Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology discovered a nanomedicine breakthrough in which new types of polymers …Read the Rest
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Limit to nanotechnology mass-production?
A leading nanotechnology scientist has raised questions over a billion dollar industry by boldly claiming that there is a limit …Read the Rest
New kid on the plasmonic block
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Contact: Lynn Yarris lcyarris@lbl.gov 510-486-5375 DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab researchers find plasmonic resonances in semiconductor nanocrystals With its promise of superfast computers and ultrapowerful optical microscopes among the many possibilities, plasmonics has become one of the hottest fie…
Worried about antibiotic resistant superbugs?
Don’t worry, IBM is working on it… Following a horribly scary report about drug resistant infection comes this story from MIT: …Read the Rest
Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity
Stanford researchers have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce …Read the Rest
Berkeley Lab Researchers Create Next-Generation Chemical Mapping on the Nanoscale
A pixel is worth a thousand words? Not exactly how the saying goes, but in this case, it holds true: …Read the Rest
Researchers Create Organic, Non-Toxic Nanoparticle That Lights Up, Uses Heat to Find and Treat Tumors
A team of scientists from Princess Margaret Hospital have created an organic nanoparticle that is completely non-toxic, biodegradable and nimble …Read the Rest
Berkeley Lab scientists achieve breakthrough in nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage
Since the 1970s, hydrogen has been touted as a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to its clean combustion – …Read the Rest
Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
Minute whiskers of nanoscale dimension taken from sea creatures could hold the key to creating working human muscle tissue, University …Read the Rest


