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First biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles

<hr />First biodegradable antimicrobial polymer nanoparticles
May 22, 2011
biotech

Researchers from IBM and the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology discovered a nanomedicine breakthrough in which new types of polymers …Read the Rest


Limit to nanotechnology mass-production?

April 20, 2011
nanoscience

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

April 18, 2011
nanoscience

[NEWS]

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?

April 5, 2011
biotech

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


First practical nanogenerator produces electricity with pinch of the fingers

March 29, 2011
biotech

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Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 714-765-2012 (Meeting, March 27-31) 202-872-6042 (Before March 27) Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 714-765-2012 (Meeting, March 27-31) 202-872-6293 (Before March 27) American Chemical Society ANAHEIM, March 29, 20…


Stanford researchers use river water and salty ocean water to generate electricity

March 29, 2011
biofuels

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

March 28, 2011
biotech

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

March 22, 2011
biotech

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

March 13, 2011
biotech

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

March 11, 2011
biotech

Minute whiskers of nanoscale dimension taken from sea creatures could hold the key to creating working human muscle tissue, University …Read the Rest