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Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnol...

From Research and Markets 23 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop Unique Nanomaterial that Kills Antibiotic-Resitant Bacteria

Doctors are not well armed in the fight against antibiotic-resitant bacteria. It is very difficult - or, in the worst case, impossible - to fight such infections. A team of researchers in Münster has now developed a...

23 Sep 2009

Fabrics with Embedded Nanoparticles Detects Explosives and Dangerous Chemicals

Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.

22 Sep 2009

Thin Carbon Sheets Enhance Titanium Dioxide-Based Batteries

Researchers would like to develop lithium-ion batteries using titanium dioxide, an inexpensive material. But titanium dioxide on its own doesn't perform well enough to replace the expensive, rare-earth metals or fire...

22 Sep 2009

Diamonds Turning Out to be a Patient's Best Friend As Well

Diamonds, it has long been said, are a girl's best friend. But a research team including a physicist from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently found* that the gems might turn out to be a patient's best friend as well.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 22 Sep 2009

NIST Issues New Nano-Ruler

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially ava...

22 Sep 2009

Sugar-Coated Nanoparticles for Use as a Possible Cancer Therapy

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has uncovered a delicate balancing act that makes the particles more effective than conventional thinking says they should be.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 22 Sep 2009

Scientists Uncover What Happens to Nanoparticles When They Enter Human Cells

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have uncovered what happens to biomimetic nanoparticles when they enter human cells. The research is published today (22 September) in ACS Nano.

22 Sep 2009

Physicists Succeed for First Time Produce Bose-Einstein Condensate from Calcium

The physicist and Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Ketterle once described it as an "identity crisis" of the atoms: If atoms are caught in a trap and cooled to a temperature close to the absolute zero point, they condense - similar to vapour to water - and take on an all new condition: They become indistinguishable.

22 Sep 2009