http://www.biospace.comBioSpace RSS GeneratorTue, 18 Jun 2013 17:59:56 GMT20http://rss.biospace.com/images/BSPLogo.gifhttp://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=1Copyright (C) 2011http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20120201005926&newsLang=enFRANKFURT, Germany & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Management Board of Nanostart (OTCQX:NASRY) - holding MagForce AG (XETRA:MF6), a leading medical technology company focusing on nanomedicine in oncology, and its Supervisory Board yesterday approved an increase in the companys share capital from EUR 4,127,041.00 up to EUR 4,952,449.00 through the partial utilization of its existing authorized capital...Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20120119005792&newsLang=enTEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoIsrael 2012, the 3rd international conference & exhibition, which will be held on March 26th-27th, 2012, at the TelAviv David Intercontinental Hotel, Israel, will focus this year on innovations and business opportunities in the fields of energy, water, environment, Nanomaterials, Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanobio and Nanomedicine. The event is expected...Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20111220005402&newsLang=enNOKOMIS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An innovative new piece of technology could revolutionize the way cell research is conducted and kickstart Rainbow Coral Corp.s (OTCBB: RBCC) entry into the global biotechnology industry. <br><br>The Bio-Assembler system is a new product developed by Nano3d Biosciences that allows scientists to grow three-dimensional cell cultures more easily than ever before. The...Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news202483649.htmlPhysorg.org -- Two new groundbreaking scientific papers by researchers at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate the synthesis of nanosize biological particles with the potential to fight cancer and other illnesses. The studies introduce new approaches that are considered "green" nanobiotechnology because they use no artificial compounds.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=17789.phpMedGadget -- Researchers at Lund University in Sweden successfully used magnets to guide fibrinolytics (clot dissolving drugs) directly to the site of a thrombus stuck within a coronary stent. They did this by attaching the drugs to magnetic nanoparticles and using external magnets to move them to the right spot.Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=17753.phpMedgadget -- Gavin King, a physicist out of University of Missouri, together with Allison Churnside and Thomas Perkins from Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, have published an interesting paper in SPIE that takes a look at the future of scanning-probe microscopes, and possible ways to overcome some of the problems that are still not...Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=16063.phpMedGadget -- McGill University scientists have developed a way to place electric charges onto quantum dots (particles sized <10 nm). This in turn created a strong electric field within the dots leading to a very fast piezoelectric effect that contracted and expanded the dots. This is apparently the first case of a piezoelectric effect controlled at the nanoscale, which should help miniaturize many...Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100818141545.htmMedGadget -- Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a nanocluster protein coating to be used on titanium implants that creates a substantially stronger bond with the human body than bare metal. The clusters seem to promote bone growth around the implants by manipulating the biological signals that trigger stem cells to differentiate into bone tissue.Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=25044(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A team of engineers has devised a way to deliver cancer-fighting drugs by smuggling them on the backs of the immune cells sent in to fight the tumor. The drugs reach only their intended targets, greatly reducing the risk to the patient.Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609122844.htmScienceDaily (Aug. 22, 2010) Researchers at Oregon State University and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a new way to apply nanostructure coatings to make heat transfer far more efficient, with important potential applications to high tech devices as well as the conventional heating and cooling industry.Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/198240.phpMedical News Today -- Researchers have developed an improved coating technique that could strengthen the connection between titanium joint-replacement implants and a patients' own bone. The stronger connection -- created by manipulating signals the body's own cells use to encourage growth -- could allow the implants to last longer.Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100816110419.htmScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2010) Scientists and Engineers at The University of Nottingham have built the world's smallest ultrasonic transducers capable of generating and detecting ultrasound.Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news201062078.htmlPhysorg.com -- "There is a strong drive to make smaller and smaller devices," Hui Cao tells PhysOrg.com. "However, there are limitations to what we can do. We want faster devices than what we can get from electronics, so we are looking to photonics. Unfortunately, photonics, while having the potential to be much faster, are larger in size. Devices using electrons are smaller, on the nanoscale, while...Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627611.100-the-taste-of-tiny-putting-nanofoods-on-the-menu.htmlNew Scientist -- NOTHING says summer holidays quite like ice cream. On a hot afternoon by the sea, there's little to beat the simple pleasure of a cooling scoop of your favourite flavour. Can food get much more satisfying than this?Fri, 28 May 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.aolnews.com/nanotech/article/amid-nanotechs-dazzling-promise-health-risks-grow/19401235?icid=main|aim|dl1|link1|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnanotech%2Farticle%2Famid-nanotechs-dazzling-promise-health-risks-grow%2F19401235AOL News -- (March 24) -- For almost two years, molecular biologist Bndicte Trouiller doused the drinking water of scores of lab mice with nano-titanium dioxide, the most common nanomaterial used in consumer products today. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100225151924.htmScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2010) Huixin He, associate professor of nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially could eliminate the problems of side effects and drug resistance in the treatment of cancer. Under traditional chemotherapy, cancer cells, like bacteria...Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/24347/<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type"text/javascript">var addthis_pub"bdwyer";</script><a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"><img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/luna_innovations_emerges_from_bankruptcy/17001/<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><script type"text/javascript">var addthis_pub"bdwyer";</script><a href"http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v20" onmouseover"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')" onmouseout"addthis_close()" onclick"return addthis_sendto()"><img src"http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/sm-share-en.gif" width"83" height"16" alt"Bookmark and Share" style"border:0...Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/53238/nanotech-tattoo-might-help-diabeticsEarth Sky -- Today, diabetics monitoring their blood sugar sometimes have to endure multiple needle pricks every day. But biomedical engineer Heather Clark of Draper Laboratory is developing a less invasive way to measure blood glucose. She describes it as a nanotech tattoo.Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081207133749.htmScienceDaily (Dec. 8, 2008) Rather than infer that nanotechnology is safe, members of the public who learn about this novel science tend to become sharply polarized along cultural lines, according to a study conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School in collaboration with the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. The report is published online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology...Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20081202005195&newsLang=enRALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoVector, Inc. announced today that it has licensed the plant virus nanoparticle drug delivery system developed by Professors Stefan Franzen and Steven Lommel from North Carolina State University. This is breakaway technology that will finally provide the highly sought after selective targeting of tumors and intracellular delivery of anti-cancer agents for improved...Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news143212011.html(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a neural probe that demonstrates significantly greater electrical charge storage capacity than all other neural prosthetic devices. More charge storage capacity means the device can stimulate nerves and tissues with less damage and sense neural signals with better sensitivity.Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news143135041.htmlPhysorg.com -- Nanotechnology offers unique opportunities to advance the life sciences by facilitating the delivery, manipulation and observation of biological materials with unprecedented resolution. The ability to pattern nanoscale arrays of biological material assists studies of genomics, proteomics and cell adhesion, and may be applied to achieve increased sensitivity in drug screening and disease...Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/pm/2008/2008-092-photoresistenz-e.shtmlKiel University -- DNA, the molecule that acts as the carrier of genetic information in all forms of life, is highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light, but understanding the mechanism for its photostability presents some puzzling problems. A key aspect is the interaction between the four chemical bases that make up the DNA molecule. Researchers at Kiel University have succeeded in showing...Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-10/yu-snd101008.phpNew Haven, Conn. Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care (POC) disease detection, according to a report in Nano Letters.Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001145120.htmScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2008) Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.urmc.rochester.edu/pr/news/story.cfm?id=2138ScienceDaily (Oct. 1, 2008) Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications can breech our most personal protective barrier: The skin.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=111365&full=1CULVER CITY, CA. September 25, 2008 Surfx Technologies LLC announced today that Hans Gregory Wood has been appointed the Companys Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Wood has more than 20 years of senior executive experience with commercial start-up leadership, operations, finance, business development and sales & marketing leadership in US and global roles. </p><p>He began his career...Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080922135223.htmScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2008) Chemists at Rice University have discovered a novel method to produce ultra-pure gold nanorods -- tiny, wand-like nanoparticles that are being studied in dozens of labs worldwide for applications as broad as diagnosing disease and improving electronic viewscreens.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_pressroom?id=F65B254181F3F030&release_id=433928ROCHESTER, NY--(Marketwire - September 16, 2008) - NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) (FWB: N3N), a developer of advanced nanomaterials and extended release nanotechnologies, today announced that its President, Cathy Fleischer, Ph.D., will present "Clay Nanotubes In Polymer Composites: A Route to Stronger, Lighter & Less Expensive Materials" at the 8th Annual Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Composites...Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/template.PAGE/menuitem.ab520ce17e34ab71ff00d635c0908a0c/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080914005086&newsLang=enBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nanobiosym, a leading nanotechnology firm, today announced that Mr. Ratan Tata, chairman of the multibillion-dollar global conglomerate Tata Group, has joined the firms global advisory board. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080911185104.htmUC San Diego -- Scientists have developed nanometer-sized cargo ships that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the bodys immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might otherwise go untreated or undetected.Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903134407.htmUCLA -- UCLA scientists have succeeded in making unique nanoscale droplets that are much smaller than a human cell and can potentially be used to deliver pharmaceuticals. "What we found that was unexpected was within each oil droplet there was also a water droplet a double emulsion," said Timothy Deming, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Bioengineering and a member of both the California...Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903172412.htmScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2008) Scientists have detected previously unnoticed chemical signals that individual cells in the immune system use to communicate with each other over short distances. The signals the researchers detected originated in dendritic cells the sentinels of the immune system that do the initial detection of microscopic invaders and were received by nearby T-cells, which play...Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080907211943.htmEPFL researchers have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature fluctuations and harsh chemical environments than other nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. Their introduction could extend the range of potential nanoparticle applications in biomedical...Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926725.100-nanotube-longboats-slaughter-cancer-cells.htmlNew Scientist -- LONGBOATS are again purveyors of destruction. But instead of unloading Viking warriors onto unsuspecting coastal villages, the new "nanotube longboats" deliver toxic drugs to cancer cells.Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/epfd-an090408.phpEurekAlert -- Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature fluctuations and harsh chemical environments than currently used nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. Their introduction could extend the range of potential nanoparticle...Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080825174959.htmScienceDaily -- A new study by research chemists at the University of Warwick has challenged a century old rule of pharmacology that defined how quickly key chemicals can pass across cell walls. The new observations of the Warwick researchers suggest that the real transport rates could be up to a hundred times slower than predicted by the century old "Overton's Rule". This could have major implications...Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=7302AZONano -- The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more. But before gold nanorods can live up to their potential, scientists must figure out how to overcome one major difficulty: The surfaces of the tiny particles are coated with an uncooperative molecule (a byproduct of...Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=7298AZONano -- Of the more than 1.5 million people who suffer a traumatic brain injury each year in the United States, as many as 75 percent sustain a concussion, a brain injury that is classified as mild yet can lead to long-term or permanent impairments and disabilities. A consortium of physicians and scientists in the Houston region is now undertaking a research initiative to improve diagnosis of mild...Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/mu-nh082408.phpEurekAlert -- Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. Dr Ken Ng and Dr Ian Larson from the University's Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have designed a nanoparticle, one thousandth the thickness of a human hair, that protects antioxidants from being destroyed in the...Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=7279AZONano -- Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses. MIT engineers have developed a way to at once create and install such microbatteries -- which could one day power a range of miniature devices, from labs-on-a-chip to implantable medical sensors ...Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080820ClarkCombdrive.htmlPurdue -- Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives. The device, called a monolithic comb drive, might be used as a "nanoscale manipulator" that precisely moves or senses movement and forces. The devices also can be used in...Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=7249AZONano -- The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with Nanco to develop and manage the worlds first Nanotechnology Park which is expected to commence operations in November. Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field of applied science where matter is controlled at an atomic or molecular scale.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=7227AZNano -- Dr. Haick was selected for inclusion in list known as the "TR35" from more than 300 nominees by a panel of expert judges and editorial staff at Technology Review, M.I.T.'s magazine of innovation. He and the other winners will be featured in the September issue of the magazine and honored at M.I.T.'s EmTech08 Conference to be held September 23-25, 2008.Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080818006024&newsLang=enNAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company's patented Nansulate GP thermal insulation and mold resistant coating has successfully completed trials and is now being incorporated into the specifications for a new medical equipment system by Edward Moore Designs. The deal was finalized by the...Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=618459MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Nanotechnology may offer doctors a noninvasive way to detect early stages of cancer and also help monitor treatment, a new report says. (Aug. 17 Nature Nanotechnology)Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080814171128.htmScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2008) The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter. Cancer researchers have long faced a similar situation in chemotherapy: how to get the most medication into the cells of a tumor without "spillover" of the medication adversely...Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140141.htmScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2008) A Michigan State University researcher and his students have developed a nanomaterial that makes plastic stiffer, lighter and stronger and could result in more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars as well as more durable medical and sports equipment.Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleId=2227AZNano -- Roughly half of all new drugs in development are poorly soluble and often associated with low bioavailability. Among the most promising solutions to this challenge are nanosuspensions, defined as a colloidal dispersion of submicron pure drug particles that are stabilized by surfactants. The small particle size provides increased surface area which can significantly improve bioavailability...Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.smalltimes.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=RD&ARTICLE_ID=336997&p=109Small Times -- When you make a new material on a nanoscale how can you see what you have made? A team lead by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research Council (BBSRC) fellow has made a significant step toward overcoming this major challenge faced by nanotechnology scientists. The team from the University of Liverpool, The School of Pharmacy (University of London) and the University of Leeds...Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/uomh-nvf081208.phpEurekAlert -- Chronic hepatitis B infects 400 million people worldwide, many of them children. Even with three effective vaccines available, hepatitis B remains a stubborn, unrelenting health problem, especially in Africa and other developing areas. The disease and its complications cause an estimated 1 million deaths globally each year. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/media/releases/2008/080813_nanotech.htmlBBSRC -- When you make a new material on a nanoscale how can you see what you have made? A team lead by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research Council (BBSRC) fellow has made a significant step toward overcoming this major challenge faced by nanotechnology scientists. With new research published today (13 August) in ChemBioChem, the team from the University of Liverpool, The School of Pharmacy...Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news136713515.htmlPhysorg -- Due to its remarkable electronic properties, few layer graphene, or FLG, has emerged as a promising new material for use in post-silicon devices that incorporate the quantum effects that emerge at the nanoscale. Now, physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a new method by which FLG can be etched along flawless, crystallographic axes by using thermally activated nanoparticles...Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14408-nanowire-lawns-make-for-sheets-of-image-sensors.htmlNew Scientist -- Growing a mixed "lawn" of two kinds of nanowires can make a new kind of light-sensing array that could be made in metre-scale sheets. The researchers behind the prototype say such cheap, high-quality image sensors would allow uses not conceivable using today's more expensive technology.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080723094916.htmScienceDaily (July 25, 2008) Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and to ensure that nanotechnology's benefits will be maximized and its risks identified and controlled. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news135964347.htmlPhysorg -- Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relative of the bagel.Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080722005179&newsLang=enROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ:LUNA) announces the award of a $1.6 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the use of fullerene-based nanomedicines as a pathway to treat allergies and other inflammatory diseases. This novel research program may offer a new therapeutic solution using fullerene compounds for...Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.topnews.in/now-invisible-nanotube-cable-can-support-human-253650New Scientist -- Circus acts and movie special effects may never be the same again, if an idea for an invisible cable made of carbon nanotubes works out.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?id=1992Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies, is detailed online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news135268681.htmlPhysOrg -- An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Karen L. Wooley, Ph.D., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences, is a step closer to delivering cancer-killing drugs to pediatric brain tumors, similar to the tumor that Senator Ted Kennedy is suffering from.Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=102869&full=1LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative droplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced the formation of RainDance Technologies France SARL, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on securing research partnerships in Europe. Based in Strasbourg, RainDance Technologies France SARL will begin operations by September 1, 2008...Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news134742910.htmlPhysorg -- Theoretical physicists from Lancaster University in the UK have designed a nanomotor that operates by a novel mechanism: an electron wind.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/07/wmsmonteirorivierequantumdots.phpResearchers at North Carolina State University have found that quantum dot nanoparticles can penetrate the skin if there is an abrasion, providing insight into potential workplace concerns for healthcare workers or individuals involved in the manufacturing of quantum dots or doing research on potential biomedical applications of the tiny nanoparticles.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080624122835.htmScienceDaily An electric voltage can be used to propel DNA molecules through a channel a few nanometers deep, or to stop them in their tracks. In a strong electric field the molecules judder along the channel, while in weaker fields they move more smoothly. This enables DNA fragments to be captured on a chip and separated for analysis.Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news133005939.htmlPhysOrg -- Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616170807.htmScienceDaily Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.scenta.co.uk/health/news/cit/1724637/just-add-nanoparticles.htmRice -- In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists at Rice University and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throughout the porous material used to pattern the bone.Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanocell-0609.htmlMIT -- In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080531105541.htmScienceDaily Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden have reported that a single laser pulse can create complex, ordered nanostructure systems. "We have discovered a method for controlling the pattern into which the nanoparticles organize themselves," says physicist Dinko Chakarov, one of the authors of the article . The complex nanostructures that are created may find applications...Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2008/06/cartilage08junBrown University nanotechnology engineer Thomas Webster has published a first-ever study that shows how a surface of carbon nanotubes combined with electrical pulses could help regenerate cartilage naturally in the body.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.physorg.com/news131288928.htmlAP Japanese scientists say they have used cutting-edge technology to create a noodle bowl so small it can be seen only through a microscope.<p></p>Mechanical engineering professor Masayuki Nakao said Thursday he and his students at the University of Tokyo used a carbon-based material to produce a noodle bowl with a diameter 1/25,000 of an inch in a project aimed at developing nanotube-processing...Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/hu-ewu052808.phpEurekAlert -- With the aid of kitchen mixers, engineers at Harvards School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have whipped up, for the first time, permanent nanoscale bubbles bubbles that endure for more than a year from batches of foam made from a mixture of glucose syrup, sucrose stearate, and water. Their study appears in the May 30 issue of the journal Science.Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=11069Rice -- In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets in water by spontaneously assembling into bag-like sacs.Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/26737/home/press/200819press.html?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0Wiley InterScience -- Amyloid deposits in tissues and organs are linked to a number of diseases, including Alzheimers, Parkinsons, type II diabetes, and prion diseases such as BSE. However, amyloids are not just pathological substances; they have potential as a nanomaterials. The potential applications of these supramolecular assemblies exceed those of synthetic polymers, state Ehud Gazit and co...Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2008/05/biomedical-nanotechnologyBrown -- A team led by a Brown University chemist has created the smallest iron oxide nanoparticles to date for cancer detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The magnetic nanoparticles operate like tiny guided missiles, seeking and attaching themselves to malignant tumor cells. Once they bind, the particles emit stronger signals that MRI scans can detect.Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.ptb.de/en/aktuelles/archiv/presseinfos/pi2008/pitext/pi080527a.htmlPTB -- A measuring procedure developed in the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) can help to investigate in some detail the behaviour of magnetic nanoparticles which are used for cancer therapy.Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://news.ncsu.edu/news/2008/05/tp-melander.phpNCSU -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that adding tiny bits of gold to a failed HIV drug rekindle the drug's ability to stop the virus from invading the body's immune system.Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080526153228.htmScienceDaily Researchers in Taiwan report development of a new type of "molecular brake" that could provide on-demand stopping power for futuristic nanomachines. The brake, thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair, is powered by light and is the first capable of working at room temperature, the researchers say.Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13931-climbing-ivy-reveals-secret-superglue.htmlNew Scientist -- Darwin once puzzled over how ivy sticks to walls so effortlessly. Now researchers have begun to unravel the mystery. A new study reveals that the plant's stem exudes nano-sized globules that let it cling tightly to sheer surfaces.Tue, 20 May 2008 12:00:00 AM GMT