A team of scientists doing research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has modified nanocrystal characteristics with impurity atoms through a process known as doping.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Apr 2011
Baltimore-based Champions Biotechnology has opted to license Irinophore C, from the BC Cancer Agency (‘BCCA’) in British Columbia, Canada.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Apr 2011
Nano-particles could treat people allergic to nickel present in consumer products such as jewelry, coins and cell phones, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH).
By Dr. Cameron Chai
8 Apr 2011
Malcolm Connah, Product Marketing Manager, Nanometrics for Malvern Panalytical, will make presentations about novel methods for measuring the zeta potential of proteins at a pre-conference workshop and as part of the plenary session during the 21st International Symposium of the Bioelectrochemical Society (BES).
A research team at the Oklahoma State University has developed and tested a spray-on material that can identify and make explosives that are carried on aircraft harmless.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The British government is investing almost £200,000 in eight companies to conduct feasibility studies that will encourage innovative technologies that will focus on environmental health and safety (EHS) issues rela...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Nordson MARCH and Semblant have announced their partnership to develop plasma systems for electronics deposition.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
A market research report, titled 'Microscopy market in Latin America', released by MarketsandMarkets, says that the microscopy market in Latin America is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.4% during the period 2010...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered that graphene transistors exhibit a nanoscale cooling effect that lowers their temperature.
A research team from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) has created atoms that can behave like charged particles speeded up by electric fields. The JQI is a joint venture of the National Institute of Standards and Technol...
By Dr. Cameron Chai
7 Apr 2011
The new MEMS Materials and Processes Handbook (ISBN 978-0-387-47316-1) pubished by Springer is an exhaustive design reference for researchers searching for new materials, properties of known materials, or specific processes available for MEMS fabrication.
Using a Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical, researchers at Indiana University’s (IU) Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department have been studying self-assembled virus-based drug delivery systems that can be tuned to a particular size enabling the uptake of specific functional cargo.
Fuel cells do not last long, while the catalysts used in fuels cells disintegrate, restraining the chemical response that turns fuel into electricity.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2011
Research conducted by chemistry professor Ron Naaman of the Weizmann Institute's Chemical Physics Department in collaboration with German scientists reveals that both biologists and physicists believe quantum systems and biological nano-particles resemble apples and oranges.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2011
XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports the use for cleaning carbon decontamination using hydrogen.