A fast and effective mechanism to combat an aggressive cancer
Tel Aviv University targets drug-resistant ovarian tumors with nanotechnology.
Feb 24th, 2014
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Copolymerization of metal nanoparticles for the production of colloidal plasmonic copolymers
An international team of researchers have presented a report about the copolymerization of gold nanorods of various sizes as well as gold and palladium nanorods.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreResearchers 'design for failure' with model material
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have devised a method to study stress at the macro and micro scales at the same time, using a model system in which microscopic particles stand in for molecules.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreNew biological scaffold home, sweet home, for stem cells
Researchers have persuaded fibroblasts, cells that makes the extracellular matrix, to make a a well-organized scaffold. Its fibers are a mere 80 nanometers across, similar to fibers in a natural matrix.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreMicroanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute samples of nanoparticles by, essentially, roasting them on top of a quartz crystal.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreNanotracer tester tells about wells
A tabletop device invented at Rice University can tell how efficiently a nanoparticle would travel through a well and may provide a wealth of information for oil and gas producers.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreA chemical approach to mass producing graphene nanoribbons
A team of scientists has developed a chemical approach to mass producing graphene nanoribbons, a process that may provide an avenue to harnessing graphene's conductivity.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology in a glass sponge
The marine sponge Monorhaphis chuni forms a glass filament with a perfect periodic arrangement of nanopores employing a similar method that is used for fabrication of man-made mesoporous nanomaterials.
Feb 24th, 2014
Read moreNanoparticles target anti-inflammatory drugs where needed
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a system for precisely delivering anti-inflammatory drugs to immune cells gone out of control, while sparing their well-behaved counterparts.
Feb 23rd, 2014
Read moreTissue-penetrating light releases chemotherapy from nanoparticles inside cancer cells
Researchers have developed an innovative technique that can carry chemotherapy safely and release it inside cancer cells when triggered by two-photon laser in the infrared red wave length.
Feb 23rd, 2014
Read moreResearchers verify amount of food dyes in food, beverages using carbon nanotubes
Researchers produced a sensor that sensitively, selectively and simultaneously determines Sunset Yellow and Tartrazine in food and beverage samples.
Feb 22nd, 2014
Read moreTracking catalytic reactions in microreactors
Infrared technique at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source could help improve flow reactor chemistry for pharmaceuticals and other products.
Feb 21st, 2014
Read moreA new way to create nanoporous materials
A team of UConn chemists has discovered a new way of making a class of porous materials that allows for greater manufacturing controls and has significantly broader applications than the longtime industry standard.
Feb 21st, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology to help healing a broken heart
New research could revolutionise the treatment of coronary thrombosis and brain damage.
Feb 21st, 2014
Read moreNanotechnology 'smart glass' made from self-cleaning antireflective coatings
A newly-developed coating could enable buildings to have antireflective self-cleaning windows and could increase the efficiency of solar cells.
Feb 21st, 2014
Read moreThe mechanism of caesium intercalation of graphene
Using in-situ microscopy to follow the intercalation process of caesium of graphene monolayer on iridium surface, scientists discovered a novel mechanism for intercalation and entrapment of alkali atoms under epitaxial graphene.
Feb 21st, 2014
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