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New Study Examines Nanoparticles’ Effects on Plant Life

Nanotechnology may promise miracles for humans, but it seems that it spells death for plants. There have been fascinating reports on how researchers are using particles that are 1/100,000 the width of a human hair to del...

18 Nov 2010

German Scientists Deliver Anti-Cancer Drug to Cancer Cells Using Nanocarriers

Scientists in Germany have developed a way of smuggling an anti-cancer drug past the protective blood-brain barrier and into brain tumours and metastases using a nanocarrier – a tiny capsule specially designed to p...

18 Nov 2010

US Issues Patent to Nanotrope for New Cellular Mimic Technology

Nanotrope, Inc. announced today that it has been issued United States patent #7,829,272 covering its ground-breaking diagnostic test for influenza and other viral infections. The patent describes Nanotrope's cellu...

18 Nov 2010

MagForce Nanotechnologies Wins 2010 STEP Award for Innovative Cancer Therapy

Nanostart subsidiary MagForce Nanotechnologies AG a leader in the area of nanotechnology-based cancer treatment, has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the STEP award in the category “product/technology”.

From Nanostart AG 18 Nov 2010

University of Queensland Researcher Awarded Funding for Nanotech Drug Delivery

Dr Zhao has the best possible motivation to hunt for a cancer cure, watching relatives suffer from the disease. Forest Lake chemical engineer Chunxia Zhao is researching better methods to deliver life saving drugs to cancer patients at the University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

17 Nov 2010

DNA Can Act Like Velcro for Nanoparticles

DNA can do more than direct how bodies our made — it can also direct the composition of many kinds of materials, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.

From Argonne National Laboratory 17 Nov 2010

Imec Creates New Neural Probe

Imec, together with its partners within the European FP6 Program NeuroProbes, has created a new neural probe enabling electrical and chemical recording and stimulation of single neurons in the brain.

From IMEC 17 Nov 2010

Nanoelectronics Research Centre Jointly Develops Innovative Slice-Tilting Instrument for In-Vitro Research on Brain Tissue

The nanoelectronics research centre imec and Peira, a Belgium-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical and chemical research instruments, jointly developed an innovative slice-tilting instrument for in-vitro research on brai...

From IMEC 17 Nov 2010

Crystalline Two-Dimensional DNA Origami Arrays

DNA is more than just a carrier for our genetic information; DNA is also an outstanding nanoscale building material, as researchers led by Ned Seeman discovered thirty years ago.

16 Nov 2010

Suzhou Natong Bionanotechnology Receives Silver Award for Innovative Drug Delivery Device

Suzhou Natong with its US partner Nanomed Devices, Inc. announced yesterday that they won the Silver Prize of the Asian Innovation Awards 2010 at the Biobay Investor Forum. The award was sponsored by The Wall Street J...

16 Nov 2010