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Multimillion Dollar Donation for Establishment of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology

Prof. Moein Moghimi (Professor of Biopharmacy and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical chemistry) and colleagues have received 28 million DKK (approximately 3.75 million Euros) from the Danish Council...

18 Dec 2008

New Centrifugation Method Capable of Separating Carbon Nanotubes

Double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) can be separated from mixtures of single- (SWNTs) and multiwalled nanotubes (MWNTs) by using a centrifugation method recently developed at Northwestern University

18 Dec 2008

Nanoparticle Targets Melanoma With siRNA

Specially designed small RNA molecules have proven very effective in decreasing the expression of specific genes that cancer cells need to survive; however, getting these RNA molecules inside cancer cells in living anima...

18 Dec 2008

Starpharrma Report Advancement in its Dendrimer-based Drug-Delivery Program

A Starpharma dendrimer combined with a widely-used cancer drug (doxorubicin) has achieved a significant extension of the drug's plasma half-life and a marked reduction in drug toxicity compared to administration of the drug alone.

17 Dec 2008

Preview of Current Applications in Nanotechnology

This week saw a group of "thought leaders" involved in the field of nanotechnology gather in the US to discuss the potential of the sector. The EntreTech Forum, held in Waltham, Massachusetts, on December 16th ...

17 Dec 2008

Advanced School on Hybrid Nanostructured Materials for Photovoltaic Applications

An advanced school on hybrid nanostructured materials for photovoltaic applications will be held from 9 to 11 March 2009 in Valencia, Spain. The school is intended for PhD students, post-doc and junior faculty members...

17 Dec 2008

New Nanochemistry Laboratory to Serve Worldwide Research Group with Custom-Made Nanomaterials

The new Nanochemistry Laboratory is located at the Institut de Science et d’Ingenierie Supramoleculaires (ISIS) of the University of Strasbourg, France and will be headed by Dr. Nina Matoussevitch, an experienced N...

17 Dec 2008

Printing Circuited Lattices of Nanotube Transistors on Flexible Base

It's a clear, colorless disk about 5 inches in diameter that bends and twists like a playing card, with a lattice of more than 20,000 nanotube transistors capable of high-performance electronics printed upon it using a potentially inexpensive low-temperature process.

17 Dec 2008

First Nontoxic Method for Biodegrading Carbon Nanotubes

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the first natural, nontoxic method for biodegrading carbon nanotubes, a finding that could help diminish the environmental and health concerns that mar the otherwise br...

16 Dec 2008

Physics Professor Named Fellow of the American Physical Society for Development of Synthesizing Carbon Nanotubes

Clemson University professor of physics and astronomy Apparao Rao has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellows are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to physics. Fellowship is limit...

16 Dec 2008