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Cell Lytic Enzymes Attached to Food-Safe Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Ability to Kill Listeria

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an alternative to the use of antibiotics or chemical decontamination in food supply systems.

3 Apr 2013

BRAIN Initiative Builds on Efforts of Leading Neuroscientists and Nanotechnologists

Salk neuroscientist Terrence J. Sejnowski joined President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2013, at the launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative-a major Administration neuroscience effort that advances and builds upon collaborative scientific work by leading brain researchers such as Salk's own Sejnowski.

3 Apr 2013

Solar Cells Fabricated on Cellulose Nanocrystal Substrates Can be Recycled in Water

Solar cells are just like leaves, capturing the sunlight and turning it into energy. It’s fitting that they can now be made partially from trees.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 26 Mar 2013

Researchers Produce 2-D and 3-D Structures in the Field of DNA Nanotechnology

In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, Arizona State University Professor Hao Yan has led a research team to produce a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D structures that push the boundaries of the burgeoning field of DNA nanotechnology.

From Arizona State University 22 Mar 2013

ABL Medical Offers New Antibacterial Wound Dressing Gel Based on Nano-molecular Silver Technology

ABL Medical, LLC has officially launched their new SilvrSTAT® Antibacterial Wound Dressing Gel into the United States market. SilvrSTAT® is the first of a new class of medical products based on the company's patented nano-molecular silver technology.

20 Mar 2013

University of Delaware Researchers Seek Ways to Develop Nanomaterials from Biomolecules

When automotive engineers want to create a new car, they don’t build thousands of prototypes. Instead, they create computer models and run simulations for performance, efficiency and desirability before a model is selected for fabrication.

19 Mar 2013

Nanopores May Eliminate Current Evaluation Processes Used for Detecting Epigenetics-Related Diseases

Collaborators from Mayo-Illinois Alliance for Technology Based Healthcare have developed a new, single molecule test for detecting methylated DNA. Methylation -- the addition of a methyl group of molecules to a DNA strand -- is one of the ways gene expression is regulated. The findings appear in the current issue of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).

15 Mar 2013

Bacterial Nanowires Require Key Amino Acids to Conduct Electricity

Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, on Tuesday, March 12.

13 Mar 2013

Innovative Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor to Detect Pathogen in Food

The foodborne bacteria Listeria monocytogenes sickens about 2,500 people in the U.S. each year and many more worldwide, killing about 25-30% of those infected. Listeriosis is caused by eating food contaminated with L. monocytogenes, and current methods for detecting the bacteria are costly and time consuming.

13 Mar 2013

Grant for Organizing Enzymes to Create Electricity Using Nanoscale Devices

An assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering has recently received a $360,000 grant to better organize enzymes on electrodes to create nanoscale devices that more efficiently convert the chemical energy of sugars and complex carbohydrates in to electricity.

From University of California at Riverside 8 Mar 2013

Bionanotechnology News

Cell Lytic Enzymes Attached to Food-Safe Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Ability to Kill Listeria

BRAIN Initiative Builds on Efforts of Leading Neuroscientists and Nanotechnologists

Solar Cells Fabricated on Cellulose Nanocrystal Substrates Can be Recycled in Water

Researchers Produce 2-D and 3-D Structures in the Field of DNA Nanotechnology

ABL Medical Offers New Antibacterial Wound Dressing Gel Based on Nano-molecular Silver Technology

University of Delaware Researchers Seek Ways to Develop Nanomaterials from Biomolecules

Nanopores May Eliminate Current Evaluation Processes Used for Detecting Epigenetics-Related Diseases

Bacterial Nanowires Require Key Amino Acids to Conduct Electricity

Innovative Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor to Detect Pathogen in Food

Grant for Organizing Enzymes to Create Electricity Using Nanoscale Devices

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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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