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Innovative Research in a New Field Termed Plant Nanobionics

Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more useful by augmenting them with nanomaterials that could enhance their energy production and give them completely new functions, such as monitoring environmental pollutants.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 17 Mar 2014

Scientists Build Complex Self-Assembling DNA Cages

Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Harvard's Wyss Institute have built a set of self-assembling DNA cages one-tenth as wide as a bacterium. The structures are some of the largest and most complex structures ever constructed solely from DNA, they report today's online edition of Science.

14 Mar 2014

ISPBC Showcases its XTIO2 Nanocoating Technology-Based GLOBAL Travel Facemask

International Self-Powered Building Council (ISPBC) showcased its world-exclusive self-cleaning XTIO2 GLOBAL Travel Facemask for travelers with the world’s highest protection: 100%, proven by SGS U.S. Laboratories.

11 Mar 2014

Novavax Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of its H7N9 Avian Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

Novavax, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 and announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of its H7N9 avian influenza VLP vaccine candidate with its proprietary Matrix-M adjuvant.

From Novavax Inc. 11 Mar 2014

Novel Nanoscale Measurement Approaches for Cancer Research

Jason Reed, Ph.D., is a sort of research jack-of-all-trades. He has a broad base of knowledge to pull from – an undergraduate and master’s degrees in physics and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. While in his doctoral program, he focused on genome analysis of single DNA molecules. Since then, he has focused his research on biological systems – applying imaging approaches that look at how cancer cells grow or how they respond to treatment.

10 Mar 2014

HDL Nanotherapy Directly Targets and Lowers Dangerous Inflammation in Blood Vessels

Nanoparticles designed for drug delivery run the gamut from very artificial components like gold or specially designed RNA to particles that adapt or mimic naturally occurring nanoparticles. A noteworthy example of the latter is adapting biology’s “good cholesterol”, the high-density lipoprotein particle, to deliver anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent recurrent heart attacks and strokes.

6 Mar 2014

Simple Mathematical Way to Consider Correlations in Analysis of Cytoskeletons

Rice University researchers have developed a theoretical approach to analyze the process by which protein building blocks form the biopolymer skeletons of living cells.

6 Mar 2014

Study Investigates How Individual S. aureus Cells Glom onto Metallic Nanostructures

The bacterium Staphylococcus Aureus (S. aureus) is a common source of infections that occur after surgeries involving prosthetic joints and artificial heart valves. The grape-shaped microorganism adheres to medical equipment, and if it gets inside the body, it can cause a serious and even life-threatening illness called a Staph infection. The recent discovery of drug-resistant strains of S. aureus makes matters even worse.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 6 Mar 2014

JEC Europe 2014: NanoCelluComp Highlights Novel Nanocellulose-Based Composites

Society relies heavily on advanced materials, such as composites, made from non-renewable petroleum-based products that are energy intensive and require significant use of volatile solvents to manufacture.

5 Mar 2014

Researchers Test Four Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle Systems for Targeting Cancer Cells

In current research related to improving cancer treatments, one promising area of research is the effort to find ways to selectively pinpoint and target cancer cells while minimizing effects on healthy cells.

4 Mar 2014

Bionanotechnology News

Innovative Research in a New Field Termed Plant Nanobionics

Scientists Build Complex Self-Assembling DNA Cages

ISPBC Showcases its XTIO2 Nanocoating Technology-Based GLOBAL Travel Facemask

Novavax Initiates Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of its H7N9 Avian Influenza VLP Vaccine Candidate

Novel Nanoscale Measurement Approaches for Cancer Research

HDL Nanotherapy Directly Targets and Lowers Dangerous Inflammation in Blood Vessels

Simple Mathematical Way to Consider Correlations in Analysis of Cytoskeletons

Study Investigates How Individual S. aureus Cells Glom onto Metallic Nanostructures

JEC Europe 2014: NanoCelluComp Highlights Novel Nanocellulose-Based Composites

Researchers Test Four Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle Systems for Targeting Cancer Cells

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

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

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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