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Cancer Treatment Using Ultrasound to Deliver Targeted Nanobubbles of Drugs

A new targeted drug delivery method uses ultrasound to image tumors, while also releasing the drug from “nanobubbles” into the tumor. Cancer drugs can be targeted to tumors by delivering them in packets of...

11 Jul 2007

Polymeric Micro and Nanoparticles Made in a Wide Variety Of Shapes and Sizes

Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equi...

10 Jul 2007

Environmentally Friendly Batteries Produced Using Viruses

Viruses are notorious villains. They cause serious human diseases like AIDS, polio, and influenza, and can lead to system crashes and data loss in computers. A new podcast explores how nanotechnology researcher Angela...

10 Jul 2007

Nanodesign Software Tools For Multi-Scale Computer Aided Design Delivered By Accelrys Nanotechnology Consortium

Accelrys a leader in Computer Aided Nanodesign™ (CAN), announced the release of QMERA, the latest software solution developed by the Accelrys Nanotechnology Consortium. QMERA is a multi-scale method that enables us...

10 Jul 2007

Plasma Deposition Technology Licenced From University of Texas By AeonClad Coatings

AeonClad Coatings announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from The University of Texas at Arlington for a plasma coating technology for medical and industrial applications. AeonClad, an Emergent Technologies ...

10 Jul 2007

Lighter and Stronger Nanotechnology Enabled Surfboard Hits The Waves in Hawaii

The worlds first nanotechnology enhanced surfboard has been put through its paces in Hawaii. The board from Oceanit looks and feels like a standard surfboard and is made using traditional methods with a foam core, polyme...

9 Jul 2007

Nanoparticle Risk Report Released By Swiss

The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) have published the Basis Report to the Swiss Actionplan "Risk Assessment and -management of engineered nanoparticles"...

9 Jul 2007

Researchers Create Nano Wagon Wheels

It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose “hub”, “spokes”, and “...

9 Jul 2007

Nanotechnologists Change the Color of Iron Oxide Particles Using a Magnetic Field

University of California, Riverside nanotechnologists have succeeded in controlling the color of very small particles of iron oxide suspended in water simply by applying an external magnetic field to the solution. The di...

5 Jul 2007

Researchers Attempt to Develop a Standard Means for Tapping the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes

In a three-year project that researchers say could revolutionize the electronics industry, engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas are attempting to establish a standard means for tapping the potential of carbon n...

4 Jul 2007