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Nanotechnology Advances Brain Cancer Detection and Therapy

Brain cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal of malignancies, made even more difficult to treat by the fact that most anticancer drugs have a hard time even getting to the tumors. Now, studies by three differ...

4 Mar 2008

Targeted Dendrimer Advances in Preclinical Studies

Although a variety of nanoparticles continue to show promise for improving cancer imaging and therapy, regulators and drug developers are concerned that these delivery systems may prove difficult to manufacture on a cons...

4 Mar 2008

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Image Tumor Marker in Animals

Since 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new-generation anticancer therapies that target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that is greatly overexpressed on certain types of tum...

4 Mar 2008

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Early detection of tumors is one of the Holy Grails of cancer research, an achievement that would greatly improve cancer therapy and prognosis. Two new reports describe different but promising approaches to solving this ...

4 Mar 2008

Changing the Structure of Gold Nanoclusters and Making Magnetic Gold Nanowires

Nanowires of gold have been made magnetic through oxygenation.

4 Mar 2008

World First With Self Organising Carbon Nanotube Composites Suited for Use In High Temperature Electronics

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the successful formation of a new nano-scale carbon composite featuring a self-organizing structure, by combining carbon nanotubes and graphene which are both nano-scale carbon structures.

3 Mar 2008

Breast Cancer Testing and Diagnosis Using Nanoparticles to Make Tests Easier and Cheaper

A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer.

3 Mar 2008

Solid State Lighting Device Based on Quantum Dots Launched

The world’s biggest nanotechnology event saw Nanoco unveil a solid state lighting device based on its cadmium free quantum dots CFQDTM and also showcase latest developments in the area of CIGS nano particles. CIGS ...

3 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology and The Markets for Antimicrobial Additives in Plastics

Helmut Kaiser Consultancy has released a new study: The Markets for Antimicrobial Additives in Plastics Worldwide Hygiene issues have been becoming more and more relevant in the last few years. With increasing popula...

3 Mar 2008

Quantum Mass Spectrometer Installed on a Bus for Mobile Environmental Monitoring

Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed a custom installation of its TSQ QuantumT triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in a mobile laboratory operating on a bus.

29 Feb 2008

New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

The TM-1000 Tabletop Microscope from Hitachi High-Technologies is measurably kinder to the environment than the company's previous entry-level scanning electron microscope. As part of an evaluation across Hitachi&#39...

29 Feb 2008

World's Smallest Servo Drive for Robotics, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Lab Automation

Elmo Motion Control announced today a new addition to the Whistle family of servo drives -- the Whistle 20A/100V. The new miniature servo drive delivers up to 3.3 kW of peak power. The Whistle is ideal for applications s...

29 Feb 2008

New Type of LED for LCDs in Televisions, Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras Wins Student Inventor Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

In recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have begun to change the way we see the world. Now, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student has developed a new type of LED that could allow for their widespread use as light sources for liquid crystal displays (LCDs) on everything from televisions and computers to cell phones and cameras.

29 Feb 2008

Nanoscience Professor to Receive the "Explore Discover Imagine" Award at Children's Museum of Science and Technology

The Children's Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST) has selected Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros, Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Professor of Nanoscience at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineeri...

29 Feb 2008

Researchers Reveal Electronics Structure of DNA

Utilizing a technique that combines low temperature measurements and theoretical calculations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists and others have revealed for the first time the electronic structure of single DNA ...

29 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology News

Nanotechnology Advances Brain Cancer Detection and Therapy

Targeted Dendrimer Advances in Preclinical Studies

Fluorescent Nanoparticles Image Tumor Marker in Animals

Microfluidics, Nanoparticles Drive Novel Cancer Detection Schemes

Changing the Structure of Gold Nanoclusters and Making Magnetic Gold Nanowires

World First With Self Organising Carbon Nanotube Composites Suited for Use In High Temperature Electronics

Breast Cancer Testing and Diagnosis Using Nanoparticles to Make Tests Easier and Cheaper

Solid State Lighting Device Based on Quantum Dots Launched

Nanotechnology and The Markets for Antimicrobial Additives in Plastics

Quantum Mass Spectrometer Installed on a Bus for Mobile Environmental Monitoring

New Scanning Electron Microscope is Kinder to the Environment

World's Smallest Servo Drive for Robotics, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Lab Automation

New Type of LED for LCDs in Televisions, Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras Wins Student Inventor Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize

Nanoscience Professor to Receive the "Explore Discover Imagine" Award at Children's Museum of Science and Technology

Researchers Reveal Electronics Structure of DNA

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