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Carbon nanotube mass sensor to weight atoms with an unprecedented resolution

A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date.

October 28, 2008 Read more

New OLED element can be manufactured using printing technology

Researchers working in the European ROLLED project have developed a flexible OLED element that can be mass produced using roll-to-roll printing technology.

October 28, 2008 Read more

Carbon nanotubes - Wie Nano-Objekte durch Defekte besser werden

Ein internationales Forscherteam, dem auch LMU-Wissenschaftler angehoeren, konnte nun zeigen, dass Defekte in den Nanoroehren das Material sogar verbessern koennten.

October 28, 2008 Read more

Sea urchin yields a key secret of biomineralization

Harnessing the process of biomineralization may be closer to reality as an international team of scientists has detailed a key and previously hidden mechanism to transform amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite, the stuff of seashells.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Near-infrared nanoparticles shine a bright light on cancer

A new nanoparticle-enabled imaging method for breast cancer, utilizing encapsulated fluorescent molecules in calcium phosphate nanoparticles and nontoxic near infrared imaging, has been developed by a team of scientists from Penn State.

October 27, 2008 Read more

New technique allows to observe molecules interacting deep inside living tissue

By coupling a kicked-up version of microscopy with gold nanoparticles, investigators at Duke University have been able to peer so deeply into living tissue that they can see molecules interacting.

October 27, 2008 Read more

More effective, multi cancer gene targetting with nanoparticles

Nanoparticles filled with small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules targeting two genes that trigger melanoma have shown that they can inhibit the development of melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Nanodiamonds could transform conventional cancer treatment strategies

A team of investigators at Northwestern University has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically removed.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Noninvasive tool to study carbon nanotubes' path inside the body

Thanks to the development of a microscope capable of measuring Raman spectroscopic signals from living mice, researchers have a noninvasive tool to study where carbon nanotubes travel once they are injected into the blood stream.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology to help increase Saudi Solar Village production 5-fold

Production capacity at the Solar Village is to be increased five times, with KACST and IBM working together to use nanotechnology to develop the Solar Village and improve its performance, with an agreement made to focus on new materials for converting solar energy into electricity.

October 27, 2008 Read more

World Economic Forum's 'Global Agenda' summit to address challenges of nanotechnology

The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Government of Dubai, will hold its inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai from 7 to 9 November 2008.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Synthetic biology: Coming up fast!

Synthetic biology is an emerging area of research that uses advanced science and engineering to make or redesign living organisms, such as bacteria, so that they can carry out specific functions.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Switchable nanostripes: Spin-transition compound can be deposited in ordered crystalline microstructures

In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept of 'nanostructured storage domains'.

October 27, 2008 Read more

The largest clean-/bio-/nanotechnology matchmaking event in the U.S. comes to Houston

The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), and the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI), today announced that the 2009 TechConnect World Conference and Expo will take place May 3-7, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

October 27, 2008 Read more

University of Utah receives $15m to create and develop the next wave of health sciences technology

The University of Utah has announced that the Sorenson Legacy Foundation has made the lead donation of $15 million to begin constructing a sophisticated 193,000-sq. ft. biomedical and neurosciences building designed to help create and develop the next wave of health sciences technology.

October 27, 2008 Read more

Kavli symposium looks at the future of computing

Computer scientists and engineers -- and one neurophysiologist -- met at Cornell Oct. 12-14 for a Symposium on Computing Challenges sponsored by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science.

October 24, 2008 Read more