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New Method for Melamine Detection in Milk Using Gold Nanoparticles

University of Miami assistant professor in the College of Engineering, Na Li and her collaborators have developed a fast, economical and easy method to detect melamine in milk. Melamine is the compound found in contaminated pet food and in tainted dairy products from China in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

2 Apr 2010

Swiss Biotech Association and IBM Research Launches Life Sciences and Nanotechnology Platform

The Swiss Biotech Association serves this purpose but, due to the wide-spread activities of its members, topic or product focused pooling of interests is a challenge. Therefore, the Association identified industrial and ...

1 Apr 2010

Plants Grow Faster with Micro-Nano Bubble Oxygenated Water

BluePlanet Environmental (FWK, Stock Symbol-9BP), based in Richmond Hill, is pleased to announce the results of its hydroponics plant growth and harvest study. The study was carried out by Bureau Veritas, an independe...

1 Apr 2010

MIT Panel Discusses Innovative Nano-Manufacturing Techniques

Over the last few decades, the sector of the U.S. economy devoted to manufacturing has lost ground to the services sector.

1 Apr 2010

UF Researchers Design and Test Tiny Microchip Integrated Pill System

Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule.

1 Apr 2010

Los Alamos Toxicologists Study Cellular Damage from Fullerenes

A Los Alamos National Laboratory toxicologist and a multidisciplinary team of researchers have documented potential cellular damage from "fullerenes"—soccer-ball-shaped, cage-like molecules composed of 60...

1 Apr 2010

Nanogea Presents Results of its Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Study

Nanogea, a nano-biotechnology company focused on commercializing the industry's most sensitive single molecular detection platform, is pleased to announce results regarding its Prostate Cancer diagnostic study.

31 Mar 2010

BioNanomatrix Becomes Exclusive Licensee of Nanochannel Arrays Patent

BioNanomatrix, Inc., a developer of breakthrough single-molecule genomic analysis technology, today announced the issuance of U.S. patent 7,670,770 for nanochannel arrays that enable high-throughput macromolecular analysis.

31 Mar 2010

Novel Electronic Sensor for Accurate and Cost-Efficient Testing of DNA for Disease Diagnosis

A novel electronic sensor array for the rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis has been designed by A*STAR researchers. “Our nanogap sensor array can unambiguously detect the con...

31 Mar 2010

USPTO Issues Patent Allowance for Cell Specific siRNAs Delivery Methods

MDRNA, Inc., a leading RNAi-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application U.S. 12/701,397 covering methods for the delivery of siRNAs as well as a broad array of compounds with pharmacological activity.

30 Mar 2010