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Nano-Fiber Gel Release Drugs on Target Without Toxic Residue

Two teams of scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that is biocompatible, effic...

22 Oct 2008

Researchers Discover a Quasi-3D Electron Crystal in a Transistor

McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could hav...

22 Oct 2008

Showcasing Application Advances in Ultra High-Speed Imaging at International Congress

Specialised Imaging Ltd will be displaying its latest product innovations and applications advances in ultra high-speed imaging at the 28th International Congress on High-Speed Imaging and Photonics due to be held in Canberra, Australia (November 9-14, 2008).

21 Oct 2008

Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate Coating Awarded BUILDERnews 2008 Best Products

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate® coating for residential and commercial building use has been selected by an independe...

21 Oct 2008

TaqMan OpenArray Genotyping System Simplifies Workflows

Applied Biosystems Inc., today announced that it has commercialized a new analysis system to enable researchers to perform high-sample-throughput genotyping studies that are faster, easier and more cost effective than ot...

21 Oct 2008

State-of-the-Art Chemical Libraries Help Identify New Compounds for Future Drug Research

Scientists from three Chicago-area universities have joined forces to develop new ways of building state-of-the-art chemical libraries that will help identify new compounds for future drug development and basic biomedical research.

21 Oct 2008

Harnessing Unique Properties of Boron to Develop New Drugs and Diagnostics

Researchers are on the verge of unleashing the power of the element boron in a new generation of drugs and therapies, as decades of research begins to bear fruit. Boron has to date far been one of biology's best kept...

21 Oct 2008

Giving Researchers Access to State-of-the-Art Fabrication Facilities

A $100 million Australian National Fabrication Facility launched this month in Canberra includes a Queensland node, based at The University of Queensland.

21 Oct 2008

New Technique for Rapidly Detecting Individual Unlabelled Target Molecules

Even very small numbers of deadly infectious agents or allergenic pollen molecules can cause big problems for humans. But detecting such trace amounts is difficult to do fast enough to do any good. Current techniques -- for example, air sampling on filters or slides until enough molecules for a detectible signal or preparing specially tagged molecules for lab experiments -- are more suitable for general research than alerting people to an imminent threat.

21 Oct 2008

Helping Lost Neurons Find Their Way

Spinal cord injuries are often a worst-case diagnosis for people who suffer accidents because they may mean permanent disability. Unlike a broken leg or pulled muscle, spinal cord injuries do not heal themselves over time.

21 Oct 2008

The Future Rise of Proton Therapy

Despite the fact that proton therapy has been around for years, it is still a relatively uncommon way to treat cancer. Currently there are only five operating proton therapy clinics in the United States -- one each in Bo...

21 Oct 2008

New Way to Tweeze Apart Interacting Cells and Molecules Using Magnetic Forces

Life, on the microscopic level, is crowded and bustling. Tissues are made of cells glommed together that are covered with molecules. The molecules are constantly interacting with other molecules, and how they interact ca...

21 Oct 2008

Microfibres Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Repair

Injuries to the peripheral nerves-those linking the central nervous system to the arms and legs of the body-lead to a loss of sensation and function in 1 in 1000 people. Unlike the nerves of the central nervous system, peripheral nerves can be repaired and regenerated, but this process is often incomplete and ineffective.

21 Oct 2008

MEMS for Implantable Medical Devices

Over the last 10 years, researchers and clinicians have begun to use microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which combine electronics technology with tiny mechanical devices like sensors and valves embedded in semiconduc...

21 Oct 2008

Cell Printing Paving Way to Artificial Organs

Despite the success of organ transplantation surgery, many people in need of transplants die while on the waiting list because of the scarcity of donated organs. Artificial, lab-grown organs offer one potential solution ...

21 Oct 2008