Nanotechnology

Laboratory: National Cancer Institute Invention: A new strategy based on RNA/DNA hybrid nanoparticles, which generally can be used to trigger multiple functionalities inside diseased cells, is presented. Individually, each hybrid is functionally inactive, and functional representation can only be...

Summary: Novel concept for significantly increased drug retention in breast cancer patients, resulting in more efficacious cancer therapy Status : The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is looking for a partner for further development and commercialization of this technology through a license, and...

1.28 petaFLOPS (floating operations per second) is equal to 1.28 quadrillion calculations per second, which is also the speed of the Air Force Research Laboratory ’s (AFRL) new Cray XC30 supercomputer, nicknamed Lightning, which was officially unveiled Sept. 23 during a special ribbon-cutting...

The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory , has created a new chemical process that makes use of the widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.The process uses a cerium-based material made into...

The nozzle of the fuel injector in a car sprays gasoline through tiny holes, designed to make as fine a mist as possible so the fuel burns better. Researchers at Argonne National Lab , attempting to make the engine even more efficient, reduced the size of the holes to less than the size of a single...

This article originally appeared on the Army Research Laboratory website as "Military science’s gift to medicine: ARL, MIT development of the ’perfect mirror’ revolutionizes approaches to neurosurgery." Last November, Alex Foley was about six months outside of graduating from the...

Laboratory : Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Technology : Nanowires Opportunity : This novel BNL-patented technology is available to license by interested industry parties. Details : The electrical, chemical, mechanical, and optical properties of nanostructures depend on their physical...

Laboratory: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Technology: Biodetection Enabling Analyte Delivery System (BEADS) Opportunity: Available for licensing in all fields Background: Advances in bioengineering, analytical chemistry, molecular biology, and electronics have resulted in a host of...

A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system that can capture carbon dioxide emissions before they are vented into the atmosphere and then, powered by solar energy, convert that carbon dioxide into valuable chemical...

Saharan silver ants’ tiny hairs have crucial adaptive features that allow the ants to stay cool in one of the hottest environments on Earth. To study these features, a group of researchers turned to the resources and expertise available at Brookhaven National Laboratory —and what they...