(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2008, a team of investigators at Stanford University's Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence demonstrated that they could use a technique known as nanoparticle-aided Raman spectroscopy to look at ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 28, 2011
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A team of chemists led by Vincent M. Rotello of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a fast, simple and low-cost field test for detecting bacteria in low concentrations in drinking water using a biosensor ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 28, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles are becoming the ... well ... gold standard for medical-use nanoparticles. A new paper by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2011
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A breath test for "sniffing out" cancer in a person's breath is a step closer to reality, according to a study recently published in the British Journal of Cancer. The study results show that the device developed by Prof. ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2011
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a little bomb that promises a big bang for cancer patients.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 4, 2011
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Scientists have created a diamond-like lattice composed of gold nanoparticles and viral particles, woven together and held in place by strands of DNA. The structure – a distinctive mix of hard, metallic nanoparticles ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 27, 2011
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Professor Richard Watt and his chemistry students suspected that a common protein could potentially react with sunlight and harvest its energy – similar to what chlorophyll does during photosynthesis.
Nanomaterials
Jan 26, 2011
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Using a two-step process that creates gold nanoparticles that look like kernels of popcorn, researchers at Jackson State University have created a targeted nanoparticle that can detect as few as 50 malignant prostate cells ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 19, 2011
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Research by two Victoria University PhD graduates has advanced cutting edge technology that combines wool with gold and silver to create a new range of multi-functional textiles.
Materials Science
Jan 19, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles consisting ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 15, 2010
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