Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer simply by sampling a patient's breath.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreA research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center for Nanotechnology Excellence has custom-designed nanoparticles that can deliver the anticancer drug cisplatin specifically to prostate cancer cells.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreTo detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes in blood or other biological samples.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreA breakthrough technology based on new concepts has allowed, for the first time, the real-time, real-space visualization of fleeting changes in the structure and shape of matter barely a billionth of a meter in size.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreMicrofluidics is introducing a series of complimentary educational webinars created to share best practices and innovation knowledge with nanotechnology researchers and drug formulators around the world.
Nov 20th, 2008
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Researchers in Korea have developed a new material for anodes, which could clear a path for a new generation of rechargeable batteries.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreThey've made electronics that can bend. They've made electronics that can stretch. And now, they've reached the ultimate goal - electronics that can be subjected to any complex deformation, including twisting.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreECSB 2008 is the second conference in the series, and will draw on international expertise from, on the one hand, biological disciplines (e.g. genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, etc) and on the other hand, computational and engineering experts, to present a balanced overview of the very latest key technologies and research advances as pertaining to synthetic biology in general and to the quest for minimal living forms in particular.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreScientists of the Commission-financed project FULLSPECTRUM have developed photovoltaic (PV) multi-junction (MJ) solar cells which are able to convert 39.7 % of the energy of sun light into electricity.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Agency is seeking public review and comment on a petition asking the agency to classify nanoscale silver as a pesticide.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreIn an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain's abilities for sensation, perception, action, interaction and cognition while rivaling its low power consumption and compact size.
Nov 20th, 2008
Read moreThe European Science Foundation (ESF), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the University of Innsbruck, Austria, are jointly organising a conference on graphene science on March 2-7, 2009 in Obergurgl, Austria.
Nov 19th, 2008
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NASA astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission will install an instrument on the International Space Station that can 'smell' dangerous chemicals in the air.
Nov 19th, 2008
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Researchers at Brown University have just completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of one particular bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus.
Nov 19th, 2008
Read moreRice University scientists on the hunt for a better way to clean up the stubborn pollutant TCE have created a method that lets them watch molecules break down on the surface of a catalyst as individual chemical bonds are formed and broken.
Nov 19th, 2008
Read moreThis year the U.S. Army Corrosion Summit will feature a full day specialty track titled 'Anti-Corrosion Nanotechnology R+D'. The technical track will focus on basic and applied nanotechnology corrosion R+D within academia, industry, and government.
Nov 19th, 2008
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