Nanoparticle support for enzymes
Gold nanoparticles can stabilise enzymes at air?water interfaces, enhancing their applications as biocatalysts.
Jul 7th, 2006
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Researchers create new organic gel nanomaterials
Researchers have created organic gel nanomaterials that could be used to encapsulate pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic products and to build 3-D biological scaffolds for tissue engineering.
Jul 7th, 2006
Read moreProblem: implant infection, solution: nanotech surfaces
Implants are prone to infection, forcing patients back to surgery for repair or replacement. Now, for the first time, a team of engineers has shown that zinc or titanium oxide nanosurfaces can reduce the presence of bacteria, a technique that can be applied to implants to reduce the number of these costly and debilitating infections.
Jul 7th, 2006
Read moreLiquid alloy shows solid-like crystal structure at surface
A substance used in nanotechnology contains unusual structures at its surface, a team of researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have learned.
Jul 6th, 2006
Read moreNew ion trap may lead to large quantum computers
Physicists at NIST have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical use.
Jul 6th, 2006
Read moreNIST grant to University of Maryland steps up its nanotechnology efforts
NIST and the University of Maryland have joined in a cooperative program to develop measurement technology and other new tools designed to support all phases of nanotechnology development, from discovery to manufacture.
Jul 6th, 2006
Read moreSolitons could power molecular electronics, artificial muscles
Scientists have discovered something new about exotic particles called solitons.
Jul 6th, 2006
Read moreNew instrument probes nanostructure growth for industry and research
Researchers at Purdue University are using a rare type of electron microscope to see how structures like carbon nanotubes form at the atomic level, information that will be crucial for nanotechnology to find practical applications in computing, electronics and other areas.
Jul 5th, 2006
Read moreCarbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics
A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics.
Jul 5th, 2006
Read moreFull 3-D image of nanocrystal interior created by shining X-rays through them
A vital step towards the ultimate goal of being able to take photographs of individual molecules in action has been achieved by an international team led by University College London researchers.
Jul 5th, 2006
Read moreHybrid nanoparticles increase anticancer activity in multiple drug resistant tumor cells
A novel combination of lipids, a negatively charged polymer, and the anticancer drug doxorubicin has yielded a new nanoparticle that can kill breast cancer cells that are normally resistant to this drug.
Jul 3rd, 2006
Read moreTemperature-sensitive nanoparticles open new avenues for drug delivery
Researchers have developed polymer nanoparticles that can expand rapidly in response to a temperature change.
Jul 3rd, 2006
Read moreBuckyball-antibody combination delivers antitumor drugs
Combining a monoclonal antibody known to target melanoma tumors with multiple C60 buckyballs, researchers have developed a new way to deliver multiple drugs simultaneously to tumors.
Jul 3rd, 2006
Read moreMultiple cancer biomarkers detected simultaneously
Using oligonucleotide- and antibody-coated gold nanoparticles, researchers at the Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE) at Northwestern University have developed an analogous technology for proteins that can simultaneously detect trace levels of multiple biomarkers associated with human cancer.
Jul 3rd, 2006
Read moreEuMat European technology platform launched
The European Technology Platform for Advanced Materials and Technologies has been launched in order to assure optimal involvement of industry and other important stakeholders in the process of establishing of research priorities in the area of advanced engineering materials and technologies.
Jul 3rd, 2006
Read moreLong-lived magnetic fluctuations in a crystal
German scientists measured for the first time long-lived coordinated magnetic fluctuations in a magnetic material using a new neutron beam technique.
Jun 30th, 2006
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