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Drug Delivery Particles Breaking the Mucus Barrier

Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the "mucus barrier," engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus - regarded by many as nearly impenetrable - and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases.

20 Aug 2008

Nanoparticle-Based Capacitors that Can Deliver Power More Rapidly

The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a team of Penn Sta...

20 Aug 2008

Understanding the Structure of Gold Nanoparticles

The research group lead by Professor Hannu Häkkinen of the Nanoscience Centre of the University of Jyväskylä, published an article concerning the structure of gold nanoparticles in a prominent American sci...

20 Aug 2008

Radiation and Radioactivity Cause Unwarranted Fear

The words radiation and radioactivity cause unwarranted fear, argues Zbigniew Jaworowski of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection in Warsaw, Poland. Writing in the current issue of the International Journal ...

20 Aug 2008

World's First Nanotechnology Park

The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with Nanco to develop and manage the world’s first Nanotechnology Park which is expected to commence operations in November. Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field of applied science where matter is controlled at an atomic or molecular scale.

20 Aug 2008

New Products and Applications are the Result of Intensive R+D on Exterior Wood and Window Coatings

BASF is launching with immediate effect a series of new products and applications for outdoor wood coatings in the acrylic dispersions segment: Acronal® DS 6276X and Acronal® DS 6277X ensure superior weather durability and advanced blocking resistance of the coatings they are used in. In addition, they defoam well and can be easily and cost-effectively formulated using conventional rheology modifiers.

20 Aug 2008

Novel Cationic Peptides from University of Michigan improve siRNA delivery

MDRNA, Inc. announced today that it has signed an exclusive license agreement to intellectual property from the University of Michigan covering cationic peptides for enhanced delivery of nucleic acids. Terms of the agree...

20 Aug 2008

Enable IPC Announces Major Partnership with Spanish Government

Celebrating a successful year highlighted by reaching a major milestone with the first commercial use of its breakthrough ultracapacitor nanotechnology, Enable IPC Corp., a leading company that turns technologies into pr...

20 Aug 2008

Company to Unveil Aerosol Jet-Integrated Print Station for Front Side Cell Metallization

Optomec announced today that they will showcase their patented Aerosol Jet® Print technology for higher efficiency solar cells, at the 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Valencia, Sp...

From Optomec 20 Aug 2008

Website Provides Forums for Those Engaged in Materials Science and Nanotechnology

The Minerals, Metals + Materials Society (TMS) has launched a new version of its Materials Technology@TMS web site, an on-line gathering place for materials scientists and engineers throughout the world. All web users ar...

20 Aug 2008

QuikClot NoseBleed Offers Consumers Simple and Effective First Aid to Stop Bleeding Fast

Every year in the United States, there are close to 400 million nosebleeds. While many nosebleeds are minor, about 515,000 result in visits to hospital emergency departments(1) -- stressful, time consuming and expensive ...

20 Aug 2008

Sugar-Frosting Preserve Important Therapeutic Proteins

Sugar-frosting isn’t just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective method for evaluating the sugars pharmaceutical companies use to stabilize protein-drugs for storage at room temperature. The group presented their findings* at the 236th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition.

From Frost and Sullivan 20 Aug 2008

PANalytical Supporting Students in 2008 Expedition to the Greenhouse World

As part of the company's ongoing sponsorship of activities that stimulate interest in the sciences, PANalytical (Almelo, the Netherlands) is pleased to be supporting two students in the 2008 'Expedition to the Greenhouse World' - an initiative that is the brainchild of Utrecht University. Students competed for a place on the expedition with the winning pair being Barbara Terlouw and Robin van der Bles.

20 Aug 2008

Evaluating the Risk of Nanoparticles in the Environment

Thanks to emerging technologies and other advances, nano-enabled products and materials are appearing more often in our environment. But these products may hold unknown risks or dangers to ecosystems and the people who u...

20 Aug 2008

Silver-Coated Tubes Reduces Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

People have long prized silver as a precious metal. Now, silver-coated endotracheal tubes are giving critically ill patients another reason to value the lustrous metal. In a study published in the Aug. 20, 2008 issue of ...

20 Aug 2008