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Nanotechnology to Revolutionise Medical Diagnostic Testing

University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionise medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer. Dr Simon Corrie, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering &a...

26 Apr 2007

Sensitive Nanoparticle Sensors from Nebraska to be Promoted at BIO 2007

In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch. A computer-aided orthopedic surgical system could enable surgeons to do faster, less inva...

24 Apr 2007

Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Used to Show How Molecules Recognise Each Other

A human body has more than 10 to the power of 27 molecules with about one hundred thousand different shapes and functions. Interactions between molecules determine our structure and keep us alive. Researchers at the Max ...

24 Apr 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Sell Nano eNabler Molecular Printer to Louisiana Tech

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today the March sale of the Nano eNabler(TM) molecular printer to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. ...

24 Apr 2007

Nanotechnology Offers Hope for Those Suffering Spinal Cord Injuries, Diabetes and Parkinson's Disease

Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body?kidneys, liver, heart?can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffe...

23 Apr 2007

The Future of Nanotechnology Promoted via Newsletters and Podcasts

Nanotechnology’s many anticipated benefits will arrive in waves of innovation, beginning with today’s stain-resistant clothing and other first-generation applications and extending decades into the future, wh...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 23 Apr 2007

Molecular Nose Uses Nanotchnology to Detect Proteins and Diseases

A team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins. The sensors, which can be trained to detect...

23 Apr 2007

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Using Gold Nanoparticles

By attaching gold nanoparticles – like tiny balls or rods- to cancer cells, earlier detection will be possible. Using photoacoustics – a combination of laser light and ultrasound-, scientists of the BMTI Inst...

21 Apr 2007

New Report Explores Where Nanotechnology is Heading

Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale - in effect, “domesticating atoms” - can help to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how di...

17 Apr 2007

Dielectric Response of Aligned Semiconducting Single-Wall Nanotubes

Stretching a carbon nanotube composite like taffy, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have made some of the first measurements of how ...

17 Apr 2007