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Workshops on Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Slated for the University of Pittsburgh

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has begun a new initiative for the development of new products and companies using advanced materials technologies within the energy industry. Recently, the Center ...

29 Oct 2009

BIND Biosciences, Co-Founder Selected as 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for Contributions in Life Sciences

BIND Biosciences, Inc. (BIND), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing an entirely new class of targeted nanotherapeutics, announced today the selection of Omid Farokhzad, M.D., co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board, as a 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for his contributions in life sciences.

29 Oct 2009

'On-Off' Fluorescent Probes Allow Multicolor Detection of Nucleic Acid Strands within Living Cells

One of the best ways to watch the complex workings of living cells is to label components, such as DNA segments, with fluorescent probes-small molecules with active optical properties. Then, using a fluorescent microscop...

29 Oct 2009

Sifting Out the Sources of Spin

Along with the neutron, the proton is the basic building block of the atomic nucleus. But, the source of the proton's spin-a fundamental property, along with charge-has been a long standing puzzle to scientists. B...

29 Oct 2009

First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit that Works Like that of a Natural Cell

The experiment, featured on the cover of the leading weekly science journal Cell of October 30, shows that cells use chance to survive uncertainty.

29 Oct 2009

Argonne Scientists Recognized by the American Physical Society for Outstanding Contributions

Steven Pieper and Robert Wiringa, senior scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, have won the 2010 Tom W. Bonner Prize in nuclear physics. The award will be presented by the American Physical Society in Washington, D.C., in February 2010.

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 29 Oct 2009

Optical Frequency Comb that Visibly Lives Up to its Name

Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb—a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light-that actually looks like a comb.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 29 Oct 2009

Nanobiosensor Quickly Determining Type and Severity of Patient's Cancer

A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that the disease...

29 Oct 2009

Giving Information Technology a Unique Twist

Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A+M University physics professor.

29 Oct 2009

Combining Two Different Anticancer Agents in One Nanoscale Construct

Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease. One approach showing promise in overcoming multidrug resistance in tumors is to combine two different anticancer agents ...

29 Oct 2009

Detecting and Destroying Lymph Node Metastases using Nanotechnology

Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing....

29 Oct 2009

Findings May Lead to Precision Engineering of Superconducting Thin Films for Electronic Devices

Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., carry electrical current with no energy loss.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 29 Oct 2009

Nanotechnology News

Workshops on Nanomaterials for Energy Applications Slated for the University of Pittsburgh

BIND Biosciences, Co-Founder Selected as 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for Contributions in Life Sciences

'On-Off' Fluorescent Probes Allow Multicolor Detection of Nucleic Acid Strands within Living Cells

Sifting Out the Sources of Spin

First Ever Synthetic Gene Circuit that Works Like that of a Natural Cell

Argonne Scientists Recognized by the American Physical Society for Outstanding Contributions

Optical Frequency Comb that Visibly Lives Up to its Name

Nanobiosensor Quickly Determining Type and Severity of Patient's Cancer

Giving Information Technology a Unique Twist

Combining Two Different Anticancer Agents in One Nanoscale Construct

Detecting and Destroying Lymph Node Metastases using Nanotechnology

Findings May Lead to Precision Engineering of Superconducting Thin Films for Electronic Devices

Solution that Combines Magnetism with Nanotechnology

Researchers Develop Gold Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicle for Non-Toxic Form of Platinum

First Evidence of Anti-Icing Ability in Superhydrophobic Coatings

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