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Conference Highlights New Development in Nanotechnology

Over 50 International speakers to present their findings, with a keynote by Nobel Laureate, Douglas Osheroff, professor of Stanford University. "The convergence of Nano and Bio technology underscores the need for co...

11 Jun 2009

Scientists Counteract Nanoparticle Lung Damage in Mice

Scientists have identified for the first time a mechanism by which nanoparticles cause lung damage and have demonstrated that it can be combated by blocking the process involved, taking a step toward addressing the growi...

10 Jun 2009

SAFENANO Co-Hosts Pre-Conference Workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at NanoMaterials '09

SAFENANO, the UK's premier resource on Nanotechnology Health + Safety, is co-hosting a Pre-Conference workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at the forthcoming NanoMaterials '09 conference in Bonn, Germany. L...

10 Jun 2009

Fine Tuning Nanoparticles for Biotargeting Applications

Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional groups present on the surface.

From Malvern Panalytical 9 Jun 2009

Modumetal Showcases Nanolaminated and Functionally-Graded Coatings for Corrosion Application

Modumetal, Inc., creating revolutionary nanolaminated and functionally-graded materials that will change design and manufacturing forever by dramatically improving the structural, corrosion and high temperature performan...

From Modumetal 8 Jun 2009

Research Groups Develop New Tools to Control Cells

This will lead, for example, to new ways of growing stem cells, or manipulating cells in the organism and in bioreactor systems. These key technologies will ultimately contribute to the development of new therapies for many degenerative diseases that affect muscle, the retina or the central nervous system.

8 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology Expert Gives Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee

Nnanotechnology expert Professor Vyvyan Howard from University of Ulster has given evidence to a House of Lords Select Committee.

5 Jun 2009

Data from Phase II Nanoparticle Study to be Presented at 45th Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), a fully integrated biotechnology company, today announced results from a new ongoing study demonstrating anti-tumor activity for three dosing regimens of nab®-paclitaxel (ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension) (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-bound) given in combination with bevacizumab in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer.

1 Jun 2009

Researchers Decipher Chemical Mechanism that Occurs on the Surface of Automotive Catalytic Converter

The chemical mechanism that occurs on the surface of an automotive catalytic converter has been deciphered thanks to an observation speed record established by Frédéric Thibault-Strarzyk at the Laboratoire Cata...

28 May 2009

Japan's National Police Agency Chooses Thermo Fisher Scientific Instrument Solutions

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced that Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) has purchased 51 Thermo Scientific LXQ linear ion trap mass spectrometers and 27 Thermo Sc...

26 May 2009

Nanotoxicology News

Conference Highlights New Development in Nanotechnology

Scientists Counteract Nanoparticle Lung Damage in Mice

SAFENANO Co-Hosts Pre-Conference Workshop on Nanotechnology Risk Management at NanoMaterials '09

Fine Tuning Nanoparticles for Biotargeting Applications

Modumetal Showcases Nanolaminated and Functionally-Graded Coatings for Corrosion Application

Research Groups Develop New Tools to Control Cells

Nanotechnology Expert Gives Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee

Data from Phase II Nanoparticle Study to be Presented at 45th Annual Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology

Researchers Decipher Chemical Mechanism that Occurs on the Surface of Automotive Catalytic Converter

Japan's National Police Agency Chooses Thermo Fisher Scientific Instrument Solutions

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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