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New Study Shows How Bee Venom Peptides Deliver Liposomal Nanoparticles to Target Tumor Cells

The next time you are stung by a bee, here's some consolation: a toxic protein in bee venom, when altered, significantly improves the effectiveness liposome-encapsulated drugs or dyes, such as those already used to t...

3 Aug 2010

Scientists Create New Fuel Cell Catalyst Using Platinum Nanoparticles

In the quest for efficient, cost-effective and commercially viable fuel cells, scientists at Cornell University's Energy Materials Center have discovered a catalyst and catalyst-support combination that could make fu...

3 Aug 2010

Researchers Demonstrate How Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Aid Tumor Treatment

Tiny particles of iron oxide could become tools for simultaneous tumor imaging and treatment, because of their magnetic properties and toxic effects against brain cancer cells. In mice, researchers from Emory University School of Medicine have demonstrated how these particles can deliver antibodies to implanted brain tumors, while enhancing tumor visibility via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

3 Aug 2010

Newly Discovered Nanomaterial Could Improve Healthcare Devices

A newly discovered nanomaterial could improve healthcare devices by increasing energy storage, help realize implantable microchips or make better drugs, according to the cover story in July 25th Advanced Functional Materials.

2 Aug 2010

Scientists Design Nanoparticle for microRNA Delivery

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a new way to regulate the uncontrolled growth of blood vessels, a major problem in a broad range of diseases and conditions. Th...

2 Aug 2010

Material Showing Melting While Cooling Leads to Applications in Solar Cells

Like an ice cube on a warm day, most materials melt - that is, change from a solid to a liquid state - as they get warmer. But a few oddball materials do the reverse: They melt as they get cooler.

2 Aug 2010

AFM Helping Scientists Reveal Exact Chemical Structure of Natural Compound

In a pioneering research project, for the first time, scientists at IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Aberdeen have collaborated to “see” the structure of a marine compound from the deepest place on the Earth using an atomic force microscope (AFM).

2 Aug 2010

SolMateS Receives STW Valorisation Grant for NanoNed National Program

SolMateS, a spinoff company of the MESA + Institute for Nanotechnology of the UT, gets a STW Valorisation Grant of 200,000 euros from the national program NanoNed for nanotechnology. This money helps the company&#3...

31 Jul 2010

FAST-ACT Nanomaterial Helps to Break Down Corrosive Drywall Chemicals

A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall. Developed by Kenneth Klabunde of Kansas State University, and improved over three dec...

31 Jul 2010

NIST Researchers Explore Ways to Create ‘Nanowires on a Chip’ Devices

NIST researchers grow nanowires made of semiconductors—gallium nitride alloys—by depositing atoms layer-by-layer on a silicon crystal under high vacuum. NIST has the unusual capability to produce these nanowires without using metal catalysts, thereby enhancing luminescence and reducing defects. NIST nanowires also have excellent mechanical quality factors.

31 Jul 2010