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Two advanced microscopy techniques show how malaria parasites attack blood cells

In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite attacks red blood cells.

September 1, 2008 Read more

'Nanotechnology - Science of the Future' conference organized in India

The first Conference in the Series 'India R + D 2008: Nanotechnology - The Science of the Future' is scheduled on September 5, 2008 in New Delhi.

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Owners Image Contest now open for 2009 FEI calendar

Be published in the 2009 FEI Company Calendar.

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New type of property-changing polymer has switchable bio-adhesion

Researchers have developed a new type of property-changing polymer: It is water-repellent at 37 degrees C, which makes it an ideal culture substrate for biological cells. At room temperature it attracts water, allowing the cells to be detached easily from the substrate.

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Graphene pioneers follow in Nobel footsteps

Two physicists from The University of Manchester who discovered the world's thinnest material have scooped a major award for their work.

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IMEC and Plextronics collaborate on high-efficiency reproducible organic solar cells

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute and Plextronics, Inc., an international technology company specializing in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, signed an agreement to collaborate on state-of-the-art materials and inks for organic solar cells.

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New molecular imaging techniques aim at detection of earliest steps of disease development

An emerging discipline of noninvasive cardiac imaging, molecular imaging, has evolved constantly in the last few years and is increasingly being translated from the preclinical to the clinical level.

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Dialog NanoCare: Gesundheitliche Wirkungen von Nanopartikeln

Am 27. September 2008 findet in Muenchen der Austausch von interessierten Buergerinnen und Buergern mit Experten statt. Organisiert wird die BMBF-Veranstaltung von Zukuenftige Technologien Consulting der VDI Technologiezentrum in Kooperation mit dem Deutschen Museum und der Muenchner Projektgruppe fuer Sozialforschung.

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Nanotechnology cancer research breakthrough may provide 'magic bullet' for the debilitating effects of chemotherapy

The interdisciplinary group of researchers applied emerging nanotechnology techniques to traditional cancer research to come up with a highly effective method for the preferential killing of cancer cells while leaving ordinary cells healthy.

August 30, 2008 Read more

Improving crystal quality and purity leads to more precise explosives

Improving crystal quality and purity leads to explosive materials that are safer (less likely to react violently) when subjected to mechanical impact or heat.

August 29, 2008 Read more

University of Notre Dame names managing director for two nanotechnology centers

Robert M. Dunn, most recently the director of the Integrated Engineering and Business Practices Program in the University of Notre Dame?s College of Engineering, has been named the managing director of the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) and the recently established Midwest Institute of Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND).

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Sharpest image ever made with light achieves 5 nanometer resolution

A team of scientists has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray light. A 100-nanometre gold particle fixed on a substrate was reconstructed with 5 nanometre resolution.

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Linking targeting agents to nanoparticles just got easier

The task of linking targeting agents to nanoparticles just got easier thanks to work from the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer.

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Targeting nanoparticles to specific locations inside cancer cells increases kills

By increasing the amount of an anticancer agent that gets to tumor cells, as opposed to healthy cells, researchers hope to minimize the potential side effects of therapy while maximizing therapeutic response. This approach has been taken one step farther by targeting the specific location inside a tumor cell, where the drug ceramide exerts its cell-killing activity.

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Nanocages 'cook' cancer cells

New research has quantified how many targeted nanocages bind to an individual cancer cell and how much light is needed to kill the cells.

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Effectiveness of nanotherapeutics impacted by shape, not just size

Researchers have demonstrated that nanoparticles designed with a specific shape, size, and surface chemistry are taken up into cells and behave differently within cells depending on these attributes.

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