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Nanoscopic 'pearl necklaces' track and attack cancer cells

A team of investigators at Purdue University has developed nanoscale probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Nanoparticle platform that has the potential to target, image, and treat cancer

Using a set of three biocompatible polymers and a nanoparticle containing gadolinium, a team of investigators at the Colorado School of Mines has created a nanoparticle platform that has the potential to target, image, and treat cancer.

April 27, 2009 Read more

A nanosensor can sniff out lung cancer in humans

Using nanoscale arrays of detectors, two groups of investigators have shown that a compact mechanical device also can sniff out lung cancer in humans.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Helpful quantum ghosts

Scientists have harnessed the phenomenon of 'spooky action at a distance' to shed light on another unusual and previously difficult aspect of quantum physics - that of distinguishing between two similar quantum devices.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Pizza tossing art unlocks secrets of tiny motors

Monash University scientists have unlocked the physics of the perfect pizza toss and will use it to design the next generation of micro motors thinner that a human hair.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Talk at Brookhaven Lab on 'Nanotechnology: Its Promise and Challenges', May 14

Vicki Colvin of Rice University will give a talk titled 'Nanotechnology: Its Promise and Challenges' at the U.S. Department of Energy?s Brookhaven National Laboratory on Thursday, May 14, at 4 p.m. in Berkner Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Auf der Spur von Tausenden von Schwingungen chemischer Bindungen in der Zelle

Freiburger Biophysiker entwickelt Infrarot-Spektroskopie weiter.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Presenting benefits of nanotechnology in construction

The Nano Cement, Steel, and Construction Industries Conference May 16-17, 2009 is an opportunity to discover nanoconstruction?s buildings as physically, environmentally, and economically efficient in different terrains and climates.

April 27, 2009 Read more

Silicon-based nanocantilevers that operate on photonic principles

As researchers push towards detection of single molecules, single electron spins and the smallest amounts of mass and movement, Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than the wavelength of light, that operate on photonic principles eliminating the need for electric transducers and expensive laser setups.

April 26, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology - the new Viagra?

Cutaneous application of nanoparticles offers hope for treatment of erectile dysfunction.

April 26, 2009 Read more

A short course in modern x-ray spectrometry

The XRF Short Course at the University of Western Ontario is a tightly integrated two-week course on the fundamentals, instrumentation, qualitative analysis, sample preparation, quantitative analysis and data reduction methods and software of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.

April 25, 2009 Read more

Green motorcycle gears up for world's first zero-emissions Grand Prix this summer

It has the ability to reach speeds of 102mph, race around a 38 mile mountainous course and is powered by batteries which can be charged from a standard household socket. It's Kingston University's new, green motorbike.

April 24, 2009 Read more

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of semiconducting hybrid nanoparticles

Scientists report strong enhancement of selected Raman-active modes of biologically active enediol molecules adsorbed on the surface of TiO2 nanoparticles.

April 24, 2009 Read more

Whiskers of 'quantum cat' offer advanced sensors

A team led by Oxford University scientists has turned one of the key problems with quantum entangled systems - that they are easily 'disturbed' by their environment ?- into an advantage which promises quantum sensors that are fundamentally more sensitive than their conventional counterparts.

April 24, 2009 Read more

Georgia Tech formally dedicates Marcus Nanotechnology Building

Three years after breaking ground, Georgia Tech is set to dedicate the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, one of the most ambitious and expensive projects in the Institute's history.

April 24, 2009 Read more

More 'Roadmaps for Materials': 30,000 phase diagrams available online

The latest update to the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Center adds 1,500 new phase diagrams, including 20 aluminum-titanium binaries and 350 aluminum ternaries.

April 24, 2009 Read more