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Researchers Create Stable, Highly Pure Helical Peptide Arrays

Bedsprings aren't often found in biology. Now, chemists have succeeded in making a layer of tiny protein coils attached to a surface, much like miniature bedsprings in a frame. This thin film made of stable and very pure helices can help researchers develop molecular electronics or solar cells, or to divine the biology of proteins.

18 Aug 2008

Transfer RNA Challenges Long-Held Ideas about Evolutionary History of Protein Synthesis

A new study of transfer RNA, a molecule that delivers amino acids to the protein-building machinery of the cell, challenges long-held ideas about the evolutionary history of protein synthesis.

18 Aug 2008

Major Nanotechnology Forum to Take Place in Korea

As one of the three major nanotechnology forums held in the world, Nano Korea 2008 will take place between August 27th and the 29th at the KINTEX convention center in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Nano Korea 2008...

18 Aug 2008

Synthetic Molecules Able to Kill Cancer Cells and Stopping it from Spreading

Seeking to improve on nature, scientists used a spice-based compound as a starting point and developed synthetic molecules that, in lab settings, are able to kill cancer cells and stop the cells from spreading. The re...

18 Aug 2008

A Step Toward Building an Organic Spin Transistor

University of Utah physicists successfully controlled an electrical current using the "spin" within electrons - a step toward building an organic "spin transistor": a plastic semiconductor switch for future ultrafast computers and electronics.

18 Aug 2008

Probing Protein Chemistry and Structure Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy

Understanding the form and function of certain proteins in the human body is becoming faster and easier, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Illinois. By combining custom-built spectrometers, novel...

18 Aug 2008

Manganese Cluster Converting Water into Oxygen and Hydrogen

An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrog...

17 Aug 2008

Hydrogels Providing Suitable Scaffolding for Bone Regeneration

Hyaluronic hydrogels developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers may provide a suitable scaffolding to enable bone regeneration. The hydrogels, created by Newell Washburn, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jeffrey Holl...

17 Aug 2008

New Optical Nanopatterning Technology Meeting Current and Future Air Force Needs

An AFOSR-funded, Princeton-based professor, Dr. Craig Arnold, has been researching a new approach to optical patterning using nanotechnology, the forming of nanometer scale patterns on a substrate. This technology will have an impact on a variety of current and future Air Force needs.

17 Aug 2008

Nanocoating Preventing Corrosion and Reducing Ice Formation on Aircrafts

The development of a transparent coating that causes water to bead up into drops and roll or bounce off a surface will help protect and sustain Air Force systems by preventing corrosion and reducing ice formation on optical elements and aircraft.

17 Aug 2008

Olympic Champion to Wear World's First Asymmetrical 400m Spike with Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Plate

Designed to optimize world champion and Olympic hopeful Jeremy Wariner's strengths in the 400m race, adidas' revolutionary new Lone Star spike hits the track at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., this weekend. Wariner will compete in the new shoe, wearing different color styles throughout the competition and at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in August.

17 Aug 2008

Accelerator Corp Takes Nanogen License to Create Novel Therapeutics

Accelerator Corporation, a privately–held biotechnology investment and development company today announced the formation of a new company, Mirina Corporation, focused on developing therapeutics using Minor Groove B...

From Nanogen 16 Aug 2008

Joint Statement Regarding Status of EPA's Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program

Statement of The Nanotechnology Panel of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the NanoBusiness Alliance, and the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association’s (SOCMA) Nanotechnology SME Coalition Regardin...

16 Aug 2008

SlideCollector 48 from Carl Zeiss Ensures Highest Levels of Sample Purity

One of the major problems inherent in the expression analysis of single cells is the large amount of sample handling involved and the subsequent high risk of contamination as cells isolated and harvested using laser microdissection are manually transferred to an assay plate for expression analysis. Until now, the only way to safeguard that the genetic data collected was from cells of interest and not from surrounding tissue has been to perform numerous repeat experiments.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 16 Aug 2008

Nanoparticles and Collagen Mimetic Peptides Producing Detailed Images of Tumors

When used with nanoparticles, this molecule, called collagen mimetic peptide (CMP) could produce detailed images of tumors, detect deadly buildup in arteries, deliver drugs, and improve blood supply to implanted tissues.

16 Aug 2008