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Goodrich to Produce Nano-Enhanced Composites Along with UDRI

Goodrich Corporation will work with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) to produce an innovative nanomaterial with metal-like conductive properties into a rugged composite structure, in sizes suitable for large-scale commercial aerospace applications.

19 Jul 2010

Chemists Discover New Dynamic on Crystal Growth

Chemists from New York University and Russia's St. Petersburg State University have created crystals that can twist and untwist, pointing to a much more varied process of crystal growth than previously thought. Their...

17 Jul 2010

Using Nanotechnology, Tecnalia Develops New Green Cement

The Tecnalia Construction Unit, within the framework of its commitment to sustainability, has developed a new generation of environmentally-friendly cements that enable cutting direct CO2 emissions to the atmosphere...

17 Jul 2010

Researchers Using Special Carbon Nanoparticles to Optimize Materials

Russian researchers with Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) are using special carbon nanoparticles to optimize materials. They are adding fullerenes -- soccer ball-shaped molecules comprising 60 carbon atoms -- to aluminum to obtain a new material that is roughly three times harder than conventional composites, yet weights much less.

16 Jul 2010

Magnetic Nanoparticles Selectively Bind to and Remove Ovarian Tumor Cells from Abdominal Cavity Fluid

A major complicating factor in the treatment of ovarian cancer is that malignant cells are often shed into the patient’s abdominal cavity. These cells can then spread to other tissues, seeding new tumors that make ...

16 Jul 2010

In Vivo Assembly of Nanoparticle Components to Improve Targeted Cancer Imaging

Virtually every study that uses nanoparticles to deliver drugs and imaging agents to tumors starts by loading the clinical payload into the nanoparticle and then injecting the resulting delivery agent into the body. Whil...

16 Jul 2010

Nanosponge Delivers Sustained, Specific Release of Paclitaxel to Irradiated Tumors

When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material that its creators call a nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection of the same drug. That is the conclusion of a paper published in the journal Cancer Research.

16 Jul 2010

Sugar-Coated Nanocapsule Delivers Large Doses of Radioactivity to Tumors

Starting with simple carbon nanotubes, a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Spain has developed a sugar-coated nanocapsule that can deliver large doses of radioactivity to tumors. The researchers envision de...

16 Jul 2010

Tekmira to Advance RNAi Therapeutic Using Lipid Nanoparticle Technology

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX: TKM), a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) through the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).

16 Jul 2010

New Publication on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/421af7/nanostructured_mat) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology III, Volume 3...

16 Jul 2010