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Gold Nanobeacons Detect Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Virtually every patient diagnosed with breast cancer or melanoma undergoes lymph node biopsy to determine if their cancer has begun spreading in the body. Taking this biopsy involves an invasive and uncomfortable procedu...

19 Mar 2010

Dual-Purpose Nanoparticles Spot Residual Tumors, Improves Cancer Surgery

The surest cure for cancer is to remove every last bit of a tumor through surgery. Unfortunately, for most cancers that is also the most difficult approach because of two problems: it is nearly impossible today to spot e...

19 Mar 2010

Universal Method for Creating Nanoscale Composites

Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry, in collaboration with researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown how nanocomposites with desired properties can be designed and fabricated by first assembling nanocrystals and nanorods coated with short organic molecules, called ligands.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 19 Mar 2010

Discovery of Flagellar Nano-Motor Curbing

Biozentrum researchers have now discovered that Escherichia coli bacteria harness a sophisticated chemosensory and signal transduction machinery that allows them to accurately control motor rotation, thereby adjusting th...

19 Mar 2010

Showa Denko Completes New Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Plant

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has completed a 400-t/y plant for VGCFTM-X, a new grade of carbon nanotube with an optimized design for resin composite applications. Commercial production will begin next month after a trial ru...

19 Mar 2010

Fraunhofer Researchers Design Mini-Laboratory for Medical Applications

Many illnesses can be reliably diagnosed through laboratory tests, but these in vitro analyses often use up valuable time. A system developed by Fraunhofer research scientists, which can carry out complex analyses on the spot, will soon be ready for the market.

19 Mar 2010

GE Focuses on R+D Efforts to Develop Low-Cost Solar Module

With the race on in earnest to have the most efficient, low-cost solar module on the market, GE (NYSE: GE) announced it is focusing its research and development efforts on thin film photovoltaic (PV) technology in conjun...

19 Mar 2010

Haemonetics' New Alliance Marks Important Milestone in its Nano Program

Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global blood management solutions company, today announced that it has entered into a reagent development and supply agreement with Quotient Biodiagnostics Group and its wholly owne...

19 Mar 2010

Rice Researchers Develop RFID Tags Using Carbon Nanotubes

Long lines at store checkouts could be history if a new technology created in part at Rice University comes to pass.

19 Mar 2010

Laser-Heated Fullerenes Destroy Cancer Cells

University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and au...

19 Mar 2010

Nano-Biotechnology Company Featured in Scientific American

Nanogea, a nano-biotechnology company focused on commercializing the industry's most sensitive single molecular detection platform, is pleased to announce that its technology was featured in an article by Scientific ...

19 Mar 2010

AIXTRON Receives Multiple Order from Tekcore

AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) today announced that Tekcore Co. Ltd of Taiwan has placed a multiple order for AIXTRON’s latest MOCVD System, the AIX G5 HT, to expand thei...

From AIXTRON SE 19 Mar 2010

Semiconductor Lithography Market Dropped 47 Percent in 2009

Lithography tools for semiconductor manufacturing dropped 47% in 2009, according to the report “Sub-100nm Lithography: Market Analysis and Strategic Issues,” recently published by The Information Network, a N...

18 Mar 2010

Malvern Specialists Uses Sysmex FPIA-3000 to Measure Sub-Visible Particulates in Biotherapeutics

Specialists at Malvern Panalytical have demonstrated the application of dynamic particle image analysis to the measurement of sub-visible particulates in biological therapeutics, using the Sysmex FPIA-3000 particle characterization system.

From Malvern Panalytical 18 Mar 2010