In the past, the reaction time of such nanostructures was thought to be too slow, but a research group at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) under the direction of Dr. Nils Hartmann at the Center for Nanointegration (CeNIDE) has disproven this theory, and their results have been published in the international journal “Angewandte Chemie” (Vol. 123, No. 19).
nPoint Inc., the leading global manufacturer of flexure based nanopositioning systems capable of sub-nanometre positioning resolution has appointed Optophase as distributor of its products.
The method of controlling the transport of proteins in and out of the nucleus makes the nuclear pore complex (NPC) biologically important.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
Keithley Instruments has introduced compact discs (CD) that provide all the information obtained from its nanotechnology-focused webinars and tutorials.
Georgia Institute of Technology engineers have designed a new microspectrometer with high resolution and wide bandwidth.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland has purchased magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers from the global measurement company, Agilent Technologies.
Semiconductor Research, along with scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas and SEMATECH, have successfully demonstrated the easy removal of certain potentially harmful organic toxins found in a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNTs) type.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have devised a unique method of masking nanoparticles as red blood cells in order to supply cancer-curing drugs directly into a tumor by evading the body's immune system.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
Northern Illinois University researchers have developed an easy technique for manufacturing high volumes of graphene, a well-known carbon nanostructure.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Physics has installed focused ion beam (FIB) milling equipment that can produce micropillars, which are microscopic semiconductor structures from numerous cautiously selected layers having a nanoscale thickness.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
22 Jun 2011
Gold nanoparticles are becoming the … well … gold standard for medical-use nanoparticles. A new paper by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL) proposes not only a sort of gold nanoparticle "testbed" to explore how the tiny particles behave in biological systems, but also a paradigm for how to characterize nanoparticle formulations to determine just what you're working with.
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic compounds - harmful pollutants released from paints, cleaners, pesticides and other products
A research team from MIT, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, developed a new kind of drug delivery system wherein a first nanoparticle wave targets the tumor and then calls for a much bigger second wave to infuse the cancer drugs.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jun 2011
U.S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), armed services committee member, has obtained approval for concentrating on nanotechnology research by the Defense Department, which includes a study to analyze the necessity for a nanotechnology center.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jun 2011
Researchers of the Nanomedicine Lab at the University of London’s The School of Pharmacy and the Neuroscience Institute at the National Research Centre in Pisa, Italy, have utilized carbon nanotubes to rescue brain cells by silencing genes, resulting in a new treatment for stroke.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
21 Jun 2011