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Researchers provide proof in humans of RNA interference using targeted nanoparticles (PhysOrg)
A California Institute of Technology (Caltech)-led team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle — used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient’s bloodstream — can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off an important cancer gene using a mechanism... »
Boffins peg co-polymers for cheap chip construction (The Register)
Molecule lithography breakthrough Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a potential future chip-making technique that is the molecular equivalent of that old 1970s toy which kids used to make pictures by stretching coloured rubber bands out on a pegged board.… (more…) Related items New sensor array detects single molecules for the first time (EurekAlert!) Carbon... »
Carbon nanotubes fuel thermowave power (EE Times Asia)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are utilizing fuel-coated carbon nanotubes as “fuses” for thermowave electrical power sources, which store energy like a battery but promise an unlimited shelf life. (read here…) Related items New sensor array detects single molecules for the first time (EurekAlert!) Nanotech fuels high-density power source (EETimes) Boffins peg co-polymers for cheap chip construction (The... »
New sensor array detects single molecules for the first time (EurekAlert!)
( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) MIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell. (more…) Related items Carbon nanotubes fuel thermowave power (EE Times Asia) New sensor array detects single molecules for the first time (Science Daily) Carbon nanotube sensor array... »
Nanotech center receives $1.5 million grant (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Ariela Rosenberg The Nanotechnology Institute — a collaboration between Penn, Drexel University and the Ben Franklin Technology PArtners of Southeastern Pennsylvania — recently received a $1.5 million grant from the state of Pennsylvania to further nanotechnology research. The NTI solicits and reviews projects involved in nanotechnology and awards funding to submissions geared toward … (more... »
