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Portable Aptasensor for Mycotoxin Contamination Detection Wins EAS Award for Clarkson Student

A Clarkson University chemistry doctoral student has received an Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) Graduate Student Research Award for her design and development of a portable aptasensor for rapid visual detection of mycotoxin contamination.

10 Sep 2015

Tiny ‘Nanopore’ Scanners for Early Diagnosis of Cancer Biomarkers

Using tiny “nanopore” scanners that can detect individual DNA molecules, Professor Amit Meller and colleagues are on the hunt for biological markers in cancer cells that may help clinicians diagnose colorectal and lung cancers at their earliest stages.

10 Sep 2015

Caltech Team Successfully Creates Co-assembled Protein-DNA Nanowires

The ability to custom design biological materials such as protein and DNA opens up technological possibilities that were unimaginable just a few decades ago. For example, synthetic structures made of DNA could one day be used to deliver cancer drugs directly to tumor cells, and customized proteins could be designed to specifically attack a certain kind of virus.

4 Sep 2015

Global Nanobiotechnology Report 2015 Suggests Largest Market Expansion Between 2019 and 2024

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

3 Sep 2015

Key International Collaboration to Achieve Atomic-Scale Views of Living Biology

A major international collaboration launched by the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is laying the technical groundwork for taking individual, atomic-scale portraits of intact viruses, living bacteria and other microscopic samples using the brightest X-ray light on Earth.

2 Sep 2015

Manipulating and Folding of Inherently Coded DNA Helps Form Origami Nanostructures

Scientists have been studying ways to use synthetic DNA as a building block for smaller and faster devices. DNA has the advantage of being inherently "coded". Each DNA strand is formed of one of four "codes" that can link to only one complementary code each, thus binding two DNA strands together.

2 Sep 2015

Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology Enters New $20 Million Contract with the National Science Foundation

The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a multi-institutional research center based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has inked a new contract with the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will provide nearly $20 million in support over the next five years.

1 Sep 2015

NIMS MANA Researchers Develop Tissue Adhesive Porous Films that Promote Angiogenesis Without Using Growth Factors

A group at NIMS MANA has developed tissue adhesive porous films that promote angiogenesis without using growth factors. This new technology may contribute to medical cost reduction while maintaining the quality of medical treatment. This study was published in the online version of the academic journal Biomaterials on June 9, 2015.

29 Aug 2015

Molecular Machines Can be Manipulated with Minimal Mechanical Energy

NIMS MANA researchers found that molecular machines can be easily manipulated using very small mechanical energy, taking advantage of the property that they aggregate on the surface of water. This study was published in the online version of the German Chemical Society’s journal “Angewandte Chemie International Edition” on June 12, 2015. (D. Ishikawa, T. Mori, Y. Yonamine, W. Nakanishi, D. L. Cheung, J. P. Hill, and K. Ariga "Mechanochemical tuning of binaphthyl conformation at the air-water interface" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503363)

29 Aug 2015

Researchers Solve Architecture of Nuclear Pore Complex's Complicated Inner Ring

Not just anything is allowed to enter the nucleus, the heart of eukaryotic cells where, among other things, genetic information is stored. A double membrane, called the nuclear envelope, serves as a wall, protecting the contents of the nucleus.

28 Aug 2015