Nanotechnology News

November 17, 2009-- Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing , in partnership with Purdue University, has received a National Science Foundation award to deploy The MathWorks MATLAB on the TeraGrid as an experimental computing resource.

It's a fact of life that nanoparticles are everywhere: from sunscreen to underwear to performance wear - they are an invisible part of everyday life.

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that it has successfully inkjet printed its nanoparticle copper inks onto commercially available paper substrates forming highly conductive patterns for electronic circuits.

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

Scanning electron micrograph of two thin, flat rings of silicon nitride, each 190 nanometers thick and mounted a millionth of a meter apart.

Abstract PMID: 18510317 Assembly of gold nanoparticles into designer architectures with reliablity is important for nanophotonics and nanoelectronics applications.

A team led by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researchers on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has found a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream that could dramatically improve earlier cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.

Nov 15, 2009 - Biomimetics is the new science of imitating nature - but why not save a step, and just copy the design directly? That's what Aussie and British researchers did.

Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application.

Regulatory News: BioAlliance Pharma SA , a company dedicated to the treatment and supportive care of cancer and AIDS patients, has presented its results on new oral chemotherapy nanoparticle formulation at the AAPS Annual Meeting in Los Angeles .

We have developed a novel DNA bioanalysis method with a 0.8 fM detection limit using a bioconjugated fluorescent nanoparticle-based sandwich assay.

MEMS industry execs attending the annual MEMS Executive Congress last week were rapt by presentations and panel discussions by leading innovators in automotive, bio/medical, consumer electronics, mobile communications and energy.

Their study will be published in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology .

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, the emerging technology of using materials by engineering them at an incredibly small scale, has applications ranging from ...

These are silicon nanowires used in the in-situ scanning electron microscopy mechanical testing by Dr.

"I would hope we have a little bit of clout with him," said Ayer Selectmen Chairman Connie Sullivan, regarding former Lowell congressman now UMass Lowell Chancellor Martin Meehan.

Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease.

The nanotechnology industry is due to grow from a $147 billion a year business to a $3.1 trillion a year business by the year 2015.

HP today announced new inertial sensing technology that enables the development of digital micro-electro-mechanical systems accelerometers that are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than high-volume products currently available.

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