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Massive price reductions for carbon nanotubes on Nanowerk

Nanowerk is proud to announce its new, massively reduced prices for MWNTs from Cheaptubes.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Handheld nanotechnology sensor enables point-of-scare screening

Ultrasensitive sensor that can be used in a handheld device to, within minutes, detect various viruses and measure their concentration.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Nanoscale 'egg' kills tumor cells with platinum

Nanotechnology 'egg' that could safely deliver platinum, a known anticancer agent, to tumor cells.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Chitosan nanoparticles suppress liver cancer growth

Nanoparticles made of chitosan, a naturally occuring polymer isolated from crab and shrimp shells, have shown promise as carriers of anticancer drugs, antitumor genes, and other novel therapeutic agents.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Engineered magnetic nanoparticles image small tumors

In order to boost this signal, and improve the ability of MRI to detect the smallest tumors, a new chemical method for making iron oxide nanoparticles enables researchers to more carefully control the physical and magnetic properties of these particles.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Sensing cancer cell death with dendrimers

Taking a critical step toward the development of a multifunctional nanoscale anticancer agent that can detect cancer, treat it, and then report on the success or failure of that treatment.

January 22, 2007 Read more

A designer protein coat for polymer nanoparticles

Dutch scientists can tune the size of protein-coated polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Parallel crystals may boost computing and telecommunications

Researchers have found a way to organize molecules in a crystal so that the poles align in the same direction.

January 22, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology world off the radar for most

When it comes to nanotechnology, Lakhtakia and his colleagues found that people in most segments of the economy are not paying much attention.

January 22, 2007 Read more

New method of chemical analysis - focussing on single molecules

A new analytical procedure with extremely high sensitivity and precision that allows the reliable identification of single molecules on surfaces.

January 22, 2007 Read more

On the road with nanotechnology

It seems that "powered by nanotechnology" has become a catchy phrase that suppliers of auto consumer products increasingly attach to products ranging from engine oil and windshield treatment to paint coating and in-car air purifiers.

January 19, 2007 Read more

Improved nanodots could be key to future data storage

New nanodot arrays that respond to magnetic fields with record levels of uniformity.

January 19, 2007 Read more

Billion-variable optimization marks new milestone in nanotechnology

Research team achieves efficient, scalable solutions on difficult optimization problems containing over a billion variables.

January 19, 2007 Read more

100% contamination of Euro banknotes with nanoquantities of cocaine

An ongoing research project into the detection of illicit drug use has shown that 100% of a sample of bank notes in current circulation in Dublin showed contamination with cocaine.

January 19, 2007 Read more

Super-hydrophobic surfaces made from Teflon

A simple low-cost approach using a commercially available Teflon suspension for forming an ultrahydrophobic coating.

January 19, 2007 Read more

Nanoparticles bond like atoms in a molecule

Researchers have succeeded in breaking the symmetry of nanoparticles using a mathematical principle known as the hairy ball theorem.

January 19, 2007 Read more