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Electrodes on a Chip Simultaneously Monitor Thousands of Molecules

It's electric A chemist at Washington University in St. Louis is making molecules the new-fashioned way - selectively harnessing thousands of minuscule electrodes on a tiny computer chip that do chemical reactions...

3 May 2007

Multinozzle Nanoelectrospray Emitter Array to Accelerate Proteomics Research

In recent years, the science of biology has been dominated by genomics - the study of genes and their functions. The genomics era is now making way for the era of proteomics - the study of the proteins that genes encode....

3 May 2007

Gold Nanoparticles to be Used for an Environmental Test for Mercury

With gold nanoparticles, DNA and some smart chemistry as their tools, scientists at Northwestern University have developed a simple "litmus test" for mercury that eventually could be used for on-the-spot enviro...

2 May 2007

University of Cincinnati Lead The World in Extremely Long Carbon Nanotube Arrays

University of Cincinnati researchers lead the world in the synthesis of extremely long aligned carbon nanotube arrays; research has implications for medical, aerospace, electronic and other applications. UC engineer...

26 Apr 2007

Nanoparticle Treatment Being Tested on Stage 4 Lung Cancer Patients

A cancer-suppressing gene has been successfully delivered into the tumors of stage 4 lung cancer patients via an intravenously administered lipid nanoparticle in a phase I clinical trial at The University of Texas M. D. ...

26 Apr 2007

Nanotechnology to Revolutionise Medical Diagnostic Testing

University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionise medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer. Dr Simon Corrie, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering &a...

26 Apr 2007

Sensitive Nanoparticle Sensors from Nebraska to be Promoted at BIO 2007

In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch. A computer-aided orthopedic surgical system could enable surgeons to do faster, less inva...

24 Apr 2007

Scanning Tunnelling Microscope Used to Show How Molecules Recognise Each Other

A human body has more than 10 to the power of 27 molecules with about one hundred thousand different shapes and functions. Interactions between molecules determine our structure and keep us alive. Researchers at the Max ...

24 Apr 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Sell Nano eNabler Molecular Printer to Louisiana Tech

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today the March sale of the Nano eNabler(TM) molecular printer to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. ...

24 Apr 2007

Nanotechnology Offers Hope for Those Suffering Spinal Cord Injuries, Diabetes and Parkinson's Disease

Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body?kidneys, liver, heart?can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffe...

23 Apr 2007