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Technology Review: Returning the Springiness to Arthritic Joints

Technology Review: Returning the Springiness to Arthritic Joints: " Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Returning the Springiness to Arthritic Joints A biolubricant found in our joints could yield new ways to treat, and even prevent, arthritis. By Brittany Sauser

Technology Review: Cheap Nano Solar Cells

Technology Review: Cheap Nano Solar Cells: " My.TechnologyReview.com: > Login > Register   Home Infotech Biotech Nanotech Energy Biztech Magazine Newsletters Events [1] Monday, March 05, 2007 Cheap Nano Solar Cells Carbon nanotubes could help make nanoparticle-based solar cells more efficient and practical. By Kevin Bullis Print E-mail Share » Escape route: Electrons created in a nanoparticle-based solar cell have to follow a circuitous path (red line) to reach an electrode. Many don't make it, lowering the efficiency of these cells. Researchers at Notre Dame have used carbon nanotubes to help the electrons reach the electrode, improving efficiency. Credit: Prashant Kamat Other readers liked: •  Record-Breaking Speed for Flexible Silicon 1/11/2007 •  Remotely Activated Nanoparticles Destroy Cancer 1/2/2007 •  The Year in Nanotech 12/29/2006 •  Ultradense Molecular Memory 1/24/2007 •  A Nano Solution to Increasing Bandwidth 1/17/2007 Researchers at University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, have demonstrated a way to si"

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Nanotechnology-Based Assays for Validating Protein Biomarkers

Nanotechnology-Based Assays for Validating Protein Biomarkers: "   Nano Science and Technology Institute   Home | Subscribe | Site Map     ABOUT | COURSES | EVENTS | PUBLICATIONS | MEMBERSHIP | LEADERSHIP | OUTREACH | NEWS | PRESS | JOBS Nanotechnology Solutions News Nano World News Breaking News Subscribe Nanotech Week Nanotechnology Microsystems Semiconductors Medical-Pharm Biotech-Genetics Materials Science Chemicals industry Business NSTI RSS News   News Nano World News   Nanotechnology-Based Assays for Validating Protein Biomarkers Feb 26, 2007 By: David Conrad Biomarkers are molecules that can be measured in blood, other body fluids, and tissues to assess the presence or state of a disease. The first step toward a new cancer treatment or cure is a good diagnostic. nano.cancer.gov Biomarkers are molecules that can be measured in blood, other body fluids, and tissues to assess the presence or state of a disease. Most men, if they’re old enough, are already familiar with at least one cancer biomarker — prostate-specific antigen, bette"

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Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers: "Lycra-like materials were inspired by spider silk."

(Via Nanowerk News.)

Nanotechnology Based Medicines Nearing Commercialization

YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE ADVANCEDNESS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Nanotechnology Based Medicines Nearing Commercialization: "Innovations at the intersection of medicine, biotechnology, engineering, physical sciences and information technology are spurring new directions in RD, commercialization and technology transfer. Basi..."

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Taking nanolithography beyond semiconductors

Taking nanolithography beyond semiconductors: "A new process for chemical patterning combines molecular self-assembly with traditional lithography to create multifunctional surfaces in precise patterns at the molecular level."

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Taking nanolithography beyond semiconductors (Nanowerk News) A new process for chemical patterning combines molecular self-assembly with traditional lithography to create multifunctional surfaces in precise patterns at the molecular level. The process allows scientists to create surfaces with varied chemical functionalities and promises to extend lithography to applications beyond traditional semiconductors. The new technique, which could have a number of practical chemical and biochemical applications, will be described in the 22 December 2006 issue of the journal Advanced Materials by a team led by Paul S. Weiss, distinguished professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State and Mark Horn, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State.

A new medical nanotechnology discipline is emerging

A new medical nanotechnology discipline is emerging: "A novel discipline is emerging in medicine: nanoscopic medicine. Based on the premises that diseases manifest themselves as defects of cellular proteins, these proteins have been recently shown to form specific complexes exerting their functions as if they were nanoscopic machines. Nanoscopic medicine refers to the direct visualization, analysis (diagnosis) and modification (therapy) of nanoscopic protein machines in life cells and tissues with the aim to improve human health. The term nanoscopic medicine was coined by a group of researchers in Germany whose mission is to extend live cell nanoscopy into a comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic scheme. This includes both the creation of a set of novel instruments and the analysis of nanoscopic protein machine networks in health and disease. In addition, they seek to construct artificial devices mimicking cellular nanomachines."

(Via Nanowerk News.)

He explains an important distinction to nanotechnology: "Nanoscopic medicine must be clearly distinguished from applications of nanotechnology to medical questions, frequently referred to as nanomedicine. Nanoscopic medicine and nanomedicine represent opposing approaches. The roots of nanoscopic medicine lie in medicine while those of nanomedicine are found in nanotechnology." He adds "Nanoscopic medicine seeks to analyze and improve the nanoscopic fundament of the cell while nanomedicine aims at the creation of artificial nanometer-sized devices such as particles, tubes, or sieves, if not electromechanical robots, for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes."

As fast as a shark in water

Applicable in many ways: invention from Fraunhofer IFAM in Bremen/Germany

“Our trial lacquer is based on the chemistry used in aviation paints. It is mechanically very durable and,” Stenzel hopes, “should also be resistant to strong UV radiation at high altitude.” A field trial will soon show whether the lacquer fulfills its promise in practice. However, applications for the new coating system are not restricted to the aviation industry, as Stenzel stresses: “With this technology we can apply any other micro and nano structures to lacquered surfaces.”

As fast as a shark in water: "A new coating system improves the aerodynamics of vehicles and aircraft."

(Via Nanowerk News.)

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Technology Review: New Hope for Stem-Cell Therapy

Technology Review: New Hope for Stem-Cell Therapy: " RESPECTABLE MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW FINDS HOPE - OR JUST REFLECTING THE US SITUATION?   [1] 2 Next » Friday, December 15, 2006 New Hope for Stem-Cell Therapy Stem cells derived via asexual reproduction could provide an efficient way to generate cells that are tissue-matched to the donor. By Emily Singer Print E-mail Add to del.icio.us Digg this Scientists have created embryonic stem-cell lines that are a perfect tissue match to their mouse donors, allowing the cells to be transplanted without immune rejection. If similar methods succeed in humans, the technique could provide a way to generate patient-matched cells for transplant that doesn't require destruction of viable human embryos. 'This presents a much more efficient way … of generating tissue-matched embryonic stem cells,' says George Daley, a physician and researcher at Children's Hospital Boston and lead scientist on the project. Scientists one day hope to use stem-cell-derived th"

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