The intersection of nanotechnology with the field of life sciences - including its growing impact on health care through improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease - was the theme of a national conference held at the University of Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering on March 19.
Mar 21st, 2010
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Researchers in London have found that nanometer size diamonds can be attached to a wide range of substrates and that they can promote the growth of neurons without the need for the complex layers of proteins normally required.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreUsing a system of nanofluidic channels and multicolor fluorescence microscopy, a team of investigators at Cornell University has developed a method that analyzes the binding of DNA and DNA-binding proteins known as histones at specific locations along individual DNA molecules.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreUsing nanoparticles designed to recognize specific sugar-binding molecules on the surfaces of cells, a team of investigators at Michigan State University has developed a process that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to unlock the sugar-based code that identifies different types of cancer and normal cells.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreForschungsverbund 'PhoNa' der Uni Jena nimmt mit einem Workshop am 24. und 25. 3. seine Arbeit auf.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreIf one nanoparticle is good, two may be better, especially when they are designed to cooperate with each other to diagnose and treat cancer.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreTo eliminate the need for invasive biopsy, and to improve upon the diagnostic sensitivity of biopsy, researchers have been working to develop non-invasive imaging techniques to identify tumor-bearing sentinel lymph nodes.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read more5.000 Fachleute treffen sich zur Tagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft in Regensburg.
Mar 20th, 2010
Read moreScientists have developed a dual-purpose nanoparticle that only enters cells coated with two proteins that tumor cells use to invade healthy tissue. Once the nanoparticles accumulate in tumor cells, they become readily visible using either MRI or a standard fluorescence microscope.
Mar 20th, 2010
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Researchers have shown how nanocomposites with desired properties can be designed and fabricated by first assembling nanocrystals and nanorods coated with short organic molecules, called ligands.
Mar 19th, 2010
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Interest in 'green' innovation means not just thinking big but also very, very, very small. At least that's the way Omowunmi Sadik, director of Binghamton University's Center for Advanced Sensors and Environmental Systems, sees it. She is working to develop sensors that would detect and identify engineered nanoparticles.
Mar 19th, 2010
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There is little information, for instance, on whether pregnant women exposed to these minute particles pass them on to their unborn babies. Scientists from Empa and the University Hospital Zurich now show first results.
Mar 19th, 2010
Read moreSNNI's 5th annual conference, GN10: Reducing principles to practice on June 16-18, 2010 in Portland, Oregon, will feature the latest developments in the design and production of greener nanomaterials, discuss and debate how to move the technology forward while developing environmentally sound products and processes, and focus on a few critical developments that will determine whether the U.S. will be a leader or a follower in this critical field.
Mar 19th, 2010
Read moreEU-funded researchers have created the first three-dimensional (3D) invisibility cloak and used it to successfully hide a small bump on a gold surface. The findings represent a major advance in the field of transformation optics, which uses a special type of materials called 'metamaterials' that can guide and control light in new ways.
Mar 19th, 2010
Read moreThe new standard was developed by Subcommittee E13.01 on Ultra-Violet, Visible and Luminescence Spectroscopy, part of ASTM International Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science.
Mar 19th, 2010
Read moreThis Strategy, launched on March 18, sets out how UK Government will take action to ensure that everyone in the UK can safely benefit from the societal and economic opportunities that these technologies offer, whilst addressing the challenges that they might present.
Mar 19th, 2010
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