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Using Protein Cages to Analyze Platinum Nanoparticles

A Montana State University graduate student whose research has the potential to make a difference in how light is harvested for alternative energy applications has won a $90,000 fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

22 May 2009

Nanotechnology Offers Unprecedented Advantage in Enhancing the Efficacy of Non-Viral Gene Delivery

University at Buffalo researchers have identified a new mechanism that plays a central role in adult brain stem cell development and prompts brain stem cells to differentiate into neurons. Their discovery, known as Integ...

20 May 2009

Nanotechnology Scientists Develop Method of Detecting, Tracking, and Killing Cancer Cells in Real Time with Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotechnology scientists at two Arkansas research institutions have developed a method of detecting, tracking, and killing cancer cells in real time with carbon nanotubes. The discovery opens the prospect of a new, m...

20 May 2009

Researchers Create New Type of Invisibility Cloak that is Simpler than Previous Designs

Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before and possibly leading to practical applications in "transformation optics."

20 May 2009

Combining the Art of Origami with Nanotechnology

By combining the art of origami with nanotechnology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have folded sheets of DNA into multilayered objects with dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a human h...

20 May 2009

New DNA Molecules that Can Detect Pathogens and Deliver Drugs to Cells

First, Cornell researchers created DNA "bar codes" -- strands of the genetic material that quickly identify the presence of different molecules by fluorescing. Now, they have created new DNA molecules that can detect pathogens and deliver drugs to cells when they form long chains called polymers.

20 May 2009