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Researchers Develop a Switch for Nano-Optics

Electronics now has a competitor. Information is increasingly being transmitted and processed by means of light rather than electrons.

23 Jul 2014

Gold Nanoparticles Coated with Special Molecules Can Easily Penetrate Cells

A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them good candidates to deliver drugs directly to target cells.

22 Jul 2014

Nanorods Propelled Ultrasonically Spin at a Dizzying Rate

Vibrate a solution of rod-shaped metal nanoparticles in water with ultrasound and they'll spin around their long axes like tiny drill bits. Why? No one yet knows exactly. But researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have clocked their speed—and it's fast. At up to 150,000 revolutions per minute, these nanomotors rotate 10 times faster than any nanoscale object submerged in liquid ever reported.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 22 Jul 2014

Current Trends in Growing Market for BioChips and BioMEMS

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: BioChips & BioMEMS 2014.

21 Jul 2014

Researchers Employ Magnetized Carbon Nanotubes to Extract Biomolecules from Live Cells

University of Houston researchers have devised a new method for extracting molecules from live cells without disrupting cell development, work that could provide new avenues for the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.

18 Jul 2014

Novel Protein Biomarker Test Platform May Improve Diagnostic Testing

A new protein biomarker test platform developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana University promises to improve diagnostic testing. The test can accurately and simultaneously measure multiple proteins that indicate the presence of diseases like graft-versus-host disease (bone marrow transplant rejection) in only two hours, no washing steps, and using only a minute volume of blood plasma. A report on this new technology can be found online in the journal TECHNOLOGY.

17 Jul 2014

NAU Research on Muscle Contraction Receives W. M. Keck Foundation Award

Devising a way to see something that has yet to be seen takes big ideas, teamwork and the support of those who understand the value of a calculated risk.

17 Jul 2014

New Self-Assembling Nanoparticle Enables Early Diagnosis of Cancer

Scientists have designed a new self-assembling nanoparticle that targets tumours, to help doctors diagnose cancer earlier.

17 Jul 2014

DNA Nanopyramids Can Flag and Kill Bacteria

Bacterial infections usually announce themselves with pain and fever but often can be defeated with antibiotics — and then there are those that are sneaky and hard to beat. Now, scientists have built a new weapon against such pathogens in the form of tiny DNA pyramids.

From American Chemical Society 10 Jul 2014

Researchers Employ DNA Origami to Test Theories About Cell Signalling

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have headed a study that has provided new knowledge about the EphA2 receptor, which is significant in several forms of cancer. This is important knowledge in itself – but just as important is how this study, which is published in the highly respected journal Nature Methods today, was conducted.

8 Jul 2014