Nanotechnology

Removable ‘cloak’ for nanoparticles helps target tumours
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 23 Dec 2011
A new type of drug-delivery nanoparticle that exploits a trait shared by almost all tumours — they are more acidic than healthy tissues — and can be used to deliver cancer drugs to nearly any type of tumour

Large-scale power storage on grids made feasible using new nanoparticle electrode
By By Louis Bergeron | 23 Nov 2011
Researchers have used copper compound nanoparticles to develop an inexpensive high-power electrode that could be used to build batteries for economical large-scale energy storage on the electrical grid
Are electron tweezers possible? Apparently so
10 Nov 2011
Explosive composite based on nanoparticles and DNA could be an energy source for embedded microsystems
07 Nov 2011
Tiny stamps for tiny sensors
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 19 Oct 2011
Tiny stamps for tiny sensors
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 19 Oct 2011
Tiny wires a step towards photonic chip
19 Sep 2011
Engineers discover nanoscale balancing act that mirrors forces at work in living systems
24 Aug 2011
Rice builds nanowire battery
By By Mike Williams (Rice News staff) | 02 Aug 2011

Nanowire electronics that can be shaped to fit any surface and attach to any material
01 Aug 2011
Electronic circuitry composed of nanowires can now be fitted to a surface of almost any shape on an object made of virtually any material.

Graphite + water = the future of energy storage
16 Jul 2011
A combination of two ordinary materials – graphite and water – could produce energy storage systems that perform on par with lithium ion batteries, but recharge in a matter of seconds and have an almost indefinite lifespan

New biosensor microchip could speed up drug development: Stanford researchers
13 May 2011
A new biosensor microchip that could hold more than 100,000 magnetically sensitive nanosensors could speed up drug development markedly, Stanford researchers say
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