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Nanoparticle Images and Treats Cancer, Reports on Drug Delivery

Using a quantum dot plus an aptamer that doubles as a tether for the anticancer drug doxorubicin, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excelle...

8 Nov 2007

Nanodevices Inspired by the Venus Flytrap

Imagine paint that adheres to a surface, but releases on command or road signs that change their reflectivity with changing weather conditions. These are two potential uses of a novel, responsive material designed by res...

8 Nov 2007

Grant for Super Resolution Stimulated Emission Depletion Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope for Nanoscopic Resolution of Biological Samples

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation grant for the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The award will facilitate...

5 Nov 2007

ORNL's Ho Nyung Lee Cited as Top Early Career Scientist

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Ho Nyung Lee is one of eight Department of Energy scientists to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award, one of the nation&...

2 Nov 2007

Biomedical and Security Applications for Ultrasmall, Ultrasensitive Sensors

A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas-equivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaming-has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Th...

2 Nov 2007

Veeco Wins Contract to Supply Two Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that two recently purchased TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) As/P Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems are being used by Xiamen Sanan OptoElectronics of Xiamen, China to ex...

1 Nov 2007

NIH Recognizes Clemson Nanotechnology for Molecule Tracking

The National Institutes of Health has awarded two Clemson chemistry faculty nearly $1 million to detect, track and image the interior of cells. Jason McNeill and Ken Christensen will receive the $960,000 grant to develop...

1 Nov 2007

New Magnet Design to Revolutionise Nanotechnology and Semiconductor Research

Engineers at Florida State University’s National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor resea...

1 Nov 2007

New Era in Beam Profiling Launched

Lambda Photometrics are pleased to announce the arrival of the Gentec-EO Beamage family of compact, portable CCD/CMOS laser beam profilers. The Beamage is USB2.0 port powered with a 3 metre cable, 4MB image buffer and on...

31 Oct 2007

Self Selection and Evolution in the Nano World

The automatic molecular assembly and selection steps exhibited by the molecules, which start as random mixtures, demonstrates a fundamental step in the evolution of life. The organization is activated by instructions whi...

31 Oct 2007

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