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Zinc Oxide Nanowires Used to Create A New Class of Materials- Nano-Piezotronics

Researchers have taken advantage of the unique coupled semiconducting and piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires to create a new class of electronic components and devices that could provide the foundation for ...

2 Mar 2007

Podcast - The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution

Nanotechnology Victoria (NanoVic) and AZoNetwork announce the release of the second Nanotech Podcast - "The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution" Podcast available ...

1 Mar 2007

Development of Biocompatible Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

The future of cancer detection and treatment may be in gold nanoparticles - tiny pieces of gold so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye. The potential of gold nanoparticles has been hindered by the difficulty of ma...

27 Feb 2007

Quantum Dots Detect Metastatic Lesions

By injecting quantum dots into tumors, investigators at Carnegie Mellon University have been able to image sentinel lymph nodes in animals using near-infrared light. These results could lead to a simple, non-invasive met...

27 Feb 2007

Carbon Nanotubes Deliver siRNA into Human Cells

Short pieces of RNA, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), have the potential to become a new class of anticancer drugs if researchers can solve the problem of how to deliver these fragile molecules to cancer cells. On...

27 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

Aphios Awarded Patent for Nanospheres Encapsulating Therapeutic Proteins

Aphios Corporation today announced that it was awarded United States Patent No. 7,147,806 B2 for “Polymer Microspheres/Nanospheres and Encapsulating Therapeutic Proteins Therein.” Biologically adherent po...

21 Feb 2007

ASU Studies Impact of Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms

Sun screen - you can't live without it in the Southwest. But the very product that is protecting human skin from harmful solar rays could be wreaking havoc on the environment because of one ingredient. Researchers...

20 Feb 2007

Advancing Nanotechnology in a Sustainable World Can be Reached by Using Green Chemistry

19 Feb 2007

New Molecular "Fishing" Technique Lays Groundwork for Future Advances in Hand-Held Sensing Devices

A new molecular "fishing" technique developed by researchers at Duke University and Duke's Pratt School of Engineering lays the groundwork for future advances in hand-held sensing devices. Hand-held devi...

13 Feb 2007