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Promoter QuadruplexesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Folded DNA structures in gene-activation sites may be useful cancer drug targets. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - November 4, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Tomatoes Get Nano EnhancementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sprinkling soil mix with carbon nanotubes boosts tomato plants' germination and growth rates, with implications for agriculture. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Inhaled Nanotubes Reach Lung Lining In MiceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nanotoxicology: Carbon structures cause unique physiological effects, study shows. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanosilver In The WashEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Environmental Chemistry: Fate of fabric-embedded particles depends on conditions, products. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Colorful Organic NanocolloidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Confining discreet numbers of dye molecules in liquid crystals yields a colorful array of organic-based materials. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Improved Selectivity In Making Metallic Carbon NanotubesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new method to prepare single-walled carbon nanotubes allows better control over the tubes’ chirality and thus their conductivity properties. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Mapping The EpigenomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tomatoes Get Nano Enhancement. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - October 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Thin As Thin Can BeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Catalysis: Synthesis yields zeolite crystals one unit cell thick. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - September 15, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Emulating Nature's Silicon SkillsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ACS Meeting News: Diatoms have a knack for working with silicon that chemists hope to reproduce in the lab. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - September 15, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Mapping The EpigenomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New tools chart chemical modifications of DNA and its packaging proteins. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - September 15, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Stretchy InsightsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Molecular force probe reveals how strain affects reactivity. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - September 8, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

DNA Nanostructures By DesignEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
DNA Scaffolds: Scientists attain long-sought goal of 3-D DNA crystals. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - September 8, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Making Graphene In A FlashEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Exposing precursor to a burst of camera light induces fast photoreduction. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanoparticles Induce Polymer PatternsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Wave-like oscillations may serve as thin-film stress gauge. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Gold-Coated Quantum DotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Glittering nanoparticles promise both fluorescence and plasmonic imaging with a single tag. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Aptamer-Studded Nanopore Detects RicinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
RNA lends sensitivity and specificity to sensor for potent bioterrorism agent. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Bimetallic BifrustumsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nanocrystals with novel shape and composition may spur applications in biodiagnostics and spectroscopy. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Emitting Light With NanotubesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Liquid electrolytes boost nanotube transistor's performance. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

HIV's Genomic ArchitectureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Chemical method reveals that HIV's RNA genome is highly structured. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanotech ToolkitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As nanotechnology R and D advances, instrumentation is keeping stride with scientific and educational needs. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Clathrin Smuggles Quantum Dots Into Living CellsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A neuropeptide helps slip CdSe-ZnS quantum dots through cell membranes by recruiting clathrin, a protein that facilitates endocytosis. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanomaterials Bug Fruit FliesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Carbon nanomaterials don't seem to harm larvae, but glom onto adults and impair their mobility, leading to early mortality. (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - August 20, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Transparent Silver Nanowire FilmsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Metal nanowires cast as thin-film electrodes could replace indium tin oxide in future display technologies (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

EELS Finds AtomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Electron energy loss spectroscopy pinpoints single-atom impurities in solids (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Ultrafast EELSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Extreme version of electron energy loss spectroscopy probes bonding dynamics (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Graphene Lends Microscopy SupportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Berkeley researchers demonstrate the carbon sheet's utility in a novel application: as a specimen support in transmission electron microscopy (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Fertilizer's Perchlorate LegacyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Groundwater contaminated with perchlorate (ClO4-) from fertilizer appears to be a consequence of the U.S.'s agricultural history (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

DNA Sorts Carbon NanotubesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Specific sequences separate nanotubes according to chirality (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanoscale Lenses Beat Diffraction LimitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists overcome traditional material limitations by creating self-assembling molecular lenses that permit nanometer-level optical imaging (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Smaller Is BetterEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Subnanometer catalyst particles are unexpectedly active (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - July 29, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Silicon Nanowires Light Up For ImagingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nanowires serve as intense in vivo and in vitro imaging probes to study circulating blood and organ tissue samples of mice (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

DNA In Another DimensionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
3-D construction technique creates a wealth of structures (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

A Simpler Route To Multifunctional NanocompositesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Viruses serve as biological templates for nanoscale heterostructures (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Magnetic Nanopropellers On The MoveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Microscopic swimmers can be propelled wirelessly (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Finding Crystallization Sweet SpotsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Automated device mixes nanoliter quantities of membrane-protein components (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Specks Mark The ClotEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Iron oxide nanoparticles functionalized with a fluorescent dye and a peptide light up newly formed clots for diagnostic imaging (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Another One-Atom-Thick MaterialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Boron nitride joins graphene on list of thinnest free-standing crystals (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Flow Spectroscopy For Tagged NanoparticlesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new instrument swiftly snaps high-resolution Raman scattering spectra of individual nanoparticles to obtain quality-control information (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Microtubes Follow DirectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers control the growth, direction, and size of spontaneously assembling microtubes (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

A Tunable SemiconductorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bilayer graphene has controllable bandgap (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - June 25, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Improved Nanowire-Cell ConnectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Versatile new design allows individual cells to be oriented over nanowire transistor arrays for better recording of the cells' electrical activity (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Single-Molecule Fluorescence Events Seen In Real TimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Flashes of light help monitor electrocatalytic events that take place at discrete sites on the surface of single-walled carbon nanotubes (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Antimicrobials From Silver And Egg WhitesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists have developed an environmentally friendly way to prepare bacteria-bursting silver nanoparticles for potential first-aid uses (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

A New Zip For NanoribbonsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New methods peel open carbon nanotubes lengthwise to give strips of graphene (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Turning Nanotubes Into NanoribbonsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cutting carbon nanotubes lengthwise yields thin strips of graphene (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Nanotubes Sniff Out Kidney FailureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Scientists use a nanotube-based sensor array to detect VOCs in a breath test that can identify rats with chronic renal disease (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Building In 3-D With DNA OrigamiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Shaping DNA strands into predetermined shapes advances from flat, 2-D smiley faces to 3-D boxes (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 19, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Calculating the costs of nanohazard testingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
If all existing nanomaterials were to be tested for toxicity, it would cost U.S. industries between $249 million and $1.18 billion... (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 8, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Virus PowerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Genetically engineered virus fabricates lithium-ion battery's cathode (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 8, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals

Morphology Is Key To Catalyst's ActivityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By fashioning tricobalt tetraoxide into a nanorod, researchers have managed to boost the catalyst’s activity and stability (Source: NanoFocus)
Source: NanoFocus - May 8, 2009 Category: Nanotechnology Source Type: journals