Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a new technology that can greatly enhance the ballistic-proof strength of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber by adding carbon nanotubes to pristine high-strength fiber.
Jun 27th, 2006
Read moreIn an exciting advance in nanotechnology imaging, Rice University scientists have discovered a way to use standard optical microscopes and video cameras to film individual carbon nanotubes.
Jun 27th, 2006
Read moreThe National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the CAS Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) have joined hands in establishing a Laboratory for Biological Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety (NCNST-IHEP) in Beijing.
Jun 27th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have created a drug delivery device that both delivers drug into a cancer cell and inhibits p-glycoprotein.
Jun 26th, 2006
Read moreA new study demonstrates that a bacterial virus, known as a bacteriophage, can be turned into a powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agent.
Jun 26th, 2006
Read moreUsing a nanoscale spring built from a molecule of DNA, investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles, have taken a significant step toward a new approach to protein engineering.
Jun 26th, 2006
Read moreProtease sensors usinf silica nanobeads are sensitive enough to monitor real-time activity of protease activity either in the body or in diagnostic assays.
Jun 26th, 2006
Read moreA research team at the Chinese Academy od Sciences (CAS) Institute of Physics was recently reported to achieve an important progress in preparation of the tri-element nano-tubes containing boron and nitrogen.
Jun 26th, 2006
Read moreA new QD monochrome display demonstrates the manufacturability and commercial feasibility of quantum dot technology as a foundation for the next generation of displays.
Jun 23rd, 2006
Read moreRice University scientists have developed the first method for sorting semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on their size, a long-awaited development that could form the basis of a nanotube purification system.
Jun 23rd, 2006
Read moreThere may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there appears to be nanocrystalline diamonds at the end of a process to produce and store hydrogen using anthracite coal.
Jun 23rd, 2006
Read morePhotoprotective effect measured for the first time at single biomolecule level.
Jun 22nd, 2006
Read moreThe University of Leicester is the co-ordinating partner in an international project (Nanospin) involving information that can be stored on nano-particles.
Jun 22nd, 2006
Read moreResearchers in Europe have monitored the catalytic process and proposed an explanation for the high catalytic activity of gold.
Jun 22nd, 2006
Read moreThe University of Bath in the UK is to lead an international three-year project to develop a system which could cut out the need for wiring to carry electric currents in silicon chips.
Jun 22nd, 2006
Read moreIn the ongoing search for better ways to target anticancer drugs to kill tumors without making people sick, researchers find that nanoparticles called buckyballs might be used to significantly boost the payload of drugs carried by tumor-targeting antibodies.
Jun 21st, 2006
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