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Tungsten Carbide and Tungsten Carbide Cobalt Nanoparticles Can Enter Cultured Mammalian Cells

Nanoparticles of tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide cobalt can enter cultured mammalian cells. These are the findings of a study conducted by researchers from the University of Dresden, the Leipzig-based Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems in Dresden.

14 Apr 2009

Tracking Changes in Cancer Cell Using Nanoparticles

The more dots there are, the more accurate a picture you get when you connect them. A new imaging technology could give scientists the ability to simultaneously measure as many as 100 or more distinct features in or on a single cell.

14 Apr 2009

Researchers Produced an Aligned Films Less Than a Nanometer Thick

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have cataloged the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins -- those stuck in the cell membranes -- has proven dif...

14 Apr 2009

State of Art Dental Clinic Using Nanotechnology Based Fillings

Our clinics uses the 3M ESPE Filtek for composite resin fillings. The 3M ESPE utilises developments in nanotechnology enabling high-quality restorations as well as excellent mechanical properties and strength.

14 Apr 2009

Three Technology Experts from Veeco Instruments to Speak at Worldwide Solar Industry Events

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that three of its technology experts will make presentations at worldwide solar industry events and tradeshows in May 2009.

From Veeco 14 Apr 2009

Growing Nanotechnology Market in Australia Requires Urgent Regulation

The rapidly growing nanotechnology market in Australia requires urgent regulation to protect the health and safety of workers and consumers, say unions. Nanotechnology is hailed as a having enormous potential in the c...

14 Apr 2009

President and CEO of FPInnovations to Make Keynote Presentation at Nanotechnology Conference

Pierre Lapointe, president and C.E.O. of FPInnovations, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, ...

13 Apr 2009

Using Graphene, Engineers Create DNA Sensors that Could Identify Cancer

Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material. Vikas Berry, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is leading research combining biological materials with graphene, a recently developed carbon material that is only a single atom thick.

13 Apr 2009

New Cooling Method Dissipates Heat by Overcoming Low Rate of Thermal Coupling between Carbon Nanotubes and Substrate

Our modern age has become accustomed to regular improvements in information technology, says Slava Rotkin from Lehigh University, but these advances do not come without a cost. Take the laptop, for example. Its compon...

13 Apr 2009

New Study Sheds New Light on Behavior of Materials

The speed at which heat moves between two materials touching each other is a potent indicator of how strongly they are bonded to each other, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

13 Apr 2009

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