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First Nontoxic Method for Biodegrading Carbon Nanotubes

University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed the first natural, nontoxic method for biodegrading carbon nanotubes, a finding that could help diminish the environmental and health concerns that mar the otherwise br...

16 Dec 2008

Physics Professor Named Fellow of the American Physical Society for Development of Synthesizing Carbon Nanotubes

Clemson University professor of physics and astronomy Apparao Rao has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellows are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to physics. Fellowship is limit...

16 Dec 2008

Solar Cells Produce from Quantum Dots Demonstrate Increased Efficiency Compare to Existing Photovoltaic Panels

Solar cells made from a new class of materials, called quantum dots, could capture much more sunlight than existing photovoltaic panels. If produced in bulk, an upcoming generation of solar technology promises to be chea...

16 Dec 2008

OmegaGenesis Unveils Novel Technology for Nanomaterials Offering Broad Medical Applications

New Company Founded on Mayo Clinic Discoveries is Developing Therapies for Wounds, Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Hair Growth Using Nano-Materials with Angiogenic Properties. OmegaGenesis today unveiled the company's novel...

16 Dec 2008

Scientists Now Able to Observe Membrane Fission in Real Time

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved one of biology's neatest little tricks: they have discovered how a cell's outer membrane pinches a little pouch from itself to bring molecules outside the cell inside—without making holes that leak fluid from either side of the membrane.

15 Dec 2008

Agilent Technologies Introduce New LC/MS Capable of Detecting Two Trillionths of a Gram

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced the Agilent 6230 Accurate-Mass time-of-flight (TOF) liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer (LC/MS) system. This new instrument can detect and identify compounds in amou...

From Agilent Technologies Inc. 15 Dec 2008

European Union Invests 2.6 million to Examine Saftey of Nanoparticle Products

Scientists are to examine the potential dangers of "nanoparticles" in everyday products such as sunscreen in a ?.6 million project funded by the European Union. Dr Anddrew Nelson, a chemist at the University of Leeds,...

15 Dec 2008

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Capable of Seeking Out Cancer Cells in the Body

MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of carbon nanotubes wrapped in DNA, can detect chemotherapy drugs such a...

14 Dec 2008

NRC Declare Further Research Needed to Assess Risk of Nanotechnology

There are more than 700 products on the market today that are touched, worn and used -- ranging from cosmetics to electronics -- that involve nanomaterials. In the next decade a number of products, including food and med...

14 Dec 2008

Report Finds Government Strategy on Nano Safety Inadequate

A 15-member committee of chemists, toxicologists and other experts said it found no adequate statement of clear goals or priorities in the strategy outlined by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, a program set up in ...

11 Dec 2008

Nanotoxicology News

First Nontoxic Method for Biodegrading Carbon Nanotubes

Physics Professor Named Fellow of the American Physical Society for Development of Synthesizing Carbon Nanotubes

Solar Cells Produce from Quantum Dots Demonstrate Increased Efficiency Compare to Existing Photovoltaic Panels

OmegaGenesis Unveils Novel Technology for Nanomaterials Offering Broad Medical Applications

Scientists Now Able to Observe Membrane Fission in Real Time

Agilent Technologies Introduce New LC/MS Capable of Detecting Two Trillionths of a Gram

European Union Invests 2.6 million to Examine Saftey of Nanoparticle Products

Carbon Nanotube Sensor Capable of Seeking Out Cancer Cells in the Body

NRC Declare Further Research Needed to Assess Risk of Nanotechnology

Report Finds Government Strategy on Nano Safety Inadequate

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

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

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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