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Research on Laser Therapy Technique Using Nanoparticles to Destroy Tumors

A group of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is developing a way to treat cancer by using lasers to light up tiny nanoparticles and destroy tumors with the ensuing heat. Today at the 52nd ...

22 Jul 2010

Scientists Test Working of Invisibility Cloak at Microwave Frequencies

From Tolkien’s ring of power in The Lord of the Rings to Star Trek’s Romulans, who could make their warships disappear from view, from Harry Potter’s magical cloak to the garment that makes players vanish in the video game classic “Dungeons and Dragons, the power to turn someone or something invisible fascinates mankind.

22 Jul 2010

Economic Solution to Reduce Surface Tension During Nanowire Production

Surface tension isn't a very powerful force, but it matters for small things — water bugs, paint, and, it turns out, nanowires.

22 Jul 2010

New Carbon Nanomaterial Can Fight Disease-Causing Bacteria

A new form of paper with the built-in ability to fight disease-causing bacteria could have applications that range from anti-bacterial bandages to food packaging that keeps food fresher longer to shoes that ward off foot odor.

22 Jul 2010

Scientists Develop New Organoclay for Plastics Nanocomposites

Scientists are reporting an in-depth validation of the discovery of the world's first mass producible, low-cost, organoclays for plastics.

22 Jul 2010

Advance in Nanofabrication Can Help Produce Electricity from Biowaste

Engineers at Oregon State University have made a significant advance toward producing electricity from sewage, by the use of new coatings on the anodes of microbial electrochemical cells that increased the electricity pr...

22 Jul 2010

New Nano-Enhanced Armor to Undergo Rigorous Testing

A new hybrid armor will undergo the most demanding and stringent testing by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) in Ballston, VA in the fall of 2010. After passing selection, this armor will be able to...

22 Jul 2010

Researchers Share Nanotechnology Knowledge

InForm, a AU$2.7 million EU-funded project involving world-leading research institutionsincluding the University of Sydney, hosted its first conference, 'NanoFormulation2010', in June at Stockholm University. ...

21 Jul 2010

Nanocoating Vastly Increases Electricity Production from Sewage

21 Jul 2010

Expanding Memory Capacity of Future Computers Using Nanotechnology

Scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in showing how it is possible to greatly expand the memory capacity of future computers through the use of memory units based on silica nanoparticles combined with protein molecules obtained from the poplar tree.

21 Jul 2010