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Nanoballs deliver drugs

Dutch researchers have developed a new type of biodegradable nanoparticle. The spherical structures can encapsulate various fat-soluble medicines, which makes it easier to target tumour tissue. These nanoballs are highly promising carriers for the controlled release of anticancer drugs.

October 24, 2007 Read more

Copper nanoparticles harm zebrafish

Researchers have found that nanosized copper particles affect fish gills through a different and as-yet-unknown mechanism than dissolved copper ions do.

October 24, 2007 Read more

New Scandinavian collaboration boosts nanotechnology development

The nanotechnology centers of the universities in South West Scandinavia enter a strategic collaboration to promote the development and commercialization of nanotechnology.

October 24, 2007 Read more

From moths and cicadas come improvements to solar cells

Designing better solar cells might seem a question of electronics or chemistry, but for one University of Florida engineer, it starts with bugs.

October 23, 2007 Read more

The sensitive side of carbon nanotubes: Creating powerful pressure sensors

Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

October 23, 2007 Read more

Researchers improve memory devices using nanotechnology

Arizona State University has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to laptops. Best of all, it is cheap, made from common materials and compatible with just about anything currently on the market.

October 23, 2007 Read more

Religious, political and business leaders call for change as doomsday clock hits five minutes to midnight

Erb Institute speakers and panelists discuss moral imperative of climate change activism.

October 23, 2007 Read more

Platinum-rich shell, platinum-poor core

Researchers have developed a new class of electrocatalyst that could help to improve the capacity of fuel cells.

October 23, 2007 Read more

MIT's Deshpande Center announces fall 2007 research grants

The Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT today announced it is awarding $1,030,000 in grants to 10 MIT research teams currently working on emerging technologies.

October 23, 2007 Read more

The twinkie guide to nanotechnology

The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining new video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which mixes the iconic American snack cake with humor to unlock the mysteries of nanotechnology.

October 22, 2007 Read more

Fighting obesity may be as easy as ATP, says UH researcher

NIH, NSF funds biosensors that would track metabolic activity, diagnose unhealthy conditions.

October 22, 2007 Read more

Harvard University engineers demonstrate quantum cascade laser nanoantenna

New laser could lead to ultrahigh resolution microscopes for chemical imaging in biology and medicine.

October 22, 2007 Read more

Building tomorrow's nanofactory

UK scientists have been granted $5 million to invent a nanomachine that can build materials molecule by molecule.

October 21, 2007 Read more

Photonic gel films hold promise

By alternating layers of two different polymers - one rigid and glassy, the other soft and easily swollen with liquid or vapor - researchers have created photonic gel crystals that can be tuned to reflect light of many different colors across the visible and near-infrared spectrum.

October 21, 2007 Read more

UAlbany turnover causes concern but doesn't rattle school's top faculty

The roadmap to the University at Albany's future has been blurred by turnover at the top.

October 20, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology to revolutionize point-of-care cardiac testing

The sensor system under development will use carbon nanotubes to filter out blood cells - preventing them from adhering to the sensor, or distorting the result.

October 20, 2007 Read more