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Tiny Tracking Devices Give an Unprecedented Peek into How Cells Change With Time

For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development.

27 May 2020

Study Finds Electrical Fields Can Throw a Curveball

MIT researchers have discovered a phenomenon that could be harnessed to control the movement of tiny particles floating in suspension. This approach, which requires simply applying an external electric field, may ultimately lead to new ways of performing certain industrial or medical processes that require separation of tiny suspended materials.

27 May 2020

Picosun Group’s Strong Growth Continues in 2020

Picosun Group, the leading supplier of AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating technology for global industries, reports strong growth during fiscal year 2018-2019, as a result of Group’s strategy to focus on industrial customers. The growth has continued in the first quarter of 2020.

From Picosun Oy 26 May 2020

Next-Generation Nano Technologies Set to Revolutionize Medical Industry

Next-gen nano technologies that can prevent infection and diagnose disease are set to transform the medical industry as this important UniSA research is awarded more than $2 million dollars under the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2021 Investigator Grants.

22 May 2020

A Replaceable Nanoporous Membrane Effectively Filters Virus Particles in N95 Masks

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there's been a worldwide shortage of face masks -- particularly, the N95 ones worn by health care workers.

22 May 2020

Nanobowl-Stabilized Liposomes Effectively Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs to Cancer Cells

For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of lipid bilayers -- to deliver chemotherapy drugs to tumor cells.

21 May 2020

Magnetic Core-Shell Iron Nanowires Show Promise as a Theranostic Platform

Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance--their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days--using a new method developed by researchers at KAUST.

21 May 2020

Graphene Could Give Headphones and Audio Technology a Boost

Graphene, due to being incredibly lightweight and impressively durable, could be the ideal solution to the production of supremely efficient audio devices. Particularly headphones.

By Robert Lea 20 May 2020

Oxford Instruments Launches Ionfab® Solution Providing Large Area, High Yield Manufacturing for Augmented Reality Applications

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (Plasma Technology) has today launched a revolutionary Ion Beam Etch (IBE) solution delivering the step change needed to address fundamental challenges in manufacturing slanted Surface Relief Gratings (SRG) for Augmented Reality (AR) applications.

20 May 2020

Using Nanotechnologies for Early-Stage Identification of High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

What if doctors could not only diagnose a COVID-19 infection but identify which patients are at the greatest risk of death before any major complications arise- One Michigan State University scientist believes nanotechnology may be the answer.

20 May 2020

Fight Against COVID-19 Using Piezo Ceramics, New from PI

Testing of blood, saliva, urine or tissue samples from humans or animals to diagnose and detect diseases, like COVID-19, at an early stage, requires systems that are fast, easy to use, and widely available.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 20 May 2020

Novel Technology to Trap Multiplexed Submicron Particles Within Nanocavities

The fusion of fluid mechanics and acoustics is known as acoustofluidics, which offers a contact-free, quick, and effective handling of fluids and suspended particles.

20 May 2020

Ecological Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant Compounds

Uniqsis reports that the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy) has invested in a FlowLab™ Scale continuous flow reactor to assist them in 'green' chemical synthesis of pharmaceutically-relevant compounds.

20 May 2020

3D-Patterned Nanocellulose Could Lead to Advanced Optical, Thermal Devices

At The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research of Osaka University, a team of researchers has devised a new liquid-phase fabrication method for synthesizing nanocellulose films with multiple axes of alignment.

20 May 2020

Are Nanomaterials Getting Under Your Skin?

The study, commissioned by the EU Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON), found that the lack of standardised, validated methods and the use of varying testing protocols makes it difficult to compare results and evaluate whether nanomaterials can penetrate the skin.

20 May 2020

Nanotechnology News

Tiny Tracking Devices Give an Unprecedented Peek into How Cells Change With Time

Study Finds Electrical Fields Can Throw a Curveball

Picosun Group’s Strong Growth Continues in 2020

Next-Generation Nano Technologies Set to Revolutionize Medical Industry

A Replaceable Nanoporous Membrane Effectively Filters Virus Particles in N95 Masks

Nanobowl-Stabilized Liposomes Effectively Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs to Cancer Cells

Magnetic Core-Shell Iron Nanowires Show Promise as a Theranostic Platform

Graphene Could Give Headphones and Audio Technology a Boost

Oxford Instruments Launches Ionfab® Solution Providing Large Area, High Yield Manufacturing for Augmented Reality Applications

Using Nanotechnologies for Early-Stage Identification of High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

Fight Against COVID-19 Using Piezo Ceramics, New from PI

Novel Technology to Trap Multiplexed Submicron Particles Within Nanocavities

Ecological Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant Compounds

3D-Patterned Nanocellulose Could Lead to Advanced Optical, Thermal Devices

Are Nanomaterials Getting Under Your Skin?

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