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	Nano.Cancer.Gov News - September 2009


	Magnetic Nanoworms and Nanocrystals Deliver siRNA to Tumors Small pieces of nucleic acid known as short interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, can turn off the production of specific proteins, a property that makes them one of the more promising new classes of anticancer drugs in development. [ read more ] Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center's Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorganic titanium dioxide nanoparticles bonded to antibodies. [ read more ] Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent made of gold-coated carbon nanotubes that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes. [ read more ] Nanodiamonds Advance Anticancer Gene Therapy Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of cancer as well as a large number of other diseases. [ read more ] Twinkling Nanostars Improve Optical Imaging of Tumors Researchers at Purdue University have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. [ read more ] Lab-on-a-Chip Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once (Special Interest Paper) Flasks, beakers, and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in medicinal chemistry labs. [ read more ]

SOURCE: NanoNews-Now Digest

Using Nanotubes in Computer Chips
MIT September 12th, 2009 A new technique for growing carbon nanotubes should be easier to integrate with existing semiconductor manufacturing processes

Solar cell made from single carbon nanotube
rdmag.com September 12th, 2009 Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops. The researchers fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell called a photodiode, formed from an individual carbon nanotube. Reported online Sept. 11 in the journal Science, the researchers—led by Paul McEuen, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, and Jiwoong Park, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology—describe how their device converts light to electricity in an extremely efficient process that multiplies the amount of electrical current that flows. This process could prove important for next-generation high efficiency solar cells, the researchers say. "We are not only looking at a new material, but we actually put it into an application—a true solar cell device," said first author Nathan Gabor, a graduate student in McEuen's lab.

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Announces Recent Orders from India
Industrial Nanotech September 12th, 2009 Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced that the company has received an order of a pallet of product from a client of Independent Sales Representative, P.R. Ramanathan.

Nanolithography, New Method Experienced by Iranian Scientists
farsnews.com September 13th, 2009 Iranian researchers at the Research Institute of the Petroleum Industry (RIPI) managed to carry out lithography process by means of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to directly synthesize nanoparticles along with proposing a procedure for putting this method into practice. The practical experience of this research (force measurement at nanonewton scale) provides the possibility of measuring friction and adhesion forces by means of the mentioned device and may find many applications in lubricant science, medicine, dentistry, and other related sciences.

British Science Festival: Knowledge For All
islamonline.net September 13th, 2009 The British Science Festival is an annual event bringing together some of the best of what Britain has to offer, this year the festival was hosted by the University of Surrey and took place during the time from 5 to 10 September. Due to space limitations, a number of events were held at nearby universities, such as a workshop on "Painting with Nanotechnology".

UWSP picked for research center
wausaudailyherald.com September 13th, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has been chosen as one of seven UW campuses that will house new research centers designed to create relationships with small companies to stimulate business and develop new technologies. UWSP chemistry professor Michael Zach has been one of the national leaders in nanotechnology research and has a position at Argonne as well. Some of his recent work has focused on a technique that would allow almost anyone to create nanowires using simple, bench-top technology instead of million-dollar laboratories. That process would allow small startups to compete economically with giant corporations, and could expand the uses of nanowires.

Foreign universities to open amid controversy
universityworldnews.com September 13th, 2009 While supporting the creation of a Japanese university in Egypt, Ismail expressed reservations about the Chinese university. "The Japanese university will focus on teaching curricula badly needed in Egypt such as nanotechnology and other branches of high technology. Meanwhile, the chinese university will have no added value for Egyptians."

Bio-Nano Power Breakthrough Proves Theory
Central Michigan University – Research Corporation September 14th, 2009 CMU-RC Tenant Files Patent Opening Doors for Harnessing Power from Bio-Fuels

Nanotechnology shows potential for oil and gas operations (OE 2009)
offshore-mag.com September 14th, 2009 There are many possibilities for nanoparticle technology applications in oil and gas operations, but the realities lag the possibilities, Sergio Kapusta said at Offshore Europe 2009 today. Kapusta, chief scientist and manager of Energy Innovation and Technology for Shell Global Solutions International, identified a number of operations that could benefit from nanotechnology in time. One of those areas is in reservoir management. At present, industry can acquire limited information from short distances outside the wellbore in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Drawing from medical applications, Kapusta said it could become possible to send nano "robots" into a reservoir and interrogate those robots to gather information about the horizon and also to deliver chemicals into the reservoir.

Power station ash for new cut price fillers
europeanplasticsnews.com September 14th, 2009 A new reprocessing technology that extracts high performance fillers from the waste ash produced by coal-fired power stations could slash the cost of manufacturing performance polymer compounds, according to process developer RockTron. The UK-based company - set up with £35m (€39.8m) of backing from a group of private and commercial investors, with a significant stake held by UK-based power station operator Scottish and Southern Energy - is running its first commercial scale reprocessing unit alongside the Fiddlers Ferry power station at Widnes in the north-west of England. This first installation has the capacity to handle 200 tonnes an hour of pulverised fuel ash (PFA) waste, from which it extracts a range of products including cenospheres (alumino-silicate hollow glass spheres), solid alumino-silicate microspheres, carbon and magnetite.

Nano material could boost new microchips
isa.org September 14th, 2009 "The new material we are predicting—graphone—makes graphene magnetic simply by controlling the amount of hydrogen coverage—basically, how much hydrogen is put on grapheme," said Puru Jena, Ph.D., distinguished professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Physics. "It avoids previous difficulties associated with the synthesis of magnetic grapheme." "One of the important impacts of this research is that semi-hydrogenation provides us a very unique way to tailor magnetism. The resulting ferromagnetic graphone sheet will have unprecedented possibilities for the applications of graphene-based materials," said Qiang Sun, Ph.D., research associate professor with the VCU team.

Scientists Build Nanostructures out of Single DNA Strands
physorg.com September 14th, 2009 With its unique double-helical structure, DNA has the ability to be used as a programmable building material to construct designer nanoscale architectures. Complex DNA architectures could have a variety of applications, from DNA-based nanomotors to biosensing and drug delivery. Taking the research a step forward, researchers have recently constructed a nanometer-sized tetrahedron from a single strand of DNA, using a method that could have advantages for assembling similar structures on a large scale.

Woods, nanoparticles and global ‘sat nav’ take the honours at Lord Stafford Awards final
24dash.com September 14th, 2009 The latter, which spun out of the University of Nottingham, has beaten off competition from US and Japanese scientists to create a new reactor that controls nanoparticles in water and is in the process of increasing sales to £1.5m and boosting its workforce to ten highly skilled staff. Located at BioCity in Nottingham, the company has launched a reactor that allows the highly controlled production of nanoparticles in water for the first time ever and is now expanding at pace through feasibility studies and new contracts. Judges were particularly impressed at the firm's ability to take complex technology and transform it into a commercial opportunity capable of creating jobs and also developing new revenue streams for the University.

Under Observation - Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age
Austrian Science Fund September 14th, 2009 Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a brand new method. This scientific advance was made possible thanks to the utilisation of cutting-edge X-ray sources, known as electron synchrotrons. The detailed findings of the project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, were recently published in the prestigious journal NATURE MATERIALS. The work unlocks new potential for the study of material ageing processes at the atomic level.

When Nano May Not Be Nano
Duke University September 14th, 2009 The same properties of nanoparticles that make them so appealing to manufacturers may also have negative effects on the environment and human health. However, little is known which particles may be harmful. Part of the problem is determining exactly what a nanoparticle is.

Opto-Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Toxic Gases
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign September 14th, 2009 Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp that can sniff out poisonous gases or deadly toxins simply by changing colors.

Hybrid nano material targets antibiotic resistant bacteria
rsc.org September 14th, 2009 German researchers have developed a hybrid, light activated nanomaterial that can target, label and kill harmful antibiotic resistant bacteria such as Escherichia coli. The zeolite-based material may one day play a major role in both diagnosing and treating infectious diseases and possibly cancer, suggests the team. So-called 'photodynamic therapy' is a well-established technique in which a light source is used to trigger the action of a light-sensitive drug, and is already used to treat cancer and macular degeneration. However, scientists have been eager to develop cheaper therapeutic approaches with more functions. One such approach would be to develop a single nanomaterial that can carry out three important therapeutic jobs in one; that is, selectively target pathogens, label them (for diagnostic purposes) and then kill them.

Fast transistors for the digital world
ETH Zurich September 14th, 2009 Our society is insatiable as far as the transfer of data is concerned. Consequently, increasingly faster and cheaper transistors are being developed. In row in recent months, researchers from ETH Zurich have now broken the world record for the switching speed of nitride-based transistors that use silicon as a substrate several times.

Deakin researchers make the extra small, extra strong
Deakin University September 14th, 2009 Being able to swing through the air like Spiderman on strands of ‘spider silk' may be one step—or swing—closer with researchers at Deakin University discovering a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres, ultra-fine fibres much thinner than a human hair, with one of the world's strongest materials, carbon.

Looking deeply into polymer solar cells
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven September 15th, 2009 Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of a polymer solar cell and the effect on its performance.

R&D spending jumped 10% last year
koreaherald.co.kr September 15th, 2009 By type of technologies, 33.8 percent of the total was invested in information technology while the investments in nanotechnology, biotechnology and environment technology accounted for 12.3 percent, 7.6 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively.

Emerging Tech Centers on UW campuses can leverage R&D value
wistechnology.com September 15th, 2009 Roll forward to 2009 and the "Research to Jobs" task force, formed early this year, has recommended launching seven centers and building upon current centers at two more campuses: * UW-River Falls: Tissue and cellular engineering, launched in early 2009. * UW-Platteville: Nanotechnology applications, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, for use in electronics, aerospace, computer and energy fields. This center was launched in late 2008. * UW-Oshkosh: Super capacity energy storage for next-generation electric cars and other energy intensive applications. * UW-Stevens Point: Nanowire and nanostructure manufacturing for applications in solar energy, hydrogen sensors and nanoinstruments. * UW-Whitewater: Interactive media and distance learning. * UW-La Crosse: Pharmaceuticals based on medicinal plants and fungi. * UW-Green Bay: Value-added products from waste, such as paper waste. * UW-Stout: Plastics and composite materials, in collaboration with UW-Stevens Point. * UW-Parkside: Biomedical sciences.

NC7000 Multi Wall Carbon Nanotubes in BIG BAG
Nanocyl September 15th, 2009 NC 7000 Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes from Nanocyl Now in Large Packaging New Packaging Helps Customers Reduce Shipping Costs by 70%, and Safely Optimize the Compounding Process - 1st Setptember 09

Baytubes® carbon nanotubes to be used in innovative safety technology to prevent explosions in fuel tanks
Bayer MaterialScience September 15th, 2009 Bayer MaterialScience signs supply and cooperation contract with Hirtenberger PROSAFE Safety Technology

Japan's Kaneka Ties With Belgium Lab to Improve Solar Cells
tradingmarkets.com September 15th, 2009 Japanese company Kaneka Corp. (TSE:4118) announced Monday a team-up with world-leading Belgian nanotechnology research center IMEC in the development of solar cells. Kaneka aims to raise its products' efficiency at converting sunlight into electric power to the 20 per cent level, the highest in the world, under a three-year agreement with IMEC taking effect this month.

Chipworks Adds Reports to Its Vast Technical Library
Chipworks September 15th, 2009 Reports focus on semiconductor devices and products for the automotive, computing, mobile phone, and digital camera markets.

Grant to broaden student expertise in sustainable materials
Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) September 15th, 2009 A new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) on the development of materials to advance sustainable living. The students will work on projects ranging from the development of renewable alternatives to petroleum-based feedstocks used in consumer polymers, to the design of inexpensive, nanostructured materials for solar cells.

Nanotechnology treatment for burns reduces infection, inflammation
University of Michigan September 15th, 2009 Oil-and-water-based nanoemulsion could be more effective than commonly used lotions

JA Solar Developing Next Generation Solar Products using Silicon Ink Technology from Innovalight
JA Solar Holdings September 16th, 2009 JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO - News), a leading manufacturer of high-performance solar products, today announced that it is working to commercialize a new generation of high-performance solar products using silicon ink technology from Innovalight, Inc.

Putting a strain on nanowire could yield colossal results
Berkeley Lab: September 16th, 2009 In finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the selective placement of strain can alter the electronic phase and its spatial arrangement in correlated electron materials.

The First World Conference of Endoscopy Physicians
reuters.com September 16th, 2009 Professor Zhang Yangde, representing the organization committee, sincerely calls for Chinese or English papers in areas of various specialties of clinical progress in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment, fundamental research in the area of endoscopic development, new techniques and applications in endoscopy, endoscope sterilization, endoscopy equipment research and manufacture, and the application of nanoscience in endoscopic diagnosis and treatment.

Research and Markets: The Nanoscience and Technology of Renewable Biomaterials
Research and Markets September 16th, 2009 Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "The Nanoscience and Technology of Renewable Biomaterials" to their offering.

International Forum on Carbon Nanoscience
University of Cambridge September 16th, 2009 November 13th 2009, St. John's College, University of Cambridge

Chile boosts funding for science and technology
scidev.net September 16th, 2009 Chile has launched five new science and technology centres as part of the country's attempt to boost investment in research and development. The 'centres of excellence' — formed around the work of five research groups — were launched earlier this month (2 September) with funding from the country's National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). They join eight other centres launched last year as part of the same US$101 million funding programme. The new centres involve the country's Centre for Optics and Photonics (CEFOP), the Science and Technology Centre of Valparaiso, the Centre for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Advanced Mining Technology Center, and the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems.

New nanostructure technology provides advances in eyeglass, solar energy performance
Oregon State University September 16th, 2009 Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better.

New Chip Fabrication Technology on the Verge of Volume Production
Carl Zeiss September 16th, 2009 Delivery of first optical system from Carl Zeiss joins list of positive news about EUV Lithography

Friction Differences Offer New Means for Manipulating Nanotubes
Georgia Tech September 17th, 2009 Nanotubes and nanowires are promising building blocks for future integrated nanoelectronic and photonic circuits, nanosensors, interconnects and electro-mechanical nanodevices. But some fundamental issues remain to be resolved—among them, how to position and manipulate the tiny tubes.

New 'adjuvant' could hold future of vaccine development
Oregon State University September 17th, 2009 Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new "adjuvant" that could allow the creation of important new vaccines, possibly become a universal vaccine carrier and help medical experts tackle many diseases more effectively.

Premier nano innovations on display in October
chinapost.com.tw September 17th, 2009 The Taiwan Nano 2009 exhibition, showcasing Taiwan's prowess in nanotechnology, will take place Oct. 7 to 9 at the Taipei World Trade Center. According to organizers, over 150 companies and agencies will set up more than 240 booths to present premier nano innovations and R&D technologies.

UD receives NSF grant for nanotechnology education
University of Delaware September 17th, 2009 An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Delaware has received a two-year $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering Program.

Using magnetism to turn drugs on and off
Children’s Hospital Boston September 18th, 2009 Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery techniques have been developed, using an implanted heat source, an implanted electronic chip or other stimuli as an "on-off" switch to release the drugs into the body. But thus far, none of these methods can reliably do all that's needed: repeatedly turn dosing on and off, deliver consistent doses and adjust doses according to the patient's need.

Colored Solar Panels Don’t Need Direct Sunlight
inhabitat.com September 18th, 2009 With normal solar cells, you need direct sunlight for them to generate power, and if the panels are at all shaded the efficiency drops significantly. A new type of solar cell, being developed in Jerusalem, is making huge waves because it can generate power from diffuse light using a specialized colored panel. They look a bit like colored plexi-glass but are actually panes made with fluorescent dyes and nanoparticle metals, and could possibly eclipse traditional solar panels in terms of price.

Major Solar Breakthroughs in Germany Ahead of PVSEC
Germany Trade and Invest September 18th, 2009 Germany's photovoltaic industry is marked by yet another milestone ahead of this year's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference & Exhibition (EU PVSEC), taking place from September 21 - 25 in Hamburg. Last week California-based Nanosolar opened its fully-automated thin film panel factory in Luckenwalde near Berlin. This new factory sets several new benchmarks for the industry.

IBM Announces Industry's Densest, Fastest On-Chip Dynamic Memory in 32-Nanometer, Silicon-on-Insulator Technology: Enables improved speed, power savings and reliability for business, mobile, consumer and game applications
IBM Corporation September 18th, 2009 IBM (NYSE:IBM) has successfully developed a prototype of the semiconductor industry's smallest, densest and fastest on-chip dynamic memory device in next-generation, 32-nanometer, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology that can offer improved speed, power savings and reliability for products ranging from servers to consumer electronics.

SOURCE: NANOTECHWEB.ORG NEWSWIRE

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

Polymer battery breaks new records

Highest charge capacity and charging rates for cellulose battery coated with nano-polypyrrole layer

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/m/1489/156981/article/tech/40409

Heat nanopatterns organic semiconductors Hot AFM probe can pattern sub-30 nm structures

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/m/1489/156981/article/tech/40396

Graphene buckles under stress

US-China team now investigating how ridges and wrinkles affect electron mobility

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/m/1489/156981/article/tech/40377

An artistic take on trace analysis

Silver nanoparticles amplify Raman scattering to shed new light on ancient art objects

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/m/1489/156981/article/tech/40395

Nanotubes set to shine for solar energy

Multiple carrier generation could boost efficiency

http://nanotechweb.org/cws/m/1489/156981/article/tech/40358

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