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Researchers Demonstrate the Phenomena of Shape Memory and Self-Healing in Gold Microparticles

For the very first time, researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Germany have demonstrated the phenomena of shape memory and self-healing in gold microparticles.

10 Jul 2017

Koch Institute's Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine Brings Together Renowned Faculty to Combat Cancer

The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT will soon be reaching the first anniversary of the launch of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine, founded through a generous gift from Kathy and Curt Marble ’63.

10 Jul 2017

Bright Field Nanoscale Color Printing Using Silicon Nanostructures

Lately, nanoscale color printing has emerged as a unique substitute to traditional pigments by providing record spatial resolution, durable, angular independent and single material colors. Broadly based on plasmonic nanostructures, several attempts in the field have aimed at spreading color range and saturation based on a range of designs and metals.

10 Jul 2017

Researchers Test Graphene in Zero-Gravity Conditions to Determine its Potential in Space Applications

Students and Researchers in the Graphene Flagship are getting ready for two exciting experiments in association with the European Space Agency (ESA) in order to test the feasibility of using graphene for space applications.

10 Jul 2017

Squid-inspired Proteins can Function as Programmable Assemblers of 2D Materials

Squid-inspired proteins can be used as programmable assemblers of 2D materials, like graphene oxide, to develop hybrid materials with minute spacing between layers appropriate for high-efficiency devices including mechanical actuators, energy storage systems, and flexible electronics, according to an interdisciplinary group of Penn State researchers.

6 Jul 2017

Tapping Electron Spin in Graphene to Develop Ambient-Temperature Field-Effect Transistor

A graphene-based spin field-effect transistor with the ability to function at ambient temperature has been developed by Graphene Flagship researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

6 Jul 2017

New 3D Chip Incorporates Data Storage and Computing

As embedded intelligence is gradually moving into more and more areas of day-to-day life, fields spanning from personalized medicine to autonomous driving are producing massive quantities of data. But just as the overflow of data is touching huge proportions, the ability of computer chips to process it into valuable information is delaying.

6 Jul 2017

Nanolock Could Help Physicians Diagnose Cancers Earlier and Provide Individualized Therapies

The instant when healthy cells transform into cancer cells is a significant point. Several cancers can be stopped in their tracks if they are identified quite early.

6 Jul 2017

Ocsial To Set Up The World's Largest Nanotube Production Facility In Luxembourg

The Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Finance of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and OCSiAl, a manufacturer of advanced materials, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the construction of a production facility for single wall carbon nanotubes with an annual capacity up to 250 tonnes and a centre for applied nanotechnology.

From OCSIAL Group 5 Jul 2017

NanoImages Brings SEC’s Advanced Tabletop SEM Technology Into the US

There’s a new player in the U. S. tabletop electron microscopy market. NanoImages, LLC. The company was founded by electron microscopy veterans Jon Lechich and Mike Toalson as the exclusive US distributor for...

From NanoImages 4 Jul 2017

Exceptionally Compressible and Stretchable Polyelectrolyte for Supercapacitors

Wearable and flexible electronics mandate equivalently wearable and flexible power sources.

4 Jul 2017

WEARE Group and TEKNA are Announcing an Agreement Aiming at the Creation of a Powder Manufacturing Company for the Additive Manufacturing Market

WEARE Group continues to structure its integrated offer in the additive manufacturing sector. WEARE Group and TEKNA have decided to join forces to set up in France the means to produce high quality metal powders and thus...

From Tekna Plasma Systems 4 Jul 2017

Local Students Learn About Nanoscale Science and Engineering During Stanford Tours

Ten people dress up in bunny suits, many of them for the first time in their lives. Under the hoods, hair nets keep their hair in place. Goggles are provided to cover their eyes, and their gloves are secured into their sleeves. Any facial hair is also netted.

3 Jul 2017

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Particles that Ordinary Light Sources can Set Spinning

Science fiction deals with a number of fanciful devices that permit light to interact in a forceful manner with matter, from photon-drive rockets to light sabers. In the past few years, science has indeed begun to catch up; a few results hint at attractive real-world interactions between light and matter at atomic scales, and devices such as vortex beams, tweezers, and optical tractor beams have been developed by researchers.

3 Jul 2017

Researchers Report a Facile Route to Realize Controllable Synthesis of Te Nanostructures in Large Quantity

Over the past two decades, one dimensional nanomaterials such as nanotubes (NTs), nanobelts, nanowires (NWs) and nanorods (NRs) have becoming increasingly popular because of their shape dependent physical and chemical properties.

30 Jun 2017

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Researchers Demonstrate the Phenomena of Shape Memory and Self-Healing in Gold Microparticles

Koch Institute's Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine Brings Together Renowned Faculty to Combat Cancer

Bright Field Nanoscale Color Printing Using Silicon Nanostructures

Researchers Test Graphene in Zero-Gravity Conditions to Determine its Potential in Space Applications

Squid-inspired Proteins can Function as Programmable Assemblers of 2D Materials

Tapping Electron Spin in Graphene to Develop Ambient-Temperature Field-Effect Transistor

New 3D Chip Incorporates Data Storage and Computing

Nanolock Could Help Physicians Diagnose Cancers Earlier and Provide Individualized Therapies

Ocsial To Set Up The World's Largest Nanotube Production Facility In Luxembourg

NanoImages Brings SEC’s Advanced Tabletop SEM Technology Into the US

Exceptionally Compressible and Stretchable Polyelectrolyte for Supercapacitors

WEARE Group and TEKNA are Announcing an Agreement Aiming at the Creation of a Powder Manufacturing Company for the Additive Manufacturing Market

Local Students Learn About Nanoscale Science and Engineering During Stanford Tours

Researchers Discover Nanoscale Particles that Ordinary Light Sources can Set Spinning

Researchers Report a Facile Route to Realize Controllable Synthesis of Te Nanostructures in Large Quantity

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