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Scientists Gain New "Core" Understanding of Nanoparticles

While attempting to solve one mystery about iron oxide-based nanoparticles, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) stumbled upon another one. But once its implications are understood, their discovery* may give nanotechnologists a new and useful tool.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 May 2010

Scaffold Gradients: Finding the Right Environment for Developing Cells

Now a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a way to offer cells a three-dimensional scaffold that varies over a broad range of degrees of stiffness to determine where they develop best.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 May 2010

Clinical Study Demonstrates Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery in Tumor Sites

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation today announces the clinical results of the study entitled "A Phase I/II Study of Intravenous Rexin-G and Reximmune-C for Cancer Immunotherapy: The GeneVieve Protocol" at t...

25 May 2010

Non-Toxic Method to Produce Antibacterial Silver Nanoparticles

Writing in the International Journal of Nanoparticles, Rani Pattabi and colleagues at Mangalore University, explain how blasting silver nitrate solution with an electron beam can generate nanoparticles that are more effe...

25 May 2010

Gold Nanorods Effectively Deliver Immune Activator Molecule into Cells

Future pandemics of seasonal flu, H1N1 and other drug-resistant viruses may be thwarted by a potent, immune-boosting payload that is effectively delivered to cells by gold nanorods, report scientists at the University at...

25 May 2010

Core-Shell Nanoparticle: More Active, Long-Lasting Catalyst for Fuel Cell Reactions

Creating catalysts that can operate efficiently and last a long time is a big barrier to taking fuel-cell technology from the lab bench to the assembly line.

25 May 2010

Team Convince Platinum and Gold Particles to Come Together and Form Nanocatalysts

Tiny gold particles will surround themselves with even smaller platinum bits, creating a complex structure that could turn a common preservative, formic acid, into electricity in a fuel cell, according to scientists from China's Harbin Institute of Technology and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

24 May 2010