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A Novel Way to Kill Tumor Cells Using Nanoparticles and Light

Medical physicists at the University of Virginia have created a novel way to kill tumor cells using nanoparticles and light. The technique, devised by Wensha Yang, an instructor in radiation oncology at the University of...

30 Jul 2008

Officials Begin Monitoring Manufacture and Storage of Nanomaterials

State and local officials have taken steps to begin monitoring the manufacture and storage of nanomaterials, a major step for a cutting-edge technology that has yet to be regulated by the federal government. On July ...

29 Jul 2008

OECD Issues Final Report on Nanotechnology Meeting

The International Workshop on Documentary Standards for Measurement and Characterisation in Nanotechnologies was held February 26-28, 2008 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg (USA), in co-...

29 Jul 2008

Program Intended to Provide Better Understanding of What Nanomaterials Being Produced

Six months after launching its voluntary nanotechnology reporting program for nanomaterial producers, EPA has made virtually no information public about the limited number of submissions it has received. As a result, the...

29 Jul 2008

PATRIC Focuses on Nanofiber Technology for Biomedical Devices

The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) through the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority awarded $1,255,500 to Philadelphia University to establish the Pennsylvania Advanced Text...

29 Jul 2008

16-Piece Lab-on-a-Chip Kit Bringing Microfluidic Devices to Scientific Masses

A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the la...

25 Jul 2008

Nanotechnology Making Solar Energy More Affordable

Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye (the "sensitizer") to improve the optical absorption coefficient of the stained nanostructured electrodes, might color our dimming future energy security with a tint of rose, despite the looming depletion of fossil fuels. Costing only 10~20% as its silicon counterparts, the new devices might make it affordable for much more people to utilize solar energy, a handy renewable energy source.

24 Jul 2008