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Gold Nanoshells Sensitizes Breast Cancer Stem Cells to Radiation Therapy

Gold nanoparticles have shown promise as miniature thermal scalpels that when irradiated with near-infrared light are capable of cooking tumors to death. Now, a team of investigators from The Methodist Hospital, Baylor C...

23 Nov 2010

Microfluidic Device Capable of Trapping Rare Circulating Tumor Cells from Blood of Cancer Patients

In 2007, Mehmet Toner and Daniel Haber and their collaborators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School developed a microfluidic device capable of trapping rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from the...

23 Nov 2010

TechPrecision Wins Order for Advanced Thin Film Panel Production Equipment

TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), a leading manufacturer of large-scale, high-precision machined metal fabrications with customers in the altern...

23 Nov 2010

New Nanohole Biosensor to Detect Dangerous Viruses Quickly

Boston University researchers have developed a simple diagnostic tool that can quickly identify dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The biosensor, which is the size of a quarter and can detect viruses in a blood...

23 Nov 2010

Researcher Develops New Microscope to Advance Studies in Biomedical

AMES, Iowa – Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other.

23 Nov 2010

Nansulate Coating Stops Critical Computer Shutdowns in IMSS Building in Mexico

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today announced that the Company’s patented Nansulate® energy saving protective coating was successfully used to solve the problem of computer shutdowns due to high temperatures in a building of the IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - Social Security Administration).

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 23 Nov 2010

CEA-Leti to Present New Findings on Silicon Nanowires at IEDM/IEEE 2010

CEA-Leti will present 10 papers, including two invited papers, at the IEDM/IEEE 2010 International Electron Devices Meeting Dec. 6-8, in San Francisco, Calif.

From CEA-Leti 23 Nov 2010

Naval Researchers Create Water-Repellant Nanofilm to Control Directions

In nature, water striders can walk on water, butterflies can shed water from their wings, and plants can trap insects and pollen. Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of a research team working to engineer surfaces that imitate some of these water repellency features found in nature.

23 Nov 2010

Paper-Based Display Technology Featured in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces November Issue

A breakthrough in a University of Cincinnati engineering lab that could clear the way for a low-cost, even disposable, e-reader is gaining considerable attention.

23 Nov 2010

Shrinking the Computer Chip Highlighted in ACS Science Video Series

The science that helped make today's smartphones and iPods smaller but more powerful than yesterday's desktop computers highlights the latest episode in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Prized Science video series.

From American Chemical Society 23 Nov 2010

Risoe Scientists Develop Faster Test Method for Solar Cells

These years, many universities and companies are working to create efficient and cheap polymer solar cells, so-called third generation solar cells. This means a shift from few handmade laboratory cells to very large s...

23 Nov 2010

New Microscopic Imaging Technology Uses Nanobeacons to View Inside Human

See it for yourself: a new breakthrough in imaging technology using a combination of light and sound will allow health care providers to see microscopic details inside the body. Access to this level of detail potentia...

23 Nov 2010

Applied Materials Wins Special Contribution Award from Yingli Green Energy

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced that Yingli Green Energy has granted Applied its "Special Contribution Award" for excellence in optimizing the efficiency and productivity of Yingli’s solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing operations in Baoding, Hebei province, China.

From Applied Materials Inc. 23 Nov 2010

Thin-Film Battery Market Expects to Reach $600 Million by 2015

The thin-film battery (TFB) market is an attractive and still-growing multimillion-dollar market characterized by very high production volumes of thin-film batteries that must be extremely reliable and low in cost.

22 Nov 2010

Ultrathin Alternative to Silicon for Future Electronics

There’s good news in the search for the next generation of semiconductors. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, have successfully integrated ultra-thin layers of the semiconductor indium arsenide onto a silicon substrate to create a nanoscale transistor with excellent electronic properties.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 22 Nov 2010