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Pioneering Study of Designer Nanoparticles For Biomedical Applications

The University of Oregon has received a $1.6 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to explore the biological effects of exposure to precisely engineered nanoparticles that are being designed for diagnostic and ther...

12 Sep 2007

New Precise and Efficient Nano Printng Technique Developed by IBM

IBM researchers in collaboration with scientists from the ETH Zurich have demonstrated a new, efficient and precise technique to “print” at the nanoscale. The method, which allows the scientists to place ...

12 Sep 2007

Gene Therapy Using Biodegradable Polymers

In work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT researchers have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes. Gene therapy, which involves inserting n...

11 Sep 2007

Scientists Develop New Nanolithography Technique For Drawing Nanosized Features

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technique for nanolithography that is extremely fast and capable of being used in a range of environments including air (outside a vacuum) and liquid...

11 Sep 2007

Fighting Cancer With Liquid Crystal Pharmaceuticals

A partnership between Kent State University, Summa Health System and IC-MedTech Inc. has yielded an innovative liquid crystal technology that offers the promise of new drugs which may more effectively manage cancer and o...

10 Sep 2007

Microscopy Breakthrough Shows Smallest Details Ever Seen by Electron Microscopy

The highest-resolution images ever seen in (S)TEM electron microscopy have been recorded using a new instrument developed jointly by U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, FEI Company and CEOS GmbH, in Heidelbe...

10 Sep 2007

New Benchmarks in Precision Control of Jet Printing

By combining electrically induced fluid flow with nanoscale nozzles, researchers at the University of Illinois have established new benchmarks for precision control and resolution in jet-printing processes. “We ...

7 Sep 2007

Nanomedicine, is it the Real Deal?

The Institute of Nanotechnology is organising a public engagement evening ‘Nanomedicine…hype? Or a real revolution in healthcare?’ on the 28th November at the Royal College of Surgeons of London. This ...

6 Sep 2007

Measuring How Environmental Exposures Affect Health With New Nanotechnology Tool

Engineers at UC Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have received a four-year $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to be shared with researchers at Arizona State University, to dev...

6 Sep 2007

Is Length Really Important - Apparently It is if you are a Carbon Nanotube wanting to Absorb Light

If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback and “go long.” In the Aug. 29, 2007, issue of ...

5 Sep 2007