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The Structure and Properties of Nanobiocomposites Probed Using a Nano-TA

The latest publication to apply nano-TA has just been released by a research group from Michigan State University to study the relationship between the structure and properties of nanobiocomposites.

22 Apr 2008

Force Spectroscopy Now Available to the Masses Thanks to JPK Instruments

JPK Instruments is now making force spectroscopy available to a broad range of scientists with the ForceRobot.

From Bruker BioAFM 22 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Engineer in Spaceship That Crashed to Earth Hundreds of Kilometers From Intended Landing Site

A nanotechnology engineer was aboard a Russian space capsule that crash landed about 260 miles off course

21 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Based Fuel Additive Patent Validated

Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of the original nano-particulate cerium Oxide fuel catalyst technology, has announced that IP Australia, the Australian government agency responsible for administering patents, trade marks and designs, has recently confirmed the validity of Neuftec's Australian Patent No. 2001267700.

21 Apr 2008

Polymers Nanoparticles Inhibit Nonspecific Protein Absorption

One problem that confounds researchers who are developing nanoparticles for use as cancer imaging and therapeutic agents is that many nanoparticles accumulate blood proteins on their surfaces as they circulate through th...

21 Apr 2008

Prostate Cancer and Kidney Cancer Spread Tracked with Nanotechnology and Iron Nanoparticles

Iron nanoparticles designed to collect in lymph nodes containing metastatic cancer cells have proven that they can help physicians detect metastatic spread of prostate cancer. Now, a team of investigators at Harvard Medi...

21 Apr 2008

Pancreatic Cancer Revealed Using Nanosized Rods

Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Canc...

21 Apr 2008

Using Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Based Imaging to Produce Whole Body Images Showing Cancer Tumor Locations

Researchers have published a paper that describes a strategy for
small-animal optical imaging based on Raman spectroscopy and
Raman nanoparticles. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering nanoparticles
and single-wall carbon nanotubes were used to demonstrate
whole-body Raman imaging, nanoparticle pharmacokinetics,
multiplexing, and in vivo tumor targeting, using an imaging
system adapted for small-animal Raman imaging.

21 Apr 2008

Cancer Detection and Therapy to be Enhanced With Fluorine Based Nanoparticles

Perfluorocarbons, a class of inert, oily polymers, have a proven track record in a variety of clinical uses, including in contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging and in eye surgery to correct a detached retina. Researchers ...

21 Apr 2008

Thermoelectric Material Uses Waste Heat to Produce More Efficient and Greener Electrical Appliances

GMZ Energy has announced the availability of a breakthrough material designed for a new generation of cleaner, more energy-efficient products. The new thermoelectric material, nanotechnology-based and environmentally fri...

21 Apr 2008

Europe Spending Twice as Much as USA on Nanotechnology Risk Research

A new analysis by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnol...

21 Apr 2008

Resolution Testing and Calibration Samples for Scanning Electron Microscopes

Agar Scientific provides a broad range of tin on carbon and gold on carbon SEM resolution test specimens which have been specially developed in their laboratory for SEM and FEGSEM resolution testing and calibration.

21 Apr 2008

Self Repairing Materials Use Tiny Technologies to Fix Themselves

Will the day come when cracks in buildings close up without external help and before they get to the stage where they cause damage to the component? This might appear utopia, but it already occurs in nature. When a person suffers a minor wound, the human body reacts to close the opening, sending the blood platelets needed to the affected area – and with no need in many cases for any external coagulant substance to be employed.

18 Apr 2008

Nano Sized Magnets to Offer Gene Therapy Treatment for Cancer

A revolutionary cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable 'armed' human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (B...

18 Apr 2008

Scientists Now Understand What is Behind the Pollution Threat of Plutonium Nanoclusters

For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clu...

18 Apr 2008