Chitosan, a chitin-derived biopolymer found in crab shells, may be used as a key component in a new nanoscale sensor system that can detect minute quantities of explosives, bioagents, chemicals and...
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Nanotechnologists at the University of Texas in Dallas have created an alcohol- and hydrogen-powered artificial muscles that are 100 times stronger than natural muscles, able to do 100 times greater...
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A more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells have been discovered by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco: by changing...
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The research team at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) created a rice-shaped particles of gold and iron oxide which they whimsically called "nanorice". Nanoparticles...
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Because of costly and complicated diagnostics and treatments, sleep science only has little to offer those with sleep problems. In this regard, researchers aim to drastically change this scenario...
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by ruth on March 07, 2006
Northeastern University researchers headed by Assistant Professor Yung Joon Jung developed flexible hybrid composite structures using aligned multiwall carbon nanotube arrays in a poly...
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The Miniaturised Co-operative Robots Advancing Towards the Nano Range (MICRON) project headed by Institute for Process Control and Robotics (IPR) in Karlsruhe, Germany devised micro robots that can...
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What: Nanotechnology in Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Conference When: April 25-27, 2006 Where: NH-Amsterdam Centre, Amsterdam This two-day conference will bring together key decision makers and...
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by ruth on February 08, 2006
This entry is submitted by Gloria Gamat, via Creative Reporter.Polymer nanotubes that are unusually long (about 1 centimeter) as well as stable enough to maintain their shape indefinitely has been...
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This week's collection of the best in medical blogging is hosted by Doc Shazam. Other biotech-related entries to this issue of the Grand Rounds are: Diabetes Mine's preview of the 5th annual...
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by ruth on September 26, 2005
In the October Issue of Nature Biotechnology, Harvard Universtity researchers report on the use of nanowires in detecting biomarkers for cancer in blood samples. In addition to its accuracy and...
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