http://NanoTechWire.com/ NanoTechWire.com - The online resource for Nano Technology And Research. en-us Copyright 2007 nanotechwire.com editor editor Dynamic content generator http://backend.userland.com/rss 1440 http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7168 University of Glasgow Scientists have received £500,000 funding to investigate ways of improving the quality of digital camera images through the manipulation of tiny particles. 1/4/2009 11:21:55 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7167 A team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe. 1/4/2009 11:21:02 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7166 Researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, reported in an article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine on the results of a study using a hybrid single photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) camera to determine and locate the spread of cancer cells to nearby lymph nodes. 1/4/2009 11:18:01 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7165 Low-Interest Funds Would Help Grow Domestic Production of Crucial Systems for Plug-In Vehicles, Bolster U.S. Competitiveness 1/4/2009 11:15:32 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7164 Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and nanoparticles in their tracks. 1/2/2009 2:05:05 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7163 Discoveries consistent with theory of Clovis-age disruption by cosmic event, say nine-member team led by the UO's Doug Kennett 1/2/2009 2:04:09 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7162 Arizona State University researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential. 1/2/2009 2:03:14 PM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7161 The Environmental Protection Agency in cooperation with the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council, the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the U.K. Environment Agency is in the process of finalising a major joint research effort to develop and validate predictive tools and similar conceptual models that predict exposure, bioavailability and effects of manufactured nanomaterials in the environment. 12/31/2008 11:48:58 AM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7160 Inspired with the speed at which dolphins swim through the water compared to other aquatic life, Jonghwan Suhr of the University of Nevada, Reno, decided to mimic the dolphin’s skin using nanotechnology in order to make objects move more efficiently through the air. 12/31/2008 11:46:58 AM http://nanotechwire.com/news.asp?nid=7159 Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases 12/30/2008 6:33:12 PM