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Provider of Innovative Droplet-Based Microfluidic Solutions Dedicate New HQ and Manufacturing Facility

RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative droplet-based microfluidic solutions for human health and disease research, today dedicated its new headquarters and operations building and unveiled its new RDT 100...

27 Sep 2008

Anticancer Drug Triggers Nanoparticle Formation

Paclitaxel is a powerful anticancer agent used to treat a variety of malignancies, but severe side effects limit its ultimate effectiveness and utility. To improve this drug’s pharmacological properties, researcher...

27 Sep 2008

Drug-Loaded Nanobubbles for Combining Ultrasonography and Targeted Chemotherapy

Using a combination of polymers that respond to temperature, a research team at the University of Utah has developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that can image tumors using ultrasound and simultaneously deliver cell-d...

27 Sep 2008

Blended Polymer Nanoparticles Pass Critical In Vivo Test

In an effort to overcome the drug resistance that often occurs in cancer, a team of investigators has developed a nanoparticle made of a blend of polymers that first releases a powerful anticancer drug and then delivers ...

27 Sep 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to Target Cancer Cells While Leaving Healthy Cells Untouched

Researchers at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (CCNE-TR), based at Stanford University, have found a new way to target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells untouched. The s...

27 Sep 2008

Nanoparticles Mapping Tumor Blood Supply in 3-D

One of the defining characteristics of solid tumors is the development of a network of new blood vessels to nourish the rapidly reproducing malignant cells. Now, using a nanoparticle targeted to those new blood vessels, ...

27 Sep 2008

Imaging and Treating Tumors using Nanoparticles, Anticancer Drug and Fluorescent Quantum Dot

By combining a magnetic nanoparticle, a fluorescent quantum dot, and an anticancer drug within a lipid-based nanoparticle, a multi-institutional research team headed by members of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI...

27 Sep 2008

Environmentally Friendly Method of Producing Gold Nanoparticles

Gold nanoparticles are everywhere. They are used in cancer treatments, automobile sensors, cell phones, blood sugar monitors and hydrogen gas production. However, until recently, scientists couldn't create the nanopa...

27 Sep 2008

Bridges and Pipelines Expected to Benefit from Research on Preventing Corrosion

Rice University has established a National Corrosion Center where researchers will develop better technology for preventing corrosion -- a problem that is estimated to cost $276 billion a year in the U.S.

27 Sep 2008

Transnational Models for Regulation of Nanotechnology

Slight modifications to nanomaterials can be the difference between a medical marvel and medical hazard. But, there are no laws or regulations specific to governing this emerging technology, particularly as it crosses na...

26 Sep 2008

Patented Process Technology Drives New Generation of Inks

Five Star Technologies, the leader in fine particle dispersions for functional inks, announced the availability of ElectroSperse(TM) S-series solar inks for use in crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Five Star's ...

26 Sep 2008

Squeezing Light into Sub-Wavelength Spots

In a new study, physicists at the University of Toronto have invented a simple structure called a meta-screen, designed to focus light into tiny spots smaller than the wavelength of the photons in use. These sub-waveleng...

26 Sep 2008

Sorting Carbon Nanotubes with Light

Singled-walled carbon nanotubes are graphene sheets wrapped into tubes, and are typically made up of various sizes and with different amounts of twist (also known as chiralities). Each type of nanotube has its own electr...

26 Sep 2008

Calculating a Well-Known Nuclear Decay Process

An international team of scientists from RIKEN at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and elsewhere in the USA, Japan and the UK are testing the Standard Model-the foundation of high-energy physics that unifies three of the four known forces found in nature-by calculating a well-known nuclear decay process.

26 Sep 2008

Obtaining Protein Structures More Efficiently

The chances of obtaining crystals of sufficient quality and quantity to allow determination of three-dimensional protein structures using synchrotron radiation are significantly increased using a mix of robots geared to different crystallization techniques.

26 Sep 2008