Carbon Nanotubes Detect Lung Cancer Markers in the Breath
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using an array of nanotube devices, each coated with a different organic material, researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have developed diagnostic system that may be able to diagnose lung cancer ...
Carbon Nanotubes Improve Protein Array Detection Limits
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Nov 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes in blood or other biological samples. Those efforts should ...
Caltech 4-D microscope revolutionizes the way we look at the nano world
Nov 20, 2008 |
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More than a century ago, the development of the earliest motion picture technology made what had been previously thought "magical" a reality: capturing and recreating the movement and dynamism of the world ...
Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.
Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Friction is the bane of any machine. When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn't operate as efficiently, and the parts have a tendency to wear out over ...
Can a single molecule behave as a mirror?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “We have shown for the first time, theoretically, that a single molecule can behave as a perfect mirror,” Mario Agio tells PhysOrg.com. “Imagine that your mirror at home becomes a single molecule and that y ...
Toward a new generation of paper-thin loudspeakers
Nov 17, 2008 |
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In research that may redefine ear buds, earphones, stereo loudspeakers, and other devices for producing sound, researchers in China are reporting development of flexible loudspeakers thinner than paper that ...
Nanoparticles Deliver Their Cargo, Then Disappear
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Medical researchers are looking at any number of new methods to get drugs to specific locations in the body. Some methods are efficient but less safe, while others are safe but often fail ...
'Nanobamas' fuse art, science, technology and politics
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them "nanobamas."
Nanotube Construction Set
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily varied and modified building blocks.
