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CytoViva Reveals Distinction Between Calcifying Nanoparticles and Inorganic Crystal

Research is finding evidence that may solve one of the great puzzles of 21st Century medicine using a new microscopy technology known as CytoViva. Researchers at Mayo Clinic successfully isolated nanoparticles from hu...

13 Feb 2007

Targeted Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Treatment

Efforts to create nanoparticles that deliver anticancer drugs or imaging agents to tumors while avoiding healthy cells are often stymied by a lack of known tumor targets, that is, molecules found on the surface of malign...

13 Feb 2007

DNA-Encoded Antibody Libraries Enable Multiplexed Analysis of Complex Biological Samples

During the past several years, breakthroughs in genomic and proteomic technologies have enabled researchers to more clearly identify the biochemical networks that malfunction when a healthy cell becomes malignant. Now, J...

13 Feb 2007

New Hybrid Nanopositioning Translation Stage from Physik Intrumente

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for nanotechnology, photonics, semiconductor and life science applications, offers the M-511.HD hybrid nanopo...

13 Feb 2007

Veeco Receives $1.7 Million Order from California NanoSystems Institute

Veeco Instruments announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM/SPMs)...

8 Feb 2007

California Nanosystems Institute Purchase $1.7m AFM/SPM System from Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced that The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has purchased $1.7 million of atomic force and scanning probe microscope systems (AFM...

7 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Help Create Cleaner Fuels

Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. It is well...

7 Feb 2007

New Method for Rapidly Assessing Carbon Nanotube Quality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not onl...

6 Feb 2007

Researchers Observe in Real-Time Collective Transportation of Gold Atoms in a Thin Layer

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer. This research illustrates the rapid progress t...

6 Feb 2007

Scientists Discover How and Why Electrical Conductance of Nanowires Changes With Length

A Georgia Tech physics group has discovered how and why the electrical conductance of metal nanowires changes as their length varies. In a collaborative investigation performed by an experimental team and a theoretical p...

6 Feb 2007