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NPL Unveils New Equipment Making Cancer Treatment Safer

New piece of medical technology unveiled at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) today will help improve the success rates of radiotherapy cancer treatments. The new clinical electron linear accelerator (linac) will he...

15 Nov 2008

Event Draws 300 Students to CNSE as Part of "NANOvember" Initiative

Building on the highly popular event that introduces elementary, middle- and high-school students to nanotechnology, more than 300 students received an up-close look at nanobioscience and nanomedicine while attending Nan...

15 Nov 2008

Nontoxic Nanoparticle Developed at Penn State is Proving to be an All-Around Effective Delivery System

Now a nontoxic nanoparticle developed by researchers at Penn State University is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.

14 Nov 2008

Project Aims to Commercialize Nanotechnology Manufacturing

UT Dallas researchers will play a key part in a collaborative effort to develop a new nano-scale manufacturing technique that builds three-dimensional objects atom by atom.

14 Nov 2008

Internationally Renowned Cancer Researcher Receives Innovator Award from DoD

A $3.8 million Innovator Award, from the Department of Defense, is being granted over five years to an internationally renowned cancer researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

14 Nov 2008

Senator Secures Millions in Funding for Research Projects on Nanotechnology

UT Southwestern Medical Center has received $1.2 million in appropriations from the Department of Defense for 2009. The funding adds to $2 million secured in 2007 and 2008 and will continue collaborative studies with UT ...

14 Nov 2008

Mysterious Microbe May Force Scientists to Rethink Ocean's Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

An unusual microorganism discovered in the open ocean may force scientists to rethink their understanding of how carbon and nitrogen cycle through ocean ecosystems. A paper describing the new findings appears in the November 14 issue of the journal Science.

14 Nov 2008

Sigma-Aldrich Announces Distribution Agreement with AlphaGenix

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced a distribution agreement with AlphaGenix, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of products for basic and clinical life science research. Sigma-Aldrich will now be the ex...

From Sigma Aldrich 14 Nov 2008

Controlling Collagen Nanofibers for the Manufacture of Synthetic Knee Cartilage

In her final project, entitled "A Study of the Formation of Collagen Nanofibers using Electrospinning", Camila Flor, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa, reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications.

13 Nov 2008

Biosensors that can Identify Disease using Nanotechnology

A team of scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK has invented a biosensor device that can identify disease using nanotechnology. The device, which may revolutionise the science of diagnosis, uses antibodies to detect biomarkers, molecules in the body used to identify disease.

13 Nov 2008