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Research Agreement Extended for Nano-Proprietary

Nano-Proprietary, Inc.today announced that upon successful conclusion of its initial research project with a leading industrial chemical products company in Japan, its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc., has entered into...

2 Oct 2007

Industrial Nanotech Expands Intellectual Property Rights for Nanocomposite

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company is filing to expand the patent rights worldwide for a patent application it originally filed in March of 2006 on a ...

2 Oct 2007

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Detect and Repair Cracks in Structures like Aircraft Wings

Adding even a small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength, integrity, and safety of plastic materials widely used in engineering applications, according to a new study. $$IMAGE$$ ...

28 Sep 2007

Using Nanowires to Generate Electricity by Harvesting Energy from the Environment

As the sizes of sensor networks and mobile devices shrink toward the microscale, and even nanoscale, there is a growing need for suitable power sources. Because even the tiniest battery is too big to be used in nanoscale...

28 Sep 2007

Novel 3-D Cell Culture Model Shows Selective Tumor Uptake of Nanoparticles

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumor therapy has shown promising tumor cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by University of Nottingham scientists. The results of this resear...

28 Sep 2007

Nanoparticle Could Help Detect Cancer and Other Diseases Early

Most people think of hydrogen peroxide as a topical germ killer, but the medicine cabinet staple is gaining steam in the medical community as an early indicator of disease in the body. Furthering that trend, Georgia I...

28 Sep 2007

PET Scanning Tracks Injected Quantum Dots

A wide variety of experiments have shown that nanoscale quantum dots have the potential to detect early-stage cancer and even monitor the progress of anticancer therapies. But a new study from a team of investigators...

28 Sep 2007

Carbon Nanotubes Have Room for Multifunctionality

In the quest to turn carbon nanotubes from nanoscale wonder into clinically useful drug and imaging agent delivery agents, researchers have often added polymer coatings to the outside of the nanotubes in order to render ...

28 Sep 2007

Gold Nanorods Image Tumors

A growing body of research has demonstrated that gold nanorods can serve as extremely bright imaging agents. Now, by linking gold nanorods to an antibody that binds to tumor cells, researchers at the Georgia Institut...

28 Sep 2007

Nanoparticles Yield Safer Light-Activated Cancer Therapy

Photodynamic therapy, in which light activates a chemical known as a photosensitizer, triggering the production of cell-killing reactive oxygen, has proven itself as an effective therapy for a limited number of cancers. ...

28 Sep 2007