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Thursday, Jan 14
Nanosystems Capture and Destroy Circulating Tumor Cells
PhysOrg.com) -- Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosin...
Wednesday, Jan 13
Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
PhysOrg.com) -- A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and...
Nanoparticle Cocktail Targets and Kills Tumors
A team of researchers from two of the National Cancer Institute's Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence have teamed up to develop a "cocktail" of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
Monday, Jan 11
Highlight: Quasi-Crystalline Order at Nanoscale
Nanoparticles have a strong tendency to form periodic structures. Mixing and matching of two different types of nanoparticles allows the formation of binary nanoparticle superlattices isostructural to ionic or intermetallic compounds. In addition to periodic superlattices, bina...
Thursday, Jan 7
Nanoscience goes 'big': Discovery could lead to enhanced electronics
Nanoscience has the potential to play an enormous role in enhancing a range of products, including sensors, photovoltaics and consumer electronics. Scientists in this field have created a multitude of nano scale materials, such as metal nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes and semicondu...
Golden ratio discovered in a quantum world
Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB, Germany), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid...
Thursday, Dec 31
Carbon nanotubes show promise for high-speed genetic sequencing (w/ Video)
Faster sequencing of DNA holds enormous potential for biology and medicine, particularly for personalized diagnosis and customized treatment based on each individual's genomic makeup. At present however, sequencing technology remains cumbersome and cost prohibitive for most cl...
Tuesday, Dec 22
Researchers are on the path to creating nano-MRI images
PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging.
Monday, Dec 21
The next medical frontier: nano-surgery
Nanorobots are made up of sensors and actuators derived from special nanomaterials, such as synthetic zinc oxide, quartz and gold, which have unique ...
Switchable Nanostructures Made with DNA
PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles - this time resulting in switchable, three-dimensional and small-cluster structures that might be us...
Molecular freight: Synthetic nanoscale transport system modeled on nature
PhysOrg.com) -- Just like our roads, there is a lot of traffic within the cells in our bodies, because cell components, messenger molecules, and enzymes must also be brought to the right places in the cell. One of these transportation systems functions like a kind of railway: a system of mol...
Sunday, Dec 20
Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method developed
fewer copies of the molecule are needed. Before creating this new method, the team had to develop an understanding of electro-physics at the nanoscale, ... and more »
Thursday, Dec 17
Tiny whispering gallery: Sensor can detect a single nanoparticle and take its measurement
Nanotechnology has already made it to the shelves of your local pharmacy and grocery: nanoparticles are found in anti-odor socks, makeup, makeup remover, sunscreen, anti-graffiti paint, home pregnancy tests, plastic beer bottles, anti-bacterial doorknobs, plastic bags for stor...
Nanotech treatment gets boost with GSK licensing agreement
James R. Baker, Jr., MD, director of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School ... and more »
