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Silica Particles Packed with Anti-Cancer Drugs Prevent Tumor Growth

Packaging anti-cancer drugs into particles of chemically modified silica improve the drugs' ability to fight skin cancer in mice, according to new research.

24 May 2010

Quantum Leap: World's Smallest Transistor Built with Just 7 Atoms

Scientists have literally taken a leap into a new era of computing power by making the world's smallest precision-built transistor - a "quantum dot" of just seven atoms in a single silicon crystal.

23 May 2010

Nano-Biotechnology-Chip Sensor Platform for Examination of Oral Exfoliative Cytology

The gentle touch of a brush on the tongue or cheek can help detect oral cancer with success rates comparable to more invasive techniques like biopsies, according to preliminary studies by researchers at Rice University, ...

21 May 2010

Melanin-Covered Nanoparticles for Protection of Bone Marrow During Radiation Therapy of Cancer

Nanoparticles covered with the natural pigment melanin may protect bone marrow from the harmful effects of anticancer radiation therapy, according to scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Universit...

21 May 2010

Nanoporous Silicon Particles Ferrying Labile Molecular Therapies Deep into the Body

Using nanoporous silicon particles, two teams of investigators have created drug delivery vehicles capable of ferrying labile molecular therapies deep into the body. Both groups believe their new drug delivery vehicles create new opportunities for developing innovative anticancer therapies.

21 May 2010

Supramolecularly Assembled Gold Nanoparticles for Targeted Treatment of Cancer Cells

A variety of studies by numerous investigators are demonstrating that gold nanoparticles have real promise as anticancer agents. When irradiated with light, gold nanoparticles become hot quickly, hot enough to generate e...

21 May 2010

Gold Nanoparticle Detecting Early Stage Prostate Cancer

Recent studies support the idea that the standard methods of screening men for prostate cancer leave much to be desired, particularly in terms of their inability to have much effect on prostate cancer survival. Now, a te...

21 May 2010

Equipartition Theory Holds True for Brownian Particles

A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen and his group have done so.

21 May 2010

Striking New Details About the Electronic Structure of Graphene

Scientists working at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered striking new details about the electronic structure of graphene, crystalline sheets of carbon just one atom thick.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 20 May 2010

Ultra-Thin Glass Fiber Enables Controlled Coupling of Light and Matter

Physicists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed a quantum interface which connects light particles and atoms. The interface is based on an ultra-thin glass fiber and is suitable for the transmission of quantum information.

20 May 2010