, 2012
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Arbeitsschutzaspekte standen im Fokus der Tagung "Nanomaterialien: Risiken am Arbeitsplatz und verantwortungsvoller Umgang" am 12. Dezember 2011 am LGL. In den Vortraegen gingen die Referenten vor allem auf die derzeitig gueltigen Regelungen und den Umgang mit Nanomaterialien am Arbeitsplatz ein.
Feb 16th, 2012
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At the Summit on the Global Agenda 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies asked some of the world's leading minds within the entire GAC Network which technology trends would have the greatest impact on the state of the world in the near future.
Feb 16th, 2012
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Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have published a detailed review of recent experimental and theoretical work highlighting the unusual physics and material science of electrical contacts to nanostructures.
Feb 16th, 2012
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By adding an incredibly thin coating of alumina to a metal surface, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have doubled the rate that heat travels from a solid surface - such as a pot on a stove - into the liquid in the pot.
Feb 15th, 2012
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Copper-iodide nanoparticles have long-lasting antiviral activity against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, according to a paper in the February issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Feb 15th, 2012
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