The first comprehensive, international survey of workplace safety practices in the burgeoning nanotechnology industry finds that many nanotech companies and laboratories believe nanoparticles may pose specific environmental and health risks for workers.
Nov 13th, 2006
Read moreThe test is based upon DNA-gold nanoparticle technology, and can be packaged in user-friendly kits similar to those used for home pregnancy tests.
Nov 13th, 2006
Read moreAdding a thin coating of the biocompatible polymer poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) to the surface of sulfur-modified, or thiolated, nanoparticles designed to fall apart inside tumors, prolongs the time that the resulting nanoparticles remain in tumors.
Nov 13th, 2006
Read moreSilicon, whether in its elemental form as silicon wafers or in its oxidized form, known as silicon dioxide or silica, at the nanoscale, interact with proteins in ways that have practical applications in cancer screening and drug synthesis, among others.
Nov 13th, 2006
Read moreArsenic trioxide, one of most promising drugs for treating acute promyelocytic leukemia, could achieve broader use if encapsulated in lipid-based nanoparticles designed to release their cargo inside tumor cells.
Nov 13th, 2006
Read moreA new theory explains the relationship between nanoparticle size, shape, and other physical parameters and the efficiency with which they absorb light.
Nov 13th, 2006
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Chemical switches made out of titanium dioxide and Prussian blue nanocomposite.
Nov 10th, 2006
Read moreThe British Science Museam in London hosts a nice little online exhibition titled Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Deal.
Nov 10th, 2006
Read moreA 'DNA machine' that detects a virus by reading its genome, and then produces an alarm signal, in the form of a visible glow.
Nov 10th, 2006
Read moreUsing carbon nanotubes to connect an integrated circuit to nerve cells.
Nov 10th, 2006
Read moreA new Recommended Practice Guide provides useful advice and instruction on how to analyze the size, distribution and total volume of nanopores.
Nov 9th, 2006
Read moreThe discovery of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading scientists to develop a revolutionary, low-cost technology for cleaning arsenic from drinking water.
Nov 9th, 2006
Read moreFullerenes are as good as two other antioxidant drugs and the FDA-approved drug, Amifostine in fending off radiation damage from normal tissue.
Nov 8th, 2006
Read moreResearchers have visualised vibration and rotation in the nuclei of a hydrogen molecule as a quantum mechanical wave packet.
Nov 8th, 2006
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Scientists discovered the way deformation at the nanoscale takes place in a bone by studying it with the synchrotron X-rays.
Nov 7th, 2006
Read moreA new report describes the impact that nanotechnology is having in the construction industry.
Nov 7th, 2006
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