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Lawrence Livermore Researchers use Lipid-Coated Nanowires to Build Bionanoelectronic Devices

If manmade devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have devised a versatile hybrid platform that uses lipid-coated nanowires to build prototype bionanoelectronic devices.

10 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop New Light-Emitting Biomaterial for Improved Tumor Imaging

A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated...

10 Aug 2009

Clemson Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study New Class of Materials

Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.

10 Aug 2009

Nanoscale Organic Particles Improving Material Properties of Elastomers and Thermoplastics

Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has developed a polymer additive for plastics and rubber that is now available for industrial application. These microgels, which consist of nanoscale organic particles, can be used to improve the material properties of elastomer and thermoplastic materials.

10 Aug 2009

New Technology Improving Cancer Research

A QUT researcher who has come up with a three-dimensional (3D) technology platform for biomedical research has received early-stage funding to accelerate the process of development to commercialisation.

9 Aug 2009

How Carbon Nanoparticles Would Affect Fruit Flies

Carbon nanoparticles are widely used in medicine, electronics, optics, materials science and architecture, but their health and environmental impact is not fully understood. In a series of experiments, researchers at Brown University sought to determine how carbon nanoparticles would affect fruit flies - from the very young to adults.

7 Aug 2009

Controlled Positioning of Nucleic Acids on Gold Nanoparticles Creates New Possibilities for Bottom-Up Nanotechnology

Metal nanoparticles have radically different electronic, optical and magnetic properties from their larger states, which makes them useful as materials in new, ultra-small devices such as biological sensors. Constructing such devices, however, is difficult because, unlike atoms, nanoparticles lack directional bonds that allow them to be arranged precisely.

6 Aug 2009

Argonne National Laboratory Opens its Gates to the Community

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory will open its gates to the community on Saturday, August 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for a day of discovery and fun for the whole family. The event is free and open to the public.

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology Innovations in Health and Safety Applications

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that it has selected an accomplished physician to head a next-generation NanoHealth initiative that will focus on education, research, and deployment of nanotechnology enabled improvements in occupational, public, and environmental health and safety.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 6 Aug 2009

Researchers Assemble New Cancer Drug Delivery System

For cancer drug developers, finding an agent that kills tumor cells is only part of the equation. The drug must also spare healthy cells, and - ideally - its effects will be reversible, to cut short any potentially dangerous side effects.

6 Aug 2009