Nanoparticles come at the top of occupational chemical risks

22 Apr, 2009 09:10 pm It is estimated that each year there are 74,000 work-related deaths linked to hazardous substances encountered in the workplace...

Nanotechnology's True Potential

14 Nov, 2008 11:14 am It is disappointing to still find articles like this one in the UK Independent that are short-sighted and actually misleading about nanotechnology:

Rows of atoms: watching missing atoms with electrons

25 Feb, 2008 12:50 pm While electron microscopes are available for more than 70 years, they have been recently significantly improved. The use of aberration correctors improved...

Action on Surfaces: Moving Molecules and Nano Particles on Surfaces

28 Dec, 2007 02:13 pm To build devices at molecular scale, we need to control the position, orientation and movement of individual molecules on surfaces...

Nano particles, medicine and heat conduction

23 Oct, 2007 11:10 am Metal nano particles have a particularly large optical cross-section that can be used in high resolution imaging and treating cancer. Heat transport,...

Silicon Nanoparticles Enhance Performance of Solar Cells

4 Sep, 2007 02:15 pm Semiconductor fluorescent nanomaterial may find applications in photovoltaic (PV) solar cell technology through the development of cells based entirely...

Assembling Nanoparticles on Liquid Interfaces Leads to Fascinating New Materials

30 Aug, 2007 02:46 pm Stefan A. F. Bon discusses how you can use liquid-liquid interfaces as a tool to assemble nanoparticles into larger structures...

Targeting and Detecting Cancer Cells Using Nanoparticles

23 Jul, 2007 02:26 pm Current cancer therapy always experiences non-specific killing of healthy cells, thus the therapeutic efficiency is extremely low...

Gold Nanoglue

19 Jul, 2007 10:59 am At the nanoscale - the order of billionths of a meter, materials exhibit unique optical, electronic, and magnetic properties not seen at the bulk scale...

A One-Two Punch Against Multidrug Resistant Cancer

13 Jul, 2007 03:10 pm The development of multidrug resistance represents the single most important reason for therapeutic failure in the clinical management of cancer,...

Smart Nano Composite Inhibits Tooth Decay

15 May, 2007 12:36 pm When tooth decay recurs after the initial restoration, it is termed secondary (or ?recurrent?) decay. It occurs mostly at where the filling material binds...

Automotive Aluminium?s Strength Unravelled at Atomic Level

5 May, 2006 12:10 pm AlMgSi alloys are massively produced materials for modern industries, especially for fuel-efficient transportation vehicles. However,...