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Study Shows Lung Mucus Prevents Drug Nanoparticles from Reaching their Target Destination

Mucus coats our airways' internal surfaces. The viscous gel humidifies the lungs and prevents viruses and other small particles like diesel soot from entering the body unchecked. Previously unclear was the extent to which such nanoparticles are able to move through the lungs' mucus. Here, the research evidence was contradictory.

25 Oct 2012

Chesapeake PERL Receives NCI Award to Develop Protein Nanoparticle for Lung Cancer Therapy

Chesapeake PERL has received a Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Cancer Institute to continue development of a protein nanoparticle linked to an antitumor agent as a potential lung cancer therapeutic. C-PERL collaborators in the laboratory of Dr. Leonard Rome, Professor of Biological Chemistry at UCLA have identified and characterized the vault particle, a unique nanoparticle structure ubiquitous in eukaryotes.

25 Oct 2012

Bacteria Use Nanoscale Structures to Transmit Electrons Over Large Distances

A multinational research team has discovered filamentous bacteria that function as living power cables in order to transmit electrons thousands of cell lengths away.

25 Oct 2012

Professors at NJIT Receive Edison Awards for Research on Bionanotechnology

NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow and NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas will be the recipients Nov. 8, 2012 in the Liberty Science Center of an Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. The event, which kicks off the Council's 50th Anniversary celebration, will honor more than 30 inventors and 13 New Jersey companies and universities.

25 Oct 2012

Scientists Develop Nanotechnology Copper-Based Solder Material

Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a revolutionary nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 °C. Once fully optimized, the CuantumFuse™ solder material is expected to produce joints with up to 10 times the electrical and thermal conductivity compared to tin-based materials currently in use. Applications in military and commercial systems are currently under consideration.

25 Oct 2012

First Place Poster Presentation Award for Alpha-Particle Nano-Generator Actinium-225 Drug

Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (API), a private biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative targeted radio-immunotherapeutics, announced that the poster summarizing the results for Phase I study of Actimab-A, its antibody directed alpha emitter drug candidate, has won a first place poster presentation award at the 8th Annual Hematologic Malignancies 2012 Conference held in Houston, TX, from October 10-14.

25 Oct 2012

Researchers Successfully Develop Durable and Affordable Nanofibrillar Cellulose Film Platform

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have succeeded in developing a durable and affordable nanofibrillar cellulose film platform to support medical testing. New environmentally friendly, reliable nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) platforms are more diverse than plastic films.

24 Oct 2012

New HARPES Technique Helps Design Spintronics Materials

University of California, Davis, researchers for the first time have looked inside gallium manganese arsenide, a type of material known as a "dilute magnetic semiconductor" that could open up an entirely new class of faster, smaller devices based on an emerging field known as "spintronics."

24 Oct 2012

Researchers Design Smart Material Composed of DNA Nanotubes

Artificial muscles and self-propelled goo may be the stuff of Hollywood fiction, but for UC Santa Barbara scientists Omar Saleh and Deborah Fygenson, the reality of it is not that far away. By blending their areas of expertise, the pair have created a dynamic gel made of DNA that mechanically responds to stimuli in much the same way that cells do. The results of their research were published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

24 Oct 2012

Ultratech Unveils Superfast 3G In-Line Wafer Inspection System

Ultratech, a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB-LEDs), today introduced its new in-line wafer inspection system, the Superfast 3G, which provides the flexibility to address a wide range of applications including improved overlay control and enhanced yield.

24 Oct 2012

Study Provides New Insights into Pyrite Nanoparticles from Hydrothermal Vents

Last year, University of Delaware scientists made a splash with findings that tiny pieces of pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, from hydrothermal vents travel long distances deep within the Pacific Ocean. Now, they want to know if that is also true in the Atlantic.

24 Oct 2012

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Photomicrograph Receives Top Honor in Nikon Small World Competition

Among thousands of entries, Nikon has awarded its top honor to Jennifer Peters, Ph.D., and Michael Taylor, Ph.D., of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for their photomicrograph, "The blood-brain barrier of a live zebrafish embryo." It is believed to be the first image showing the formation of the blood-brain barrier in a live animal.

24 Oct 2012

New Bytesize Science Episode Features Nanotechnology Research by UMD Scientists

The American Chemical Society (ACS) today released two new videos celebrating the 25th Anniversary of National Chemistry Week (NCW). The videos, from the world's largest scientific society, coincide with the start of this year's NCW, being observed in hundreds of communities around the country. Both videos are available now at www.BytesizeScience.com.

From American Chemical Society 24 Oct 2012

Comprehensive Report on Global Market for Nanoelectromechanical Systems

According to a new market research report, "Global Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) Market (2012 - 2022) by Applications (STM/AFM, Medical, Gas/Flow Sensor, RF), Products (Switches, Cantilevers), Components (Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanofilms), Materials (Graphene, ZnO, SiC, GaN, SiO2)" published by MarketsandMarkets, the total market is expected to reach $108.88 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 29.69% from 2012 to 2022.

24 Oct 2012

Review Article on Latest Advancements in Design of 3-D Bio-Scaffolds

Researchers from the Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Faculty of Pharmacy’s NanoBioCel group have published a review article about the latest advancements in three-dimensional stem cell cultures in the prestigious Trends in Biotechnology magazine.

24 Oct 2012