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How Cancer Cells Develop Resistance to Chemotherapy Drugs

Researchers have shown that increased expression of a gene called SIRT1 in cancer cells plays a significant role in the development of resistance to the chemotherapy drug cisplatin. The SIRT1 gene, which regulates severa...

16 Sep 2008

Brookhaven Lab Scientist Receives IEEE Award for Applied Superconductivity Research

Masaki Suenaga, a retired metallurgist who remains an active researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has received the IEEE Council on Superconductivity Award for significant and sustained contributions to applied superconductivity.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 16 Sep 2008

mPhase to Demonstrate Breakthrough in MicroFluidics and Nanotechnology at NanoEurope 2008

Leading microfludics and nanotechnology development company mPhase Technologies, Inc., a Silver Sponsor of the 2008 NanoEurope Congress and Exhibition in St. Gallen, Switzerland, a major European nanotechnology event, wi...

From MyPebble 16 Sep 2008

Using Nanotechnology to Manufacture Solar Control Window Film

Advanced ceramics have been used by NASA to thermally protect the Space Shuttle Orbiter. Now, due to nanotechnology, they are being used by window film suppliers in the manufacture of solar control window film. Seen a...

16 Sep 2008

The Microbiological Treatment of Selenium

A new study funded by the European Union has demonstrated that unsafe levels of selenium, sometimes referred to as an "essential toxin", can be reduced by a microbiological treatment. With this method, microorg...

16 Sep 2008

Drug-Filled Nanoparticles Offer Potential Cure for Melanoma

Nanoparticles filled with a drug that targets two genes that trigger melanoma could offer a potential cure for this deadly disease, according to cancer researchers. The treatment, administered through an ultrasound devic...

16 Sep 2008

Experiment Verify Calculation on Ideal Strength of Graphene

In 2007, Prof. Ming Pingbing from the CAS Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science and his colleagues made a calculation on the ideal strength of graphene, a promising carbon material. One year later, their work is ver...

16 Sep 2008

'American Nobel Prize' Recognizes Discovery of microRNAs

University of Massachusetts Medical School Professor of Molecular Medicine Victor R. Ambros, PhD, has been named a co-recipient of the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for work related to the discovery of microRNAs (mRNAs), tiny molecules that are now understood to play a critical role in gene regulation.

16 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology Could be the Answer to Ensuring Safe Supply of Drinking Water

Nanotechnology could be the answer to ensuring a safe supply of drinking water for regions of the world stricken by periodic drought or where water contamination is rife. Writing in the International Journal of Nuclear D...

16 Sep 2008

'Rochester Cube' Points Way to More Powerful Chip Designs

The next major advance in computer processors will likely be the move from today's two-dimensional chips to three-dimensional circuits, and the first three-dimensional synchronization circuitry is now running at 1.4 ...

16 Sep 2008

Smallest University to Join Elite Group of Universities with Materials Research Center

Brandeis University has won a highly competitive $7.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). The Center will study the effects of impo...

16 Sep 2008

Futuristic Nanotechnology and Decades-Old Drug to Tackle Atherosclerosis

Futuristic nanotechnology has been teamed with a decades-old drug to beat atherosclerotic plaques in research conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The scientists have found that drug-la...

16 Sep 2008

NanoDynamics Completes STTR Grant for Development of NanoPly

NanoDynamics Inc. announced the completion of its six-month, $50,000 Phase IB STTR grant extension from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the research and development of a novel consolidation method for nanostruc...

15 Sep 2008

Veeco Becomes Charter Member in the CPV Consortium

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that it has become a charter member in the CPV Consortium, a global industry organization that supports the development and long-term success of the concentrator photovoltaics industry, with the goal of providing a low-cost, reliable source of renewable energy.

From Veeco 15 Sep 2008

Nano-C Issued Patents Covering Manufacture of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes

Nano-C, Inc., leading developer of nanostructured carbon materials, today announced that it has been issued U.S. Patent Nos. 7,335,344 and 7,396,520 by the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademar...

15 Sep 2008