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"Cocktail" of Different Nanoparticles Locating and Killing Cancerous Tumors

A team of researchers from two of the National Cancer Institute's Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have teamed up to develop a "cocktail" of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.

13 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology-Enabled Devices Grabbing Cancer Cells in Blood

Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provi...

13 Jan 2010

Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Detecting and Destroying Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

Single-walled carbon nanotubes have been highly touted for their potential as novel delivery agents for cancer detection and therapeutic agents. Now, a team of investigators from six institutions have created a multifunc...

13 Jan 2010

Masley's Military Technical Gloves with SmartSilver Antimicrobial Give Soldiers Added Protection

Masley Enterprises, maker of innovative performance hand wear for military service personnel, relies on SmartSilver antimicrobial protection to keep its popular Cold Weather Flyer (CWF) gloves comfortable and odor free.

13 Jan 2010

Nanoparticles Delivering Drug Payloads to the Correct Intracellular Compartments

A variety of nanoparticles have shown to be effective in delivering cancer drugs more directly to tumor cells, mitigating the damage to nearby healthy cells. Now, researchers from Purdue University have demonstrated that...

13 Jan 2010

Targus Launches First Opcuity Performance Engineered Film as Clear View Technology

Uni-Pixel, Inc. (OTCBB: UNXL), the developer of a color display technology called Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter ("TMOS") and thin-film materials branded under the name Opcuity™ that incorporate advance...

13 Jan 2010

Theorists Close In on Improved Atomic Property Predictions

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have determined* the most accurate values ever for a fundamental property of the element lithium using a novel approach ...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 12 Jan 2010

NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 12 Jan 2010

New Route to Transform the Structure of Porous Materials at Industrially-Accessible High Pressures

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new route to transform the structure of porous materials at industrially-accessible high pressures.

From Argonne National Laboratory 12 Jan 2010

BASF's Resin Range Offers Hitherto Unique Friction Characteristics

Compared to all previous versions in BASF's high performance resin range, Ultrason® KR 4113, a representative of the polyethersulfone product line (PESU), offers hitherto unique friction characteristics. This feature is achieved by incorporating carbon fibers, graphite and PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene).

From BASF 12 Jan 2010

Nanomaterials News

"Cocktail" of Different Nanoparticles Locating and Killing Cancerous Tumors

Nanotechnology-Enabled Devices Grabbing Cancer Cells in Blood

Multifunctional Carbon Nanotube Detecting and Destroying Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

Masley's Military Technical Gloves with SmartSilver Antimicrobial Give Soldiers Added Protection

Nanoparticles Delivering Drug Payloads to the Correct Intracellular Compartments

Targus Launches First Opcuity Performance Engineered Film as Clear View Technology

Theorists Close In on Improved Atomic Property Predictions

NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions

New Route to Transform the Structure of Porous Materials at Industrially-Accessible High Pressures

BASF's Resin Range Offers Hitherto Unique Friction Characteristics

The Future of Multiplex Nanosensors in Food Safety

Nanotubes Stabilize Carbyne, Paving Way for Advanced Electronics

Co-Solvent-Driven Laser Assembly of Gold Nanorods

Cigarette Waste as a Source for Sustainable Supercapacitors

Flexocatalytic Hydrogen Generation and Organic Pollutant Degradation Using Nano SrTiO3

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

Breaking Barriers in Thin-Film Deposition with ATLANT 3D’s DALP Technology

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

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