Failed HIV Drug Gets Second Chance with Addition of Gold Nanoparticles May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that adding tiny bits of gold to a failed HIV drug rekindle the drug's ability to stop the virus from invading the body's immune system. | |
Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionize diagnostics May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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A new technology with research and clinical application including the early detection of disease has been invented and developed by University of Queensland researchers. | |
Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. | |
Researchers synthesize molecule with self-control May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Plants have an ambivalent relationship with light. They need it to live, but too much light leads to the increased production of high-energy chemical intermediates that can injure or kill the plant. | |
Federal government taps NC State experts to explain nanotech risks May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The arm of the federal government responsible for coordinating nanotechnology research and regulations across the country has called on experts from North Carolina State University to craft a white paper that will lay out ... | |
 Environmental fate of nanoparticles depends on properties of water carrying them May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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The fate of carbon-based nanoparticles spilled into groundwater – and the ability of municipal filtration systems to remove the nanoparticles from drinking water – depend on subtle differences in the solution ... | |
Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver’s ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products containing ... | |
 New nanotech products hitting the market at the rate of 3-4 per week April 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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New nanotechnology consumer products are coming on the market at the rate of 3-4 per week, a finding based on the latest update to the nanotechnology consumer product inventory maintained by the Project on ... | |
 Nanobacteria – Are They Alive? April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 85 vote(s)
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Tiny particles called nanobacteria have intrigued researchers in many ways since their discovery 20 years ago, but perhaps the most controversial question they pose is whether or not they are alive. | |
Europe spends nearly twice as much as US on nanotech risk research April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A new analysis by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology. ... | |
Nanoparticles Provide Detailed View Inside Living Animals April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using nanoparticles designed specifically to produce a bright Raman spectroscopic signal, a team of investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (Stanford CCNE) has shown that ... | |
Nanosize Rods Light Up Pancreatic Cancer Cells April 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Quantum dots have shown promise as ultrabright contrast agents for use in a variety of cancer imaging studies. Now, a team of investigators at the Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer ... | |
Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading April 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. | |
Limited transparency in federal nanotech research may hamper development April 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Without clear leadership and more transparency in federal risk research investment, the emergence of safe nanotechnologies will be a happy accident, rather than a foregone conclusion, says Dr. Andrew Maynard, the Chief Science ... | |
 'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet “test tubes” for studying individual proteins under conditions that mimic the crowded ... | |
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