An early study by the University of Alabama at Birmingham has discovered that nanodiamonds used for reinforcing synthetic joints are also capable of preventing the inflammation due to the release of metal waste into the body caused by hardworking metal joints.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Diagnostic Chips has developed a portable flow cytometer lab-on-a-chip device based on advanced microfluidic technologies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Feb 2012
Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have developed a fast and easy method to induce nanorods to self-assemble into 1-, 2- and 3-D macroscopic structures.
Announcement of four new investment strands will help the United Kingdom to lead and establish itself as a graphene research hub for commercializing novel graphene technologies.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
Scientists from the North Dakota State University’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) have developed an antennaless radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which paves the way to track a variety of products that are difficult to be tracked by most of the current RFID systems.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
Qcept Technologies, a company specializing in wafer inspection solutions, has declared its participation in several major key nanotechnology conferences to be conducted during Q1 of 2012.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
A Rice University research team comprising Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Tharangattu Narayanan and Matteo Pasquali has discovered that trace quantities of hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles are capable of improving the efficiency of standard transformer oils by up to 80%.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
High conductivity is one of the major issues of graphene and this restricts it to be used as a base material for producing computer chips.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Feb 2012
Northern Graphite has consented to deliver its +32 mesh and +48 mesh extra-large-flake, high- carbon graphite to Grafen Chemical Industries for use in graphene research.
United Microelectronics, a major semiconductor foundry, and Faraday Technology, a provider of ASIC and silicon IP, have signed a deal for reinforcing their IP alliance to add basic and specialized IP for sophisticated processes of United Microelectronics.
Innova Biosciences, known for its easy-to-use antibody labeling kits called Lightning-Link or Lightning-Link Rapid, has released a new informative guide titled ‘A Beginners Guide to Flow Cytometry’ for researchers. The guide can now be viewed online.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Feb 2012
Research and Markets now offers a new book titled ‘Nanoscale Multifunctional Materials: Science & Applications’ published by John Wiley and Sons.
A research team comprising Leonhard Prechtel and Leonhard Prechtel from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen’s Walter Schottky Institut has devised a method to improve the time resolution down to the picosecond range for measuring photocurrent in graphene, which in turn helped in detecting pulses in a few picoseconds.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Feb 2012
A Rice University study on fluorescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes has discovered that the brightest nanotubes of identical length demonstrate uniform fluorescence intensity and their brightness varies proportionally with their length.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Feb 2012
Uson, a company specializing in leak detection equipment, has introduced Uson Optima vT leak and flow tester for manufacturers of nanotech products.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
2 Feb 2012