Biomedical breakthrough: Blood vessels for lab-grown tissues
Rice, BCM discovery addresses key roadblock to growing replacement tissues, organs.
Jan 12th, 2011
Read more
Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines
Flares on the move: Nanoparticle test kit shows how nanoparticles of different size disperse in tumor tissue
Nanoparticles play a significant role in the development of future diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for tumors, for example as transporters for drugs or as contrast agents. Absorption and dispersion of nanoparticles in tumor tissue depend strongly on particle size. In order to systematically study this, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School have now produced a set of fluorescent nanoparticles of various diameters between 10 and 150 nm.
Jan 12th, 2011
Read morePlasmonics: From metallic foils to cancer treatment
In a timely review paper, scientists from Japan, Germany, and Spain provide a highly relevant overview of the history, physical interpretation and applications of plasmons in metallic nanostructures.
Jan 12th, 2011
Read moreVirus killer gets supercharged with nanoparticles
A simple technique to make a common virus-killing material significantly more effective is a breakthrough from the Rice University labs of Andrew Barron and Qilin Li. Rather than trying to turn the process into profit, the researchers have put it into the public domain.
Jan 12th, 2011
Read moreCoiled nanowires may hold key to stretchable electronics
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created the first coils of silicon nanowire on a substrate that can be stretched to more than double their original length, moving us closer to incorporating stretchable electronic devices into clothing, implantable health-monitoring devices, and a host of other applications.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreUAlbany NanoCollege awarded nearly $5M in federal funding to enable nanotechnology research and education
Initiatives will support nanoscale innovation and workforce training across a variety of critical sectors.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read morePolymer membranes with molecular-sized channels that assemble themselves
Many futurists envision a world in which polymer membranes with molecular-sized channels are used to capture carbon, produce solar-based fuels, or desalinate sea water, among many other functions. This will require methods by which such membranes can be readily fabricated in bulk quantities. A technique representing a significant first step down that road has now been successfully demonstrated.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreNew impulses for surface research at KIT
American Humboldt Award winner Ralph G. Nuzzo will spend a several-months research period at KIT and at Bielefeld University.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreNew molecular imaging technologies for detecting cellular processes
A group of researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have designed and developed a biomedical scanner that detects cellular processes at the molecular level and indicates malfunctioning of an organ before said malfunction can produce an anatomical change.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreTrapped sunlight cleans water
A ew system that combines two different technologies proposes to break down contaminants using the cheapest possible energy source, sunlight. Microfluidics - transporting water through tiny channels - and photocatalysis - using light to break down impurities - come together in the science of optofluidics.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreNanodisk gene therapy
Scientists introduce DNA directly into the cell nucleus using protein nanodisks.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreHouse of Lords report - One year on...
This workshop will consider what has happened in the year since the publication of the House of Lords Report and also the other associated reports and their implications for the food and drink industry.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreDelivering a potent cancer drug with nanoparticles can lessen side effects
The new nanoparticle, which delivers the drug in a form activated when it reaches its target, also treats tumors more effectively than the unadorned drug in mice.
Jan 11th, 2011
Read moreNew method takes snapshots of proteins as they fold
Scientists have invented a way to 'watch' proteins fold - in less than thousandths of a second - into the elaborate twisted shapes that determine their function.
Jan 10th, 2011
Read moreNanoparticles that act like red blood cells
A team of scientists has created particles that closely mirror some of the key properties of red blood cells, potentially helping pave the way for the development of synthetic blood.
Jan 10th, 2011
Read moreDebunking solar energy efficiency measurements
In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology - and promoting efficiency metrics to make the technology marketable. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher is providing new evidence to challenge recent charge measurements for increasing solar panel efficiency.
Jan 10th, 2011
Read more
Subscribe to our Nanotechnology News feed