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Detecting and Destroying Lymph Node Metastases using Nanotechnology

Colonoscopy represents one of the great weapons against cancer. In one step, a physician can find precancerous lesions in the colon and then cut them out, an on-the-spot intervention that prevents cancer from developing....

29 Oct 2009

Findings May Lead to Precision Engineering of Superconducting Thin Films for Electronic Devices

Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., carry electrical current with no energy loss.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 29 Oct 2009

Researchers Develop Gold Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicle for Non-Toxic Form of Platinum

Now, however, researchers have developed a nanoparticulate formulation of cisplatin that may be able to eliminate or reduce platinum-associated toxicity while boosting cisplatin's tumor-killing activity.

29 Oct 2009

First Evidence of Anti-Icing Ability in Superhydrophobic Coatings

Preventing the havoc wrought when freezing rain collects on roads, power lines, and aircrafts could be only a few nanometers away. A University of Pittsburgh-led team demonstrates in the Nov. 3 edition of Langmuir a nano...

29 Oct 2009

First-Ever Simulation of Stretching Silver Nanowire Over Period of Millisecond

Very tiny wires, called nanowires, made from such metals as silver and gold, may play a crucial role as electrical or mechanical switches in the development of future-generation ultrasmall nanodevices. Making nanodev...

29 Oct 2009

Argonne Physicist Honored with HENAAC Award

For a scientist who studies the paths traveled by neutrinos, Mayly Sanchez has blazed a bright one of her own. Sanchez, a particle physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, received an Outstanding Technical Achievement Award from the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation, or HENAAC.

From Argonne National Laboratory 29 Oct 2009