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'Chemical nose' array of nanoparticles and polymers sniffs out cancer

Using a 'chemical nose' array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate not only between healthy and cancerous cells but also between metastatic and non-metastatic cancer cells.

June 23, 2009 Read more

Innovative nanotechnology research nets international recognition for George Mason University scientist

Alessandra Luchini, a scientist in George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, has captured the inaugural Premio Award for the top Italian woman scientist in North America.

June 22, 2009 Read more

NanoBusiness Talent Fellowship Program enters its second year

The NanoBusiness Alliance today announced its 2009 Talent Fellowship winners have completed their weeklong training at Argonne National Laboratories and will begin their research internships at leading Chicago area nanotechnology companies this week.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Nanoparticles used as tracers to characterize fractured rocks

The Stanford Geothermal Program had a noteworthy result this week, having achieved a proof of concept in the use of tiny particles called nanoparticles as tracers to characterize fractured rocks.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Study finds manmade nanoparticles could contaminate marine food web

Researchers at the University of South Carolina?s Nanocenter, working with scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Charleston, examined whether gold nanorods could readily pass from water to the marine food web.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Director of Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics wins computing society's prestigious W. Wallace McDowell Award

Rice University computer scientist Krishna Palem, who also heads the Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics (ISNE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, has won the prestigious 2008 W. Wallace McDowell Award for his pioneering contributions to the growing field of embedded computing.

June 22, 2009 Read more

SEMATECH announces speaker lineup for SEMICON West 2009

A lineup of recognized technical and manufacturing experts from SEMATECH and International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative will offer a series of lectures and workshop sessions from July 14-16, 2009 at SEMICON West in San Francisco.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Nano Teddybear, Garden of Eden and other spectacular nanotechnology images

At the 2008 MRS Fall Meeting last December in Boston, MA, and the Spring Meeting this April in San Francisco, CA, the Materials Research Society conducted the sixth and seventh installments of their popular "Science as Art" competition. Here are some of the amazing images from the fields of nanotechnology that won prizes.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Literature review - workplace exposure to nanoparticles

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) has published "Literature Review - Workplace exposure to nanoparticles" which reviews the most recent publications on nanoparticles and focuses on the possible adverse health effects of workplace exposure. The report presents the regulatory background and activities taken to manage this emerging risk.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Kompetenzzentrum Nanochem entwickelt 'Picolyzer'

Mit dem "Picolyzer" will das Kompetenzzentrum Nanochem Metallionen in unvorstellbar kleinen Konzentrationen nachweisen.

June 22, 2009 Read more

Researchers reveal details how botulism paralyzes nerve cells

Inhibitor molecules mimic interaction; could become drugs to block deadly poison.

June 21, 2009 Read more

Caltech physicists devise method to detect quantum mechanical effects in ordinary objects

Scientists have developed a new tool that can be used to search for quantum effects in an ordinary object.

June 19, 2009 Read more

Breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells

University of Georgia researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs.

June 19, 2009 Read more

Review article calls for measures to enable safe design of nanomaterials

A research review published in the July issue of the journal Nature Materials provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials that allow them to undergo interactions with biological molecules and bioprocesses.

June 19, 2009 Read more

US scientists and public differ on need for nanotechnology regulation

When it comes to regulating nanotechnology a new study led by professors Dietram Scheufele at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Elizabeth Corley at Arizona State University reveals that the views of U.S. nanoscientists differ from those of the general public.

June 19, 2009 Read more

Building machines, structures and tools in the invisible world of the nanoscale

Scientists from Singapore A*STAR?s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in France, are working on nanotechnology that can create significant potential impact, such as the creation of chips with computing power a million times greater than existing technology.

June 19, 2009 Read more