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Killing Tumor Cells with Nanobees

When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumor cells by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers attached th...

10 Aug 2009

Lawrence Livermore Researchers use Lipid-Coated Nanowires to Build Bionanoelectronic Devices

If manmade devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have devised a versatile hybrid platform that uses lipid-coated nanowires to build prototype bionanoelectronic devices.

10 Aug 2009

Leading Biomedical Researcher Named New Director of Joint Center for Nanomedicine

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the University of California, Santa Barbara have named leading biomedical researcher Jamey D. Marth director of a new joint Center for Nanomedicine that will be established at UCSB.

10 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop New Light-Emitting Biomaterial for Improved Tumor Imaging

A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated...

10 Aug 2009

Filtering Electronic Signals in Cell Phones using New Class of Tiny Mechanical Devices

Researchers are developing a new class of tiny mechanical devices containing vibrating, hair-thin structures that could be used to filter electronic signals in cell phones and for other more exotic applications.

10 Aug 2009

Growing Carbon Nanotubes without Metal Catalyst

Carbon nanotubes - tiny, rolled-up tubes of graphite - promise to add speed to electronic circuits and strength to materials like carbon composites, used in airplanes and racecars. A major problem, however, is that the m...

10 Aug 2009

Clemson Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study New Class of Materials

Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.

10 Aug 2009

Nanoscale Organic Particles Improving Material Properties of Elastomers and Thermoplastics

Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has developed a polymer additive for plastics and rubber that is now available for industrial application. These microgels, which consist of nanoscale organic particles, can be used to improve the material properties of elastomer and thermoplastic materials.

10 Aug 2009

New Suite of Reports Covering the Rapidly Growing Solar and Photovoltaics Markets

Building upon its expertise in providing market research within the flat panel display market for more than 13 years, DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research, today announced that it will roll out ...

10 Aug 2009

NanoViricides Announces Drug Candidate Reduces Herpes Simplex Viral Load by 99.99 Percent

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced today that the herpes simplex viral load was reduced by 99.99% or 10,000 fold in in-vitro studies by nanoviricides™ drug candidates.

From NanoViricides, Inc 10 Aug 2009

GC Research Whitepaper Addressing Five Nanotechnology Market

GC Research Ltd. ("GCR"), a boutique equity research firm that specializes in the technology industry, with a focus on emerging technologies, announced that it has reinitiated coverage of the nanotechnology ind...

10 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology and Its Impact on the Energy Sector

ChinaCCM.com, China's leading industry consultancy expert offering industry intelligence and research solution, has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnolgies for the Energy Market 2009" report to their...

10 Aug 2009

CMOSIS Raises 3 Million Euros in Additional Capital for Corporate Expansion

CMOS image sensor start-up CMOSIS NV has successfully concluded a round of private equity financing from several highly regarded Belgian high-tech investment firms totalling 3 million euros. Lead investor is ING Corporate Investments of Brussels, Belgium, acting as strategic financial partner.

10 Aug 2009

"Molecular Condom" Protecting Women from AIDS in Africa and Other Impoverished Areas

University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of "molecular condom" to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal gel that turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can't infect vaginal cells.

10 Aug 2009

New Technology Improving Cancer Research

A QUT researcher who has come up with a three-dimensional (3D) technology platform for biomedical research has received early-stage funding to accelerate the process of development to commercialisation.

9 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology News

Killing Tumor Cells with Nanobees

Lawrence Livermore Researchers use Lipid-Coated Nanowires to Build Bionanoelectronic Devices

Leading Biomedical Researcher Named New Director of Joint Center for Nanomedicine

Researchers Develop New Light-Emitting Biomaterial for Improved Tumor Imaging

Filtering Electronic Signals in Cell Phones using New Class of Tiny Mechanical Devices

Growing Carbon Nanotubes without Metal Catalyst

Clemson Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study New Class of Materials

Nanoscale Organic Particles Improving Material Properties of Elastomers and Thermoplastics

New Suite of Reports Covering the Rapidly Growing Solar and Photovoltaics Markets

NanoViricides Announces Drug Candidate Reduces Herpes Simplex Viral Load by 99.99 Percent

GC Research Whitepaper Addressing Five Nanotechnology Market

Nanotechnology and Its Impact on the Energy Sector

CMOSIS Raises 3 Million Euros in Additional Capital for Corporate Expansion

"Molecular Condom" Protecting Women from AIDS in Africa and Other Impoverished Areas

New Technology Improving Cancer Research

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Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

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Research Boosts Graphene’s Potential to Unprecedented Heights

Single-Step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Better Energy Storage

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

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