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The Use of Nanotechnology in Environmental Remediation

In October 2008, the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) released a fact sheet providing an overview on the use of nanotechnology in environmental remediation (US EPA Fact Sheet, 2008). Because of their increased...

13 Jan 2009

Inexpensive Process that Gets Nanotubes to Obediently Line Themselves Up

A new study* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Rice University, however, offers an inexpensive process that gets nanotubes to obediently line themselves up-that is, self-assemble-in neat rows, more like ducks.

13 Jan 2009

Gold Nanocages Minimize Invasive Surgical Lymph Node Biopsy Procedures

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients. For the first time, Lihong Wang, Ph.D., Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor in th...

13 Jan 2009

First Step Toward Revealing the Hidden Machinations of Biomolecules in Water

Now, using a new technique based on terahertz (THz) spectroscopy, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have recently taken the first step toward revealing the hidden machinations of biomolecules in water.

13 Jan 2009

Result Signals Significant Step Forward in Tools for Nanotechnology

IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million times finer than conventional MRI.

13 Jan 2009

Evogen and LGC License High Sensitivity Novel HyBeacons PCR Probe Technology

Evogen, Inc., a global molecular diagnostics company, and LGC, an international science-based company and recognised provider of laboratory services and measurement standards, announced today that they have signed a worl...

13 Jan 2009

Investigators Seek Better Understanding of Fine Particulate Matter Found in Houston Region's Emissions

Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails. Investigator Shan...

12 Jan 2009

Grabbing and Removing Living Cells from Hard-to-Reach Places

In experiments that pave the way for tiny mobile surgical tools activated by heat or chemicals, Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size devices that can be used to grab and remove living cells from har...

12 Jan 2009

Seminar Discusses Recent Developments in Nanowire Sensors

Nanoscale electronic devices have the potential to achieve exquisite sensitivity as sensors for the direct detection of molecular interactions, thereby decreasing diagnostics costs and enabling previously impossible sens...

12 Jan 2009

Nano Delivery System Robust and Flexible Enough to Deliver Variety of Drugs

A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body, according to a team of chemical engineers. This delivery system could be robust and flexible enough to deliver a variety of substances.

12 Jan 2009