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Oxford Scientists Create Transparent Form of Aluminium

Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world's most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary science and nuclear fusion.

27 Jul 2009

MCSG Deposit Their 1,000th Protein Structure into Protein Data Bank

For nearly a decade, researchers at the Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG), an international consortium led by Andrzej Joachimiak at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, have been patiently cracking the genetic code of important proteins.

From Argonne National Laboratory 27 Jul 2009

Researchers Develop New Technique to Make Movie of Bacteria Infecting Living Host

Researchers have developed a new technique that allows them to make a movie of bacteria infecting their living host.

27 Jul 2009

IBM Fellow Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Magnetism

IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism award and the Louis Neel Medal for his pioneering work and fundamental contributions to the development of spintronic nano-materials and nano-devices for magnetic sensing, memory and logic devices.

27 Jul 2009

Revolutionizing Printing Technology through Nanotechnology

With nanoparticulate functional materials and innovative printing pro-cesses, researchers from BASF SE, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) and Darmstadt Technical University are revolutionizing printing technology.

27 Jul 2009

BNC Signs Largest Contract to Date with Major Chemical Company

The specialist product development consultancy, Bio Nano Consulting (BNC) is pleased to announce that it has recently signed its largest contract to date with a major chemical company. BNC has secured this contract as a result of unique intellectual property developed at its partner institutions of Imperial College and the London Centre for Nanotechnology.

From Bio Nano Consulting 27 Jul 2009

Nanodiamond-Insulin Clusters Hold Promise for Wound-Healing Applications

Bacterial infection is a major health threat to patients with severe burns and other kinds of serious wounds such as traumatic bone fractures. Recent studies have identified an important new weapon for fighting infection...

27 Jul 2009

Researchers Combine Two Nanoparticles in One Tiny Package

Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses - imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University of Washington have combined two nanoparticles in one tiny package.

27 Jul 2009

Researchers Press on in Their Mission to Power Nanodevices of Tomorrow

Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they're placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity. Driven by the vision of ou...

27 Jul 2009

University of Notre Dame Selects Vistec's EBPG5200 for Cutting-Edge Nanotechnology Research

Vistec Lithography, Inc. is pleased to announce that the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, has selected Vistec's EBPG5200 system for its cutting-edge nanotechnology research. The new electron beam lithog...

27 Jul 2009

Flexible and Intuitive User Interface Enables Most Complex, High-Accuracy Nanostructuring at 16bit Accuracy

At Microscopy + Microanalysis show Carl Zeiss presents a highly flexible NanoPatterning Engine for its CrossBeam® (FIB/SEM) workstations. Being able to flexibly and precisely control the focused ion beam-possibly in combination with process gases-is key in scientific and industrial research and development.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 27 Jul 2009