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STMicroelectronics Announces New Accelerometer

STMicroelectronics has announced a new power- and cost-optimized solution extending its family of ultra-compact ‘low-g’ linear accelerometers. The tiny, low-power MEMS device provides precise acceleration val...

From STMicroelectronics 22 Feb 2007

Merck and Nano Terra Form Nanotechnology Alliance

Merck KGaA has announced an alliance with Nano Terra LLC. Under the agreement, Nano Terra will develop solutions with Merck to create new physical properties in specialty chemicals, currently manufactured and sold by Mer...

22 Feb 2007

Green Chemistry Can Help Achieve Sustainable Nanotechnology

The safest possible future for advancing nanotechnology in a sustainable world can be reached by using green chemistry, says James E. Hutchison, a professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon. "Around the w...

22 Feb 2007

mPhase Goes "YouTube'd"

mPhase Technologies will post a video demonstration of its ultra-sensitive sensor magnetometer on the popular YouTube web site later this week. The video is the second video production the company has produced to help in...

From MyPebble 22 Feb 2007

Nano-Porous Fibre Technology Wins Royal Society Award

New technology that could drastically reduce the amount of pollution emitted by a range of industrial processes has received a prestigious award from the Royal Society. The technology traps carbon dioxide (CO2) and ot...

22 Feb 2007

New Simple Electrochemical Process for Direct Patterning of Metallic Interconnects

Creating high-resolution metallic interconnects is an essential part of the fabrication of microchips and other nanoscale devices. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple and...

22 Feb 2007

Biologically Inspired Sensors to Augment Sonar, Vision System in Submarines

To find prey and avoid being preyed upon, fish rely on a row of specialized sensory organs along the sides of their bodies, called the lateral line. Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the University of Illinois at ...

22 Feb 2007

Microfluidic Chip Helps Solve Biological Mystery

Using a biochemical version of a computer chip, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved a long-standing mystery related to the mating habits of yeast cells. The findings, described in the Feb. 18 Advance O...

22 Feb 2007

Carbon Nanotubes Transport Gene Therapy Drug into T-Cells Known to Block HIV

A promising approach to gene therapy involves short DNA fragments (interfering RNA) that bind to specific genes and block their "translation" into the corresponding, disease-related protein. A stumbling block h...

22 Feb 2007

Labeling Cells with Silica and Alkoxysilane Coated Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Particles

Investigators at the German Cancer Research Center have developed silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles that allow for cell tracking in a live animal using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More sensitive methods for tr...

22 Feb 2007

Cellular Uptake of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes is Independent of Functional Group and Cell Type

Over the past two years, researchers have demonstrated repeatedly that certain types of carbon nanotubes are among the most effective materials known for transporting proteins, genes, and drug molecules across the cell m...

22 Feb 2007

Massively Parallel Dip-Pen Nanolithography of Heterogeneous Supported Phospholipid Multilayer Patterns

An international team of investigators based in the United States and Germany has modified the nanoscale printing technique known as dip-pen nanolithography to create large numbers of model cell membranes. This method, p...

22 Feb 2007

The Binding Avidity of a Nanoparticle-Based Multivalent Targeted Drug Delivery Platform

One of the basic tenets of targeted nanoparticle drug delivery is putting multiple targeting molecules on a nanoparticle surface will improve the ability of nanoparticles to stick to their targeted cell and deliver their...

22 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Advance Light-Activated Cancer Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a powerful approach for destroying tumors, one that uses light and a light-sensitive chemical to rapidly kill cells. Unfortunately, PDT is associated with significant side effects that large...

22 Feb 2007

NanoSensors Release new Range of Silicon Probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy MFM

NANOSENSORS™ has launched a new series of silicon probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) today. For visualisation of magnetic domains by scanning probe microscopy different magnetic force microscopy probes a...

From Nanosensors 22 Feb 2007

Nanotechnology News

STMicroelectronics Announces New Accelerometer

Merck and Nano Terra Form Nanotechnology Alliance

Green Chemistry Can Help Achieve Sustainable Nanotechnology

mPhase Goes "YouTube'd"

Nano-Porous Fibre Technology Wins Royal Society Award

New Simple Electrochemical Process for Direct Patterning of Metallic Interconnects

Biologically Inspired Sensors to Augment Sonar, Vision System in Submarines

Microfluidic Chip Helps Solve Biological Mystery

Carbon Nanotubes Transport Gene Therapy Drug into T-Cells Known to Block HIV

Labeling Cells with Silica and Alkoxysilane Coated Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Particles

Cellular Uptake of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes is Independent of Functional Group and Cell Type

Massively Parallel Dip-Pen Nanolithography of Heterogeneous Supported Phospholipid Multilayer Patterns

The Binding Avidity of a Nanoparticle-Based Multivalent Targeted Drug Delivery Platform

Nanoparticles Advance Light-Activated Cancer Therapy

NanoSensors Release new Range of Silicon Probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy MFM

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