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MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria.

International report - Results from early evaluations of a topical aqueous gel preparation containing calcium carbonate-coated tretinoin nanoparticles are encouraging in showing this novel formulation has equal therapeutic activity compared with commercially available tretinoin products, but may be less irritating, according to researchers from ...

Daniel Fox, president and CEO of Rushford Hypersonic, Rushford, Minn., holds two drill bits coated with his company's nano particles, giving them incredible strength.

The recent publicity for Hewlett-Packard and its new MEMS accelerometer sent a message to Silicon Valley.

The so-called 'smart bombs' are so sophisticated scientists say they can destroy a tumour without damaging the healthy tissue surrounding it.

Nanoparticles can damage the DNA of cells from a distance, even without crossing the cellular barriers that protect certain parts of the body, British researchers said on Thursday.

A nanotechnology therapy that targets cancer with a "stealth smart bomb" is to begin patient trials next year in the first clinical test of a pioneering approach to medicine, The Times has learnt.

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MagForce Nanotechnologies AG, the Berlin-based medical technology company majority owned by Nanostart AG, today announced the successful completion of final trials demonstrating the efficacy of its Nano-Cancer A therapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, a frequent form of brain tumor which is highly malignant.

Rice University scientists today unveiled a method for the industrial-scale processing of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics.

The U.S. is on pace to grant more than 4400 patents related to nanotechnology in 2009, 1400 more than were granted in 2008.

Abstract. Size-based fractionation of nanoparticles remains a non-trivial task for the preparation of well-defined nanomaterials for certain applications and fundamental studies.

The nanotechnology industry will employ an estimated 2 million people worldwide by 2015, and with President Obama calling on colleges to ready students for the field, an Illinois-based company has introduced a program designed to teach the complex subject to undergraduates.

Cisplatin is one of the most powerful and effective drugs for treating a wide variety of cancers, but serious side effects ultimately limit the drug's use and effectiveness.

Halloween Costume Contest 5:00 PM Ellsworth City Hall The Ellsworth Kiwanis Club sponsors its annual Halloween Costume Contest for children up to fourth grade.

A University of Pittsburgh-led team demonstrates in the Nov. 3 edition of "Langmuir" a nanoparticle-based coating developed in the lab of Di Gao, a chemical and petroleum engineering professor in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, that thwarts the buildup of ice on solid surfaces and can be easily applied.

Meyya Meyyappan of the NASA Ames Research Center picks out some of his favourite papers from Nanotechnology as the journal celebrates its 20th volume This year marks the 20th volume of Nanotechnology , the first journal dedicated to the emerging field of nanoscale science and technology, pre-empting the US National Nanotechnology Initiative by ten ...

Foresight's mission is essentially an educational one.A In simplest terms we are here to point out foreseeable technological developments that not only will make the future different from the past, but make it different in ways that aren't obvious and which everyone isn't already planning for.

MetaPress cobi Abstract Issues surrounding the wide spectrum of risks and possible benefits associated with the rapid advance of modern nanotechnology are deliberated.

Breathless headlines about nanotechnology have ruffled feathers at Germany's Federal Environment Agency this week.