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Tailor-Made Nanoparticles That Can Be Used As Position Lights On Cell Proteins

Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that can be used as position lights on cell proteins and, possibly in the future as well, as light sources for display screens or for optical information technology.

26 Jun 2009

EPA Promulgates Further SNUR on Nanomaterials

EPA is promulgating further significant new use rules (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 23 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs).

26 Jun 2009

Nano-Sized Assassins Targeting Implant Bacteria

Infected implants now have a foe. Brown University researchers have created a nanoparticle that can penetrate a bacterial-produced film on prosthetics and kill the bacteria.

26 Jun 2009

Nanoscale Capsules Delivering Drugs With Almost 100 Percent Efficiency

It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream.

25 Jun 2009

How Special Coatings That Mimic Structures Found In Nature Can Increase The Usefulness of Solar Energy

A project under way at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory will study how special coatings that mimic structures found in nature can increase the usefulness of solar energy as a vital p...

25 Jun 2009

Raytheon Awarded Contract to Develop Nano Thermal Interface Materials

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $6 million contract, if all options are exercised, to develop nano thermal interface materials (nTIM) to improve the thermal performance of advanced defense electronics systems.

25 Jun 2009

Using Nanotechnology, Scientists Revolutionise Therapeutic Drug Discovery

A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being availa...

25 Jun 2009

Comprehensive Global Report On Nanomedicine Markets

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Nanomedicine markets. The global Nanomedicine market continues to register robust growth largely fueled by unique properties of nanoparticles that provide nov...

25 Jun 2009

NaturalNano Initiates Series of Feasibility Studies On Halloysite Nanotubes in Novel Cell Separation Devices

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB:NNAN) (Frankfurt:N3N), a materials science company focused on developing and commercializing advanced nanocomposites, announces acting CEO and President James Wemett announced today that a series...

24 Jun 2009

12 Projects to Receive Funding from Maryland Nanobiotechnology Research and Industry Competition Grants

The state announced 12 winning research projects that will receive part of $3 million in nanobiotechnology research funding from the 2009 Maryland Nanobiotechnology Research and Industry Competition Grants.

24 Jun 2009