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Ceramic Nanoparticles Deliver Genes to the Spleen, Trigger Antitumor Immune Response

A detailed comparison of different types of ceramic nanoparticles has found that those made of silica can efficiently transport therapeutic genes to the spleen and trigger a potent immune response capable of attacking tu...

15 Jun 2007

Nanoparticles Image siRNA Delivery Into Tumors

Using magnetic nanoparticles labeled with dye molecules, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a delivery vehicle capable of transporting antitumor small interfering RNA (siRNA) mole...

15 Jun 2007

Life Science Research Luminaries Speak at First AFM BioMed Conference

At the first AFM BioMed conference, held last month in Barcelona, Spain, world-leading life science researchers came together to share ideas and investigate how atomic force microscopy (AFM) technology can be used to sol...

15 Jun 2007

Small Spectrometer With A Big Future

In a raid the police seize some suspicious white powder. But is it really a narcotic substance? Previously the powder would have had to be sent to a laboratory for testing. A portable infrared spectrometer now enables th...

14 Jun 2007

Oxford Instruments Nanoanalysis Ship 100th INCAx-act Analytical Drift Detector

Oxford Instruments shipped its 100th INCAx-act Analytical Drift Detector from its factory in the UK on May 11th 2007. INCAx-act is the result of a unique marriage of experience between Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis, th...

14 Jun 2007

Light Induced Molecular Reorientation Observed for the First Time

Ultrafast intramolecular electronic charge separation during photo-chemical reactions cause up to tenthousand surrounding molecules to perform aligning pirouettes. Researchers observed for the first time such light induc...

12 Jun 2007

Oxford Instruments Become Distributor for High Pressure Cells

easyLab Technologies Ltd (easyLab) and Oxford Instruments NanoScience proudly announce that they have signed a distribution agreement by which Oxford Instruments will now distribute products from the easyLab range of hig...

9 Jun 2007

Observing Quantum Transactions on a Single Carbon Nanotube

In the quantum world, photons and electrons dance, bump and carry out transactions that govern everything we see in the world around us. In this week's issue of Science, French and U.S. scientists describe a new tech...

8 Jun 2007

New Method for Compacting Carbon Nanotubes into Tight Bundles

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method of compacting carbon nanotubes into dense bundles. These tightly packed bundles are efficient conductors and could one day replace copper as the...

7 Jun 2007

Nano-Terra to Commercialise More Than 50 Patents Licensed from Harvard University

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) has licensed a broad portfolio of more than 50 issued and pending patents of nano- and micro-scale molecular fabrication methods developed by Professor George W...

5 Jun 2007