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The Binding Avidity of a Nanoparticle-Based Multivalent Targeted Drug Delivery Platform

One of the basic tenets of targeted nanoparticle drug delivery is putting multiple targeting molecules on a nanoparticle surface will improve the ability of nanoparticles to stick to their targeted cell and deliver their...

22 Feb 2007

Nanoparticles Advance Light-Activated Cancer Therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a powerful approach for destroying tumors, one that uses light and a light-sensitive chemical to rapidly kill cells. Unfortunately, PDT is associated with significant side effects that large...

22 Feb 2007

NanoSensors Release new Range of Silicon Probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy MFM

NANOSENSORS™ has launched a new series of silicon probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) today. For visualisation of magnetic domains by scanning probe microscopy different magnetic force microscopy probes a...

From Nanosensors 22 Feb 2007

EPA Issues Nanotechnology White Paper

EPA’s Science Policy Council has issued the Nanotechnology White Paper (EPA/100/B-07/001, February 2007). The purpose of the White Paper is to inform EPA management of the science issues and needs associated with n...

20 Feb 2007

ASU Studies Impact of Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms

Sun screen - you can't live without it in the Southwest. But the very product that is protecting human skin from harmful solar rays could be wreaking havoc on the environment because of one ingredient. Researchers...

20 Feb 2007

QUT Scientists Develop Ceramic Membranes for Nanofiltration

HIV may one day be able to be filtered from human blood saving the lives of millions of people, thanks to a world-first innovation by Queensland University of Technology scientists. QUT scientists have developed speci...

19 Feb 2007

Precise Control of Water Through a Nanotube Membrane Demonstrated

By fusing wet and dry nanotechnologies, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a way to control the flow of water through carbon nanotube membranes with an unprecedented level of precision. The resear...

19 Feb 2007

Scientists Use Quantum Dots and Nanoparticles to Improve Identification of Disease Biomarkers

Analyzing human blood for a very low virus concentration or a sample of water for a bioterrorism agent has always been a time-consuming and difficult process. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory ...

19 Feb 2007

50-Atom Thick Porous Membrane

A newly designed porous membrane, so thin it's invisible edge-on, may revolutionize the way doctors and scientists manipulate objects as small as a molecule. The 50-atom thick filter can withstand surprisingly hig...

19 Feb 2007

Quasiparticle Self-Consistent GW Theory

Gold is shiny, diamonds are transparent, and iron is magnetic. Why is that? The answer lies with a material's electronic structure, which determines its electrical, optical, and magnetic properties. Sandia relies...

19 Feb 2007