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Drug-delivery research shows early promise
Northeastern University pharmaceutical sciences professor Mansoor Amiji is leading interdisciplinary research into nanotechnology-based methods of drug delivery that could provide breakthroughs in treating diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and HIV/AIDS.
Using nanotechnology, Amiji will work to deliver drugs inside cancer cells, like the Ovarian cancer cells pictured here. Courtesy photo from Mansoor Amiji.
The National Institutes of [...]
Chennai nanotechnology research scholar gets Rs 1.4-cr job offer!
Chennai: Chennai-based nanotechnology research scholar R. Shivaraman is on cloud nine. He has been hired by hardware manufacturer Seagate Technology at an annual pay packet of a whopping Rs 1.4 crore!
Though the patent under the US law is still being awaited for his innovative ‘polymer templated lithography process which allows fabrication of patterned magnetic media [...]
Nanotechnology and Water Heaters
Utilizing the unique technology of nanoscience, nanotechnology water heaters are today’s must-have in every household as they deliver all the benefits that a water heater should provide plus more—providing additional perks that include reducing the household’s water and electric costs, lowering energy consumption, reducing space requirement, and conserving electricity.
The science behind these water heaters seems [...]
National Cancer Institute: Video Journey Into Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology allows researchers to think cancer in its primeval stages of progression, sanctioning primeval spotting and utilization of newborn therapies to direct the disease. Take a Video Journey Into Nanotechnology at NCI to wager how this earth of power is dynamical the artefact we countenance at cancer. Learn more most the National person Institute’s Alliance [...]
New nanotechnology sensor array unveiled
Cambridge — U.S. scientists say they’ve built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect a molecule of hydrogen peroxide coming from a single living cell.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers said hydrogen peroxide has long been known to damage cells and their DNA. But now scientists have discovered the chemical appears to [...]
Nano find lands Chennai scholar big bucks job in US
Chennai: A Chennai scholar has set an example for students who prefer lucrative managerial jobs to arduous research.
R Shivaraman, 24, a researchscholar with SRM University, has landed a Rs1.4-crore-a-year job with an American firm for his work in increasing the capacity of computer hard drives. He holds a joint patent with another Indian for the [...]
The Truth About Nanotechnology in Food
Since we launched this website last year, I’ve learned quite a bit about the use of nanotechnology in the food system, but until recently, I didn’t have a clear understanding of how nanotech is being used, and what potential risks it poses.
Big food manufacturers are quitely concocting new food packaging with nanotechnology that could extend [...]
ASA delegates set policy direction
“ASA strongly urges the Risk Management Agency (RMA) and Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) to reinstate Group Risk Plan (GRP) and Gross Revenue Insurance Plan (GRIP) policies where they are no longer available.”
Soybean producers gathered in Anaheim, Calif., last week to review and revise the policy direction of the American Soybean Association [...]
SoyThane Technologies Inc introduces new ExpandoThane Web Site
(1888PressRelease) New Web Site Introduces a Mile Stone in Polyurea Roof Chemistry
SoyThane Technologies Inc, Yulee Florida: SoyThane Technologies Inc a manufacturer of specialty Urethane Foam and Polyureas today announced the unveiling of the new ExpandoThane Polyurea Web Site.
“In a pre Web Site Press Release the calls were over whelming”, Tom Hay Technical Advisor for SoyThane [...]
Women more affected than men by air pollution when running marathons
Poor air quality apparently affects the running times of women in marathons, according to a study by Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineer Linsey Marr.
Marr’s findings come from a comprehensive study that evaluated marathon race results, weather data, and air pollutant concentrations in seven marathons over a period of eight to 28 years. The top [...]
Purdue researchers developing new wireless technology
Extremely fast laser pulses and bursts of radio transmission could change the way electronics communicate in the future.
Purdue researchers have developed miniature devices called “microring resonators” that are capable of sending large amounts of data without wires. This technology could be applied to anything from high-definition video signals to Internet connections up to seven gigabits [...]
Pentagon Shooter Nanotech Link
Back in 2004, John Bedell asked the pentagon to fund his DNA, nanotechnology research. In his 28 page proposal he said his work could enhance the capabilities of the defense department as well as the individual warfighter.
He lived here, applied for a driver’s license and was arrested. And all of that activity isn’t that far [...]
Turn Radioactive Waste Into Drinking Water
Russian Inventor Has Friends in Kremlin, but Skeptics Outside It
Viktor Petrik Says He Can Turn Radioactive Waste Into Drinking Water
VSEVOLOZHSK, Russia—Viktor Petrik shows off what he describes as his discoveries: a cell that generates electricity when you breathe on it. A new way to produce silicon for computer chips from fertilizer waste. A filter that [...]
Project: The safety of the world’s water supply
Project Summary
The safety of the world’s water supply is increasingly a global issue that requires coordinated international efforts ranging from ascertaining global drinking water quality standards to developing and implementing the most appropriate water treatment strategies. Our team is an international partnership of environmental engineers and membrane scientists that aims at creating new membrane technologies [...]
NanoMicroClub launched
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, and the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), a professional membership organisation for the nanotechnology industry, has announced a collaboration to encourage and support global business development for UK SMEs.
The partnership will see the launch of the International NanoMicroClub (INMC) [...]
Concerns for consumers
There is a growing worry about nanotechnology and it’s use in cosmetics. Manufacturers have slapped a ban on the use of nanoparticles in their cosmetic products. This ban is voluntary whist they wait on a ruling from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) on the safety of this new technology.
The problem for the manufacturers is [...]
India – Nanotechnology: Career prospects
DR. K. JEYAPRAKASH
Nanotechnology is the technology that is based on the scale of nanometers. One nanometer is equal to one-billionth 10-9 of a metre. It is 5,000 to 50,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Compared to a metre, one nanometer is roughly of the same proportion as a golf ball is [...]
Searching for partner, nanopositioner proposal, patent licensing
I am searching for partner(s) interested in further development and/or commercialization of the feature-oriented scanning (FOS) methodology that is applicable for high-precision, high-accuracy, high-resolution scanning probe microscopy and bottom-up nanofabrication. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, comments or research/business proposals related to such collaboration
I have some patentable thoughts and know-how on [...]
Nanotechnology makes strides in quantum dots, medicine
In the emerging nanotechnology area, the typical eight- to 10-year gestation period for breakthrough technologies to reach commercialization is now reaching an end.
Nanotechnology is an emerging area with contributions from both established companies and start-ups. One participant in the industry, eight-year-old Nanosys Inc, is working on commercializing materials made with nanoparticles and nanotechnology devices. The [...]
Paper batteries and energy conducting fabrics
A team led by engineer Yi Cui aims to have taken nanotechnology to a new level by creating energy conductive fabric and paper. Recently he demonstrated this by soaking the fabric and paper with an ink that contained nanoparticles. This process is thought to have opened the door to paper batteries and lighter capacitors. Other [...]
Nanotechnology and Food Remains in the Realm of Speculation and Fear Mongering
It still seems that the mob with pitchforks is in control of the issue of nanotechnology and food. I was reading a fairly balanced report in a publication called the Mindful Metropolis on the state of nanotechnology and food. It was thorough report with just a few hiccups, most notably the assertion that food companies [...]
Vigilance needed in nanotechnology
University of Calgary chemist finds right mix of tools to measure nanomaterials in blood vessels
University of Calgary chemistry professor David Cramb is a step closer to helping solve a complex problem in nanotechnology: the impact nanoparticles have on human health and the environment.
Cramb, director of the Faculty of Science’s nanoscience program, and his researchers have [...]
Professional Engineers on frontlines of fight against cancer
Engineers are helping solve some big problems in the health-care field by thinking small.
Professional Engineer Dr. Elise Fear explores ways to use microwave breast imaging to more comfortably find smaller breast-cancer tumours while exposing women to a lower amount of ionizing radiation and Professional Engineer Dr. Jie Chen uses nanotechnology to make cancer treatments more [...]
Bangalore: World’s leading tech visionaries to brainstorm
Nearly a hundred of the world’s leading business and tech visionaries will discuss next generation technologies that are ready for the market in the annual Emerging Technologies Conference (Emtech) in Bangalore next week.
The two-day conference begining March 8 is being held in India for the second year in succession in association with CyberMedia.
The conference, organised [...]
Oxford Nanotechnology Summer School 2010, 5 – 9 July 2010
Oxford Nanotechnology Summer School 2010
5 – 9 July 2010
Oxford University, UK
The Summer School Programme offers five one-day courses designed to introduce participants to the advances that are being made in the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. The courses focus on nanotechnology for energy, biomedical nanotechnology and nanosafety.
These courses are aimed at professionals working in a [...]
Nanotechnology: A lifeline for drying pharma pipelines?
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What has been nanotechnology’s greatest contribution to the healthcare sector in the last 5 years?
Professor Jamie C. Oliver
Oliver: Nanoparticle medicine has experienced substantial growth in the last half decade. Advances include new material chemistry for robust constructs, enhanced ligand co-targeting, formulation of true nanoparticles of ca. < 100 nm and a preliminary understanding [...]
How nanotechnology helps Bluetooth and Wi-Fi work together
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi share frequencies in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, causing signal degradation when both are enabled in the same device. That’s no longer an issue, thanks to antenna systems based on nanotechnology.
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Oddly enough, this article came about because of a repair call. I received a voice mail from a friend, his Wi-Fi wasn’t [...]
What we are about: ShengdaTech, Inc
Our mission is to become the leading supplier of NPCC products, with an initial focus on China. We will achieve this through expanding capacity to meet demand, keeping production cost low, providing high quality products, expanding the market for NPCC by developing cutting-edge products through research and development, building a strong management team and broadening [...]
Getting Value from Nanotechnology in Healthcare
In a white paper on drug delivery I contributed to writing a couple of years ago and in the accompanying report, we argued that one of the key economic drivers behind nanotechnology in drug delivery was unlocking the hidden value of many pharma companies’ already developed compounds.
“The acceptance of new drug formulations is expensive and [...]
Diamond-like tip superior than the best
German and US researchers have produced a super-sharp, strong, and resilient carbon tip that has earned top place as the industry’s current benchmark. Funded by the EU, the diamond-like tip is 3,000 times more wear-resistant at the nanoscale than a silicon oxide tip, making it ideal for use in atomic imaging, probe-based data storage, and [...]
