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Nanocoatings preserve silver artifacts and art

To protect art objects for generations to come, scientists from the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, have teamed up with conservators from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., to develop and test a new, high-tech way to protect silver art objects and artifacts, using coatings that are mere nanometers thick.

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Nanotechnology in medicine to improve early diagnosis and treatment of arthritis

The use of nanotechnology in medicine holds the potential to essentially improve diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of disease activity. To foster research in this area, the European Commission is funding the collaborative project 'Development of Novel Nanotechnology Based Diagnosed Systems for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis (NanoDiaRA)' within the 7th Framework Programme for Research.

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Green chemistry: Going lead-free is easy

Hydrothermal synthesis offers an easier route to lead-free piezoelectric materials.

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Sensors: A portable device for virus detection

A device that runs on batteries and fits in the palm of your hand can detect viruses in just 35 minutes.

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Microfluidics: A thousand captures at a time

A new breed of microfluidic devices can accelerate drug discovery by making it possible to assess the effects of thousands of drug candidates on ion channels simultaneously.

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Nanotechnology product inventory exposes a game of roulette

The European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) has published its 2010 inventory of products containing nanomaterials.

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New laser to bring spectroscopic technique up to speed

Physicist Robert Huber, who leads a Junior Research Group at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, becomes the latest recipient of one of the coveted Starting Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC). The grant is worth 1.2 million Euros over a period of 5 years.

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Nanodrug enables image-guided breast cancer therapy

By combining an iron oxide nanoparticle, a tumor-targeting peptide, and a therapeutic nucleic acid into one construct, a team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have created an agent that holds potential as targeted therapy for breast cancer.

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Understanding how cells respond to nanoparticles

Scientists have shown that the safety of gold nanoparticle-nucleic acid formulations depends significantly on how the nucleic acids and nanoparticles are linked to one another, a finding with important implications for those researchers developing such constructs.

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Nanoparticles deliver combination chemotherapy directly to prostate cancer cells

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a nanoparticle that can deliver precise doses of two or more drugs to prostate cancer cells. Such particles, say the researchers, could improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy while minimizing the side effects normally seen with these drugs.

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Tracking tumor-targeting nanoparticles in the body

Though targeted nanoparticle-based imaging agents and therapeutics for diagnosing and treating cancer are making their way to and through the clinical trials process, researchers still do not have a good understanding of how nanoparticles reach tumors and how they then bind to and enter the targeted tumor. To overcome that knowledge deficit, two teams of investigators, both part of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer have undertaken studies aiming to track nanoparticles as they move through living animals.

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National Nanotechnology Coordination Office announces new deputy director

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sally Tinkle as the Deputy Director of the NNCO and Coordinator for Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS).

October 26, 2010 Read more

Microrobotics challenge seeks miniature medics and maze masters

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with IEEE, is inviting teams currently engaged in microrobotic, microelectronic or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) research to participate in the NIST Mobile Microrobotics Challenge 2011. The competition will be held as part of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 9-13, 2011, in Shanghai, China.

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NIST, Harvard researchers share 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physical scientist Henri Lezec and Federico Capasso of Harvard have received the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2010 for their 'pioneering achievements in nanoscale physics and applications'.

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Missouri NanoFrontiers nanotechnology conference draws scientists from across the state

Scientists from across Missouri will meet Wednesday, Oct. 27, at Washington University in St. Louis to learn about the latest advances in nanotechnology and opportunities for commercializing them.

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Biosensing and biomolecular recognition: Self Assembly and chains of rotating magnetic particles

Japanese scientists report on a new biosensing protocol based on monitoring changes in optical transmittance of a solution containing self-assembled chains of functionalized magnetic beads being rotated by an external magnetic field.

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