December 4, 2012
Hydrogels have already been considered for use in drug delivery — the spaces can be filled with drugs that release slowly as the gel biodegrades — and as frameworks for tissue rebuilding. The ability to form a gel into a … Read More
December 3, 2012
In Science Magazine’s November 30 cover story, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute reported that they had created 100 three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures using DNA building blocks that function like Lego® bricks—an advance from the two-dimensional (2D) structures the same team announced … Read More
November 26, 2012
Traditional chemotherapies can be toxic but nano-sized carriers can keep them out of healthy tissue and take old drugs to new places. (Nature)
November 23, 2012
As the debate intensifies between those for and against nanotechnology, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly proposed today that the Council of Europe should draw up legal standards which would be designed to … Read More
November 23, 2012
Patent thickets occur in other high-tech fields, but the consequences for nanotechnology are dire because of the potential power and immaturity of the field. Advances are being stifled at birth because downstream innovation almost always infringes some early broad patents. … Read More
November 16, 2012
New artificial muscles made from nanotech yarns and infused with paraffin wax can lift more than 100,000 times their own weight and generate 85 times more mechanical power than the same size natural muscle, according to scientists at The University … Read More
November 15, 2012
Tiny nanoparticles are a huge part of our lives, for better or for worse. (Popular Science)
November 12, 2012
Newest publication from the Nanotechnology Research Center: The NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC) was established in 2004 to develop, coordinate, and deliver an organized program of research to identify, investigate, and develop science-based solutions to workplace health and safety knowledge … Read More
November 9, 2012
SCIENTISTS say they have developed a method to “see through” layers of thin, solid material in a breakthrough that holds promise for medical imaging, nanotechnology – and the spy trade. (The Australian)
November 8, 2012
University of Manitoba medical microbiologist Dr Xiaojian Yao, who specializes in researching the HIV virus, has discovered a potential new way to protect ourselves against HIV and the Herpes virus: silver nanoparticles. (Yahoo News)
October 31, 2012
Nanotechnology is helping to revolutionise many technology and industry sectors, such as environmental science, energy, medicine, food safety and transportation. For teaching and research I often have to recommend a text that introduces risk assessment to graduate students who are … Read More
October 30, 2012
Scientists have developed a prototype ultra-sensitive sensor that would enable doctors to detect the early stages of diseases and viruses with the naked eye, according to research published today in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. (Nanotechnology Now)
October 29, 2012
Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world. … Read More
October 24, 2012
The discovery of specific breast cancer “fingerprints” was made using breakthrough nanotechnology known as ARTIDIS. (Medical Xpress)
October 17, 2012
In a request released Sept. 14 of this year, the Office Of Naval Research sought to find proposals for “Synthetic Biology Tools for Sensing and Bioprocessing” — essentially hybrid, organic inorganic “sensing” robots. (Business Insider)
October 15, 2012
Last year the European Commission (EC) was eager to show its proactive approach to regulating nanomaterials when—after a protracted process–the Commission arrived at a definition for nanomaterials. While the EC achieved its goal of a definition, the definition itself came … Read More
October 12, 2012
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova will present the UNESCO Medal ‘For the Development of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies’ to six laureates during a ceremony organized at UNESCO Headquarters on 11 October. (UNESCO.org)
September 24, 2012
Cuban scientists have developed a new variation of a drug used to prevent the rejection of organ transplants and which constitutes the first nanopharmaceutical product that the island has manufactured on an industrial scale. (Fox)
September 19, 2012
Here is a recipe for anxiety: take China’s poorly enforced chemical-safety regulations, add its tainted record on product safety and stir in the uncertain risks of a booming nanotechnology industry. (Nature)
September 5, 2012
The use of RNA in nanotechnology applications is highly promising for many applications, including the development of new therapeutic compounds. (Science Daily)
September 3, 2012
They beat like real heart cells, but the rat cardiomyocytes in a dish at Harvard University are different in one crucial way. Snaking through them are wires and transistors that spy on each cell’s electrical impulses. In future, the wires … Read More
August 24, 2012
Some are similar in shape to asbestos fibres, which have caused lung cancers such as mesothelioma. (BBC News)
August 9, 2012
Scientists have used nanotechnology materials to repair vital tissues damaged by heart attacks in animals, suggesting a new way to treat the same ailment in people. (Wall Street Journal)
July 5, 2012
Think of it as Liquid-Plumr for the circulatory system. Researchers have designed a clump of tiny particles that rides the current of the bloodstream, seeks out life-threatening blood clots, and obliterates them. The approach works in mice and could soon … Read More
July 3, 2012
Imagine a lotion that can treat irreversible genetic skin diseases like psoriasis or life-threatening skin cancers like melanoma. Researchers at Northwestern University say they’re another step closer to creating a treatment that will naturally slip through the skin and genetically … Read More
