Queen’s researchers have discovered that nanoparticles, which are now present in everything from socks to salad dressing and suntan lotion, may have irreparably damaging effects on soi... Read more
How to put more bang in your biofuels? Nanoparticles! A new study in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energyshows that the addition of alumina nanoparticles can improve the performan... Read more
“Cornell Dots” — brightly glowing nanoparticles — may soon be used to light up cancer cells to aid in diagnosing and treating cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administr... Read more
Every year, millions of people come into emergency rooms complaining of chest pains, yet those pains are only sometimes due to heart attacks. Unfortunately in many of those cases, the only w... Read more
DOCTORS doing a needle biopsy to analyze tissue for cancer may one day add a second step to the procedure: depositing a tiny device at the site to report on growth of a tumor — and even the... Read more
A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. Read more
Image via Wikipedia Magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) is a promising new cancer treatment that essentially “fries” cells inside tumors. The procedure has been used successfully i... Read more
Nanotechnology products could become much more commercially practical thanks to work being performed by engineers at Oregon State University (OSU). Using a new fabrication method, the resear... Read more
When bodily fluids such as blood are tested for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels, they’re typically mixed with antibodies or other biological reactants to produce a positive... Read more
Image via Wikipedia At the nanoscale chemistry is different and nanoparticles don’t behave like normal particles. Nanoparticles tend to be more chemically reactive than ordinary-sized partic... Read more
Scientists are reporting an in-depth validation of the discovery of the world’s first mass producible, low-cost, organoclays for plastics. The powdered material, made from natural clay... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Inspired by the social interactions of ants and slime molds, University of Pittsburgh engineers have designed artificial cells capable of self-organizing into independent... Read more
Image by Jo Jakeman via Flickr Just as an examination of the burrs of seeds that kept sticking to his clothes led Swiss engineer, George de Mestral, to develop Velcro, a search for an explan... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A new way of stopping machines overheating is being developed NANO-THIS. Nano-that. Nano-the-other. The idea that making things so small you measure their dimensions in n... Read more
