Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a polymer-coated gold nanocage that not only opens in response to light to release a small amount of a drug payload, but then closes when the light is turned off, leaving this nanodevice ready to deliver another dose of drug on command.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreScientists have developed a mathematical model that predicts the magnitude and specificity of tumor uptake of drug delivery vehicles ranging in size from small peptides to large liposomes.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreThe Rice lab of physicist Tom Killian published a paper online this month demonstrating the long-sought creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of strontium atoms.
Nov 17th, 2009
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Researchers have developed a novel and simple way to analyze samples that are complex mixtures, such as whole milk, blood serum and dirt in solution.
Nov 17th, 2009
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NIST researchers have developed a new, inexpensive, reusable and highly efficient microfluidic connector.
Nov 17th, 2009
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New research makes it possible to scrutinize activities that occur over hours or even days inside cells, potentially solving many of the mysteries associated with molecular-scale events occurring in these tiny living things.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read morePhysicists have developed a promising new source of entangled photons using quantum dots tweaked with a laser.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreUnderstanding the electrical properties of graphene is important because, unlike the other materials used by the electronics industry, it remains stable and conductive down to the molecular scale. As a result, when the current silicon technology reaches it's a fundamental miniaturization limit in coming years, graphene could very well take its place.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreA webinar on December 9, 2009 by Gradient and Day Pitney, LLP addresses the issues of how engineered nanomaterials may present health and safety risks in the workplace and how to prepare your business
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreThe Energy Sciences Building (ESB) will provide an environment that will accelerate the pace of discovery by bringing together interdisciplinary teams of researchers in a space that can be adjusted to accommodate an evolving energy-related science agenda. Construction is scheduled to begin during fiscal year 2011.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreKnown as a cryo-scanning electron microscope, the device is capable of examining single cells or even single molecules and will be used to help researchers within the Multidisciplinary Nanotechnology Centre (MNC) carry out high level research and development in a range of sectors from healthcare and steel to printed electronics and solar cells.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreWith a new grant of more than $675,000 from the National Science Foundation, Warren Zipfel, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is working to make fluorescence lifetime imaging more efficient and simpler to implement.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreA team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreThe European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant to the Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (TU Delft) for its work in bio-nano research.
Nov 17th, 2009
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The nanoelectronics research center IMEC, Hasselt University and the Belgian screen printing company Artist Screen announce the start of their spin-off Lumoza NV. The new company develops and commercializes large area screen printed electronics for the advertising and packaging industry.
Nov 17th, 2009
Read moreIMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate first process and a step forward towards fabricating aggressively scaled germanium-pFET transistors.
Nov 17th, 2009
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