The GMA is sponsoring the development of a series of case studies on the commercialization and regulation of engineered nanoscale materials for food and packaging materials.
Jun 7th, 2006
Read moreA nanoparticle-based drug delivery concept in which an applied magnetic field directs the accumulation in tumor cells of custom-designed, drug-filled nanocarriers has been demonstrated by University at Buffalo researchers.
Jun 7th, 2006
Read moreUniversity of Arkansas researchers have created assemblies of nanowires that show potential in applications such as armor, flame-retardant fabric, bacteria filters, oil cracking, controlled drug release, decomposition of pollutants and chemical warfare agents.
Jun 7th, 2006
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Semiconductor nanoparticles without using harmful cadmium have been prepared by an aqueous solution method.
Jun 6th, 2006
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Researchers have developed a new technique that could provide detailed information about the growth of carbon nanotubes and other nanoscale structures as they are being produced.
Jun 6th, 2006
Read moreImagine an implantable device that could be programmed to release exact numbers of drug-laden nanoparticles at specific times over the course of weeks or months or even in response to incoming biochemical signals.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreA team of investigators describes its use of plasmon resonance spectroscopy to detect the release of individual gold nanoparticles that are cleaved from a surface through the activity of a target enzyme.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreTwo newly published papers suggest that nanoparticles may provide the means for targeting tumors with photosensitizers.
Jun 5th, 2006
Read moreThe National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Tohoku University have theoretically and experimentally analyzed the crystal nucleation process and the subsequent crystal growth process in the colloidal synthesis of CdSe quantum dots.
Jun 1st, 2006
Read moreUsing the same principles that help create the complex tones of a guitar, researchers have developed a new material that holds promise for revolutionizing the field of ultrasound imaging.
May 31st, 2006
Read moreUsing oligonucleotides attached to gold nanoparticles, researchers have developed an assay capable of detecting as few as 3 million copies of any given gene using a simple optical detection method.
May 30th, 2006
Read moreBiobarcoded nanoparticles, which up until now have proven useful only for detecting mutations one at a time, can be used in a multiplexed system to detect and distinguish among four different DNA sequences simultaneously
May 30th, 2006
Read moreAccording to the findings of the Federal Institute for Risk Assesment (BfR) in Germany, nanoparticles are not the cause of the health disorders, in some cases severe, which occurred after using so-called sealing sprays.
May 26th, 2006
Read moreUsing a new design theory, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering and Imperial College London have developed the blueprint for an invisibility cloak.
May 25th, 2006
Read moreNanowires made of semiconductor materials are being used to make prototype lasers and light-emitting diodes with emission apertures roughly 100 nm in diameter?about 50 times narrower than conventional counterparts.
May 25th, 2006
Read moreBombarding a carbon nanotube with electrons causes it to collapse with such incredible force that it can squeeze out even the hardest of materials, much like a tube of toothpaste, according to an international team of scientists
May 25th, 2006
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