JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM to study the nanoscale interactions of biological systems at the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) of the University of Wollongong in the group of Dr Michael Higgins.
A research team from the Argonne National Laboratory of the US Department of Energy has devised a novel technique that is capable of drastically enhancing the efficiency and lowering the cost of fabricating various types of semiconducting materials.
Haydale Limited, and Cheap Tubes Inc. (CTi), today announce that they have reached agreement for CTi to act as the exclusive agent for the supply of the Haydale HDPlas nano products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
A research team headed by Hongjie Dai from the Stanford University has synthesized a multi-walled carbon nanotube complex comprising cylindrical carbon sheets, which can be helpful in reducing the cost of catalytic converters, fuel cells, and other energy-related technologies by providing an economical replacement for high-cost platinum catalysts.
Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a method to visualize the assembly of proteins that would pave the way for bioengineers to design molecular scale devices for nanotechnology applications.
By G.P. Thomas
12 Jun 2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has pledged its support to research being carried out by Associate Professor, Kevin Bennet of the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering at Arizona State University to evolve effective ways for early detection of onset of kidney disease.
By Will Soutter
12 Jun 2012
Cardiovascular disease as a result of atherosclerosis is estimated to contribute to 37% of all deaths in Switzerland each year.
By Will Soutter
12 Jun 2012
The ALBA synchrotron facility near Barcelona, Spain, has commenced operations as a research tool wherein the BOREAS line amongst the existing seven beamlines has been allocated for use in the first experiment to be conducted at the facility.
By Will Soutter
12 Jun 2012
UltraSource, a supplier of thin film circuits and ceramic interconnect devices, is all set to unveil its new CopperVia process at the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium to be held at Montreal, Canada, between June 19 and June 22.
By Will Soutter
11 Jun 2012
Luxembourg-headquartered synthetic diamond supermaterials manufacturer, Element Six has employed its chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown single crystal synthetic diamond to facilitate a quantum bit to exhibit memory coherence greater than one second at room temperature.
By Will Soutter
11 Jun 2012
A research team comprising Caroline Ross and colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a technique to build intricate three-dimensional (3D) structures utilizing self-assembling polymer materials that are capable of creating small junctions and wires.
By G.P. Thomas
8 Jun 2012
A research team from the Rice University has fabricated a small coaxial cable having a width of 100 nm that demonstrates better capacitance when compared to earlier reported microcapacitors.
By Will Soutter
8 Jun 2012
A research team from the Case Western Reserve University has discovered that triangle, cube and other higher-order-structured gold catalysts are capable of growing nanowires two times faster and longer than the process involving standard spherically-shaped catalysts.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Jun 2012
New York-based nanomaterials company, NaturalNano has received its first commercial order from nanotechnology-based defence material manufacturer, Sparta Armor.
By G.P. Thomas
8 Jun 2012
Switzerland-based fabricationless supplier of embedded wireless communication and positioning solutions, u-blox, has launched the u-blox 7 Global Positioning System System-on-Chip (GPS SoC) that uses the 65 nm Low Power Enhanced (LPe) RF platform from Global Foundries.
By Will Soutter
8 Jun 2012