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Computer-Guided Gold Nanoparticle Destroys Tumors

Gold nanoshells are among the most promising new nanoscale therapeutics being developed to kill tumors, acting as antennas that turn light energy into heat that cooks cancer to death. Now, a multi-institutional research ...

26 Jun 2009

Tailor-Made Nanoparticles That Can Be Used As Position Lights On Cell Proteins

Two new construction manuals are now available for the world's smallest lamps. Based on these protocols, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have tailor-made nanoparticles that can be used as position lights on cell proteins and, possibly in the future as well, as light sources for display screens or for optical information technology.

26 Jun 2009

Breakthrough Approach To Generate Quantum Entanglement

Faster computers, more secure information transfer, smarter sensors - all technologies that could benefit from a new, simpler way of manipulating light to convey much more information using fewer light beams and resources.

25 Jun 2009

Cutting The Costs of Performing Accelerator-Based Scientific Experiments

Berkeley Lab scientists stunned the world in 2006 when they proved they could accelerate electrons to very high energies (1 GeV, or a billion electron volts) in a distance of centimeters rather than hundreds of meters.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 25 Jun 2009

Funding Used to Further the Development and Deployment of New Nanoscale Fabrication and Measurement Strategies

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies have approved the FY10 Appropriations Bill which includes $500,000 ...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 25 Jun 2009

Biophotonic Chip for Single Cell Detection in Drinking Water

Two projects from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) receive up to S$4 million in research fund from the Environment + Water Industry Development Council (EWI) under its second Challenge Call for Request-for-Proposal...

25 Jun 2009

3M Introduces New 19-Micron Embedded Capacitance Material

The new 19-micron 3M Embedded Capacitance Material (ECM), introduced by 3M Electronic Solutions Division, offers printed circuit board manufacturers a high-performing choice for cost-sensitive applications. 3M ECM is...

24 Jun 2009

QD Vision Announces Appointment of Industry Veterans to Management Team

QD Vision, developer of nanotechnology-based products for lighting and displays, today announced the addition of Frank Hillery, VP, Finance, and Matt Mazzuchi, VP, Market and Business Development to the company’s management team.

24 Jun 2009

Nanometrics to Co-Host CEO Investor Summit

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO) today announced the company will co-host the CEO Investor Summit—a forum that will bring investors and analysts together with executives from six leading capital equipment companies in an efficient, relaxed atmosphere.

24 Jun 2009

Physicists Found Way to Drastically Prolong Shelf Life of Quantum Bits

Physicists have found a way to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bits, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers. These precarious bits, formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a s...

24 Jun 2009