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Carbon nanotubes detect lung cancer markers in the breath

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.

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Targeted nanoparticles boost platinum-based anticancer therapy

A 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.

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Carbon nanotubes improve cancer diagnosis through better protein array detection limits

To 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.

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4D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world

A 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.

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Complimentray educational webinar series to share nanotechnology best practices and application innovations

Microfluidics 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.

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Three-dimensional porous silicon is a highly efficient lithium-storing anode

Researchers in Korea have developed a new material for anodes, which could clear a path for a new generation of rechargeable batteries.

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Electronics that twist

They'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.

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Call for applications: European Conference on Synthetic Biology

ECSB 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.

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European project breaks solar cell efficiency record

Scientists 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.

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EPA seeks comment on nanosilver petition

The U.S. Environmental Agency is seeking public review and comment on a petition asking the agency to classify nanoscale silver as a pesticide.

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IBM gets DARPA funding for building revolutionary computer modeled after the brain

In 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.

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