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Tiny electronically active chemicals can be made to form ordered layers on a surface, thanks to research supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF) through the EUROCORES program SONS 2 (Self-Organised NanoStructures).
July 10, 2008 Read more
Sensing tension: Molecular motor works by detecting minute changes in force
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that the activity of a specific family of nanometer-sized molecular motors called myosin-I is regulated by force.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Researchers create enhanced light sources for lithography
A breakthrough discovery at UC San Diego may help aid the semiconductor industry's quest to squeeze more information on chips to accelerate the performance of electronic devices.
July 9, 2008 Read more
NanoRisk Analysis: Advancing the science for nanomaterial risk management
A workshop on September 10-11, 2008 in Washington, DC brings together experts from diverse disciplines to evaluate how the field of risk analysis can address the considerable uncertainties currently associated with impacts from nanoscale materials and nanotechnologies.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Controlling the size of nanoclusters: first step in making new catalysts
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new instrument that allows them to control the size of nanoclusters - groups of 10 to 100 atoms - with atomic precision.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology researcher wins prize for early excellence in physical organic chemistry
Dr. Gino DiLabio, Research Council Officer at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) in Edmonton, Alberta, has been awarded the 2008 Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry Award for Early Excellence in the Field of Physical Organic Chemistry.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Unusual terrace-like nanoscale mound formation
Terrace-like elevations of just a few nanometres can form during production of organic thin films made from electrically conductive material. This phenomenon was previously only known from inorganic materials and is crucially important for future production of a new generation of semi-conductor components based on organic thin films.
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Nanocantilevers image nanoparticles in cells
Borrowing from a Nobel Prize-winning technique credited with starting the nanotechnology revolution, a team of researchers has developed a method for imaging nanoparticles inside of cells.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Nanoparticles detect telomerase activity
Researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle-based assay for measuring the activity of Telomerase that appears to be both accurate and sensitive enough for clinical use.
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Holey nanoparticles create new tumor imaging and therapeutic agent
Combining a nanoparticle with manganese, a metal that boosts magnetic resonance imaging signals, and an antibody that targets blood vessels, researchers have created a new type of imaging agent that also has the potential to deliver drugs to tumors.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology, biomolecules, and light unite to 'cook' cancer cells
Using carbon nanotubes linked to tumor-homing antibodies, a research team has shown that they can specifically kill the targeted tumor cells using near-infrared light.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Using quantum dots to stop genes in their tracks
More than 15 years ago, scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks. The Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to apply the technique, known as RNA interference, in living cells. Now scientists have succeeded in using quantum dots to address this problem.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Nanomaterials key to new strategies for blocking metastasis
A new treatment strategy using targeted nanoparticles to block metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue.
July 9, 2008 Read more
JPK announces the next NanoBioVIEWS International Meeting
JPK announces the seventh annual symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) in areas such as biophysical, biochemical and medical research. It will be held on the 8-9th October 2008 in Berlin.
July 9, 2008 Read more
Environmental Defense Fund and DuPont expand global accessibility of Nano Risk framework
One year after launch, important tool is now available in Mandarin, French and Spanish.
July 9, 2008 Read more
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