Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic chemicals or gases in the air. Put them into a small handheld device and the potential is there for real-time chemical alerts in battle, in industry, in health care and even at home.
Nov 11th, 2008
Read moreResearchers can now do their own analysis of research on the risks of nanomaterials with a new tool unveiled today at the website of the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON).
Nov 11th, 2008
Read moreEPFL announces the creation of a large world-class center of neuroprostheses, in partnership with the Bertarelli Foundation and the Defitech Foundation. This Lausanne-based pioneering facility, to be inaugurated in January, 2009.
Nov 11th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at The University of Nottingham are exploring ways of exploiting the unique properties of carbon nanotubes to create a cheap and compact memory cell that uses little power and writes information at high speeds.
Nov 11th, 2008
Read moreA team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has made a breakthrough that could lead to new dialysis devices and a host of other revolutionary medical implants.
Nov 11th, 2008
Read moreA nanomatrix for stent coating designed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) mimics natural endothelium, the substance that lines blood vessels, and promises the potential to prevent post-operative tissue scaring along the blood vessel wall, greatly reducing the possibility of future thrombosis, or blockage at the stent site.
Nov 10th, 2008
Read moreResearchers from the UK and US have engineered a white blood cell that is able to recognise immune-system-evading HIV-1 strains. The team's new 'assassin cells' may cripple the well-disguised virus, possibly slowing or preventing the onset of AIDS in infected individuals.
Nov 10th, 2008
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Like water and ice cubes mixed in a glass, a group of organic compounds called lipids can coexist as liquid and solid in membranes. This patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors.
Nov 10th, 2008
Read moreIn a 31.6 million euro project funded by the Higher Education Authority, ten third level institutions have teamed up to further develop Ireland?s growing nanotechnology industry.
Nov 10th, 2008
Read moreChemists at the University of Liverpool working with IOTA NanoSolutions have developed a new technology to produce nanoparticles of insoluble drugs that mimic the behavior and the effectiveness of dissolved drugs.
Nov 10th, 2008
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Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events.
Nov 10th, 2008
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Researchers from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) propose a method which can produce graphene sheets in large quantities.
Nov 10th, 2008
Read moreOn November 12, the American Competiveness Institute (ACI) will host a free workshop 'Competing in the 21st Century: The Nanotechnology Edge' at ACI in Philadelphia.
Nov 10th, 2008
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Two Virginia Tech engineers have put bacteria to work as tiny weavers of biomaterials and medical implants.
Nov 10th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at Cornell University recently made a major breakthrough when they invented a method to test and demonstrate a long-held hypothesis that some very, very small metal particles work much better than others in various chemical processes such as converting chemical energy to electricity in fuel cells or reducing automobile pollution.
Nov 10th, 2008
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Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.
Nov 9th, 2008
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