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High Strength, Low Density Aerogels Made from Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created low-density aerogels made from carbon nanotubes, CNTs, that are capable of supporting 8,000 times their own weight. The new material also combines the strength a...

22 May 2007

Nanocomp Technologies Produce Revolutionary Textie from Carbon Nanotubes

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of next-generation performance materials, today it has successfully produced a revolutionary new textile material from long carbon nanotubes. The material, in usable nonwoven shee...

From Nanocomp Technologies Inc 22 May 2007

Arrowhead Research Release Capital to Invest in Nanotechnology Ventures

Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell 2,849,446 units consisting of restricted common stock and warrants to purchase restricted common stock to a large ins...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 22 May 2007

siRNA Containing Nanoparticles Show Promise for Cancer Treatment

The use of targeted nanoparticles offers promising techniques for cancer treatment. Researchers in the laboratory of Mark E. Davis at the California Institute of Technology have been using small interfering RNA (siRNA), ...

22 May 2007

Biocompatible Metal Oxide Nanotubes Used for Controlled Drug Delivery

Drug delivery systems have progressed from the teaspoon to time-release capsules to drug-eluting stents. Nanotechnology promises yet another advance by delivering therapeutic agents at desired rates exactly where needed ...

22 May 2007

Nanotechnology Used to Enhance Regeneration of Nerve Cells

The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnolog...

22 May 2007

Lasers Zero in on Nanocomposite Labeled Cancer Cells

A nanocomposite particle can be constructed so that it has a mix of properties that would not otherwise happen in nature. By combining an organic matrix with metallic clusters that can absorb light, it is possible to inc...

22 May 2007

Cleaning Solutions for 45nm Wafers

Potential solutions are starting to emerge for preparing wafers for manufacturing at and beyond the 45 nm technology generation, technologists indicated at a recent industry meeting organized by SEMATECH. The 2007 Sur...

21 May 2007

New Method Allows a Self-Assembled Molecular Nanolayer to Become a Powerful Nanoglue

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don't normally stick together. The team's adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could imp...

18 May 2007

Chemists Use Nanotechnology to Penetrate Plant Cell Walls

A team of Iowa State University plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression wi...

18 May 2007