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Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Research Showing Extended Life for Carbon Nanotubes

Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. has announced that scientists at the University of California at Riverside and Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. have shown for the first time in a recent publication (J. Power Sources J. Power Sources., 20...

13 Feb 2007

CytoViva Reveals Distinction Between Calcifying Nanoparticles and Inorganic Crystal

Research is finding evidence that may solve one of the great puzzles of 21st Century medicine using a new microscopy technology known as CytoViva. Researchers at Mayo Clinic successfully isolated nanoparticles from hu...

13 Feb 2007

Gum Arabic as a Phytochemical Construct for the Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles have shown significant promise as agents to detect and treat cancer, but researchers have had difficulty creating gold nanoparticles that have suitable pharmacological properties for use in humans. A t...

13 Feb 2007

Study Helps Nanotech Researchers Hone Outreach Skills

If you could paint a gallon’s worth of paint one nanometer thick, how much area could you cover? The surprising answer – about 930 acres, or slightly larger than New York's Central Park – certainly ...

13 Feb 2007

Nanoparticle Boost for Antitumor Vaccines

Researchers have known for some time that certain sequences of synthetic DNA induce potent immune responses when injected into animals and humans. A new study, conducted by Ying Tam, Ph.D., and colleagues at Inex Pharmac...

13 Feb 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Efforts to create nanoparticles that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging agents to tumors while avoiding healthy cells are often stymied by a lack of known tumor targets, that is, molecules found on the surface of malign...

13 Feb 2007

Bayer Technology Services to Show Off Latest Nanotechnology Offerings at POWTECH

Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) is premiering it’s latest offerings in the fields of nanotechnology, microprocess technology and process analysis technology (PAT) at POWTECH, the leading European trade show fo...

9 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Help Create Cleaner Fuels

Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. It is well...

7 Feb 2007

Natural Lavas as Catalysts for Efficient Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers

Since their discovery in the early 1990s, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers—tiny structures made of pure carbon—have been used in a wide variety of applications. They have become indispensable in the nan...

7 Feb 2007

New Method for Rapidly Assessing Carbon Nanotube Quality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not onl...

6 Feb 2007