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Radioactive Gold Nanoparticles Destroy Prostate Tumors, Leaving Healthy Tissue Untouched

One of the promises of nanoparticles as delivery agents for cancer therapeutics is that they will attack tumors while sparing healthy tissue from the damage normally associated with today's anticancer therapies. That...

16 Apr 2010

Targeted Nanoparticle Can Traffic into Tumors

A multi-institutional team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off the produ...

16 Apr 2010

MIT Researchers Develop Microdynamical Sensor

Miniature motion sensors are everywhere these days, detecting the orientation of cell phones, deploying air bags in cars and measuring stresses in buildings and mechanical systems.

16 Apr 2010

Researchers Build Optical Sensors Directly into Labs-on-Chips

A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics. People have been working o...

16 Apr 2010

Noliac's Multilayer Actuators Ideal for Precise Control of Optics

Without doubt, actuators for precise control of optics were one of the main topics at the SPIE Defense, Security + Sensing 2010 Exhibition in Florida in April. Noliac's distributor Micromechatronics Inc. exhibited and attracted many visitors.

16 Apr 2010

New RMKHT Chip Resistors from Vishay Feature Thin Film Technology

A new series of wire-bondable, bare die chip resistors and resistor networks optimized for extreme high-temperature environments such as down-hole drilling and aviation applications was released today by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH).

16 Apr 2010

New Single Photon Detector Optimizes Detection for 810 Nanometers

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which is able to count individual particles of light traveling through fiber optic cables with roughly 99 percent efficiency.

16 Apr 2010

Data on Rexahn’s Anticancer Small Molecule to be Presented at AACR Conference

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing potential best in class oncology and central nervous system (CNS) therapeutics, today announced that it will present pre-clinical data on its anticancer compound RX-8243 at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C., April 17-21, 2010, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

16 Apr 2010

Novel Method to Study Dynamics of Synapses

In order to be able to understand complex organs such as the brain or the nervous system, simplified model systems are required. A group of scientists led by the Frankfurt brain researcher Erin Schuman has successfull...

16 Apr 2010

TUM Scientists Use Neutrons to Analyze Batteries for Future Hybrid Locomotives

Rechargeable batteries may soon provide greater energy efficiency not only for road traffic, but also for rail transport. Scientists at the research neutron source FRM II of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are...

16 Apr 2010

Latest Breakthroughs in DFEB Mask Technology to be Featured at Photomask Japan 2010

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that several of its members will jointly present the lat...

16 Apr 2010

New Method to Generate Tunable Wavelengths Using Quantum-Dot Lasers

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery.

16 Apr 2010

China Ritar to Supply Nano Batteries to Power Brazilian Pavilion at World Expo

China Ritar Power Corp. (Nasdaq: CRTP) ("China Ritar" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese manufacturer of innovative nano gel and environmentally friendly batteries, today announced that it has been selected to power th...

16 Apr 2010

Establishment of High Safety Lithium Battery STOBA Consortium by ITRI

Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which has been emphasizing the R&D of electric vehicles and green energy, announced the establishment of the High Safety Lithium Battery STOBA Consortium and also unveiled the STOBA logo to establish a new standard.

16 Apr 2010

New MIC2826 IC from Micrel Available in Tiny 2.5mm x 2.5mm Thin MLF Package

Micrel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today launched a new four output, programmable Power Management IC, the MIC2826. The device integrate...

16 Apr 2010