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Imaging the Inside of Cells Using Polymeric Nanoparticles

Researchers at the University of Tokyo continue to discover new ways to improve the effectiveness of nanoparticles as biomedical tools.

2 Nov 2016

World’s First Installation of Multi-Technique, Nanoscale IR Spectroscopy System at a Synchrotron Source

The SOLEIL Synchrotron, Saint Aubin, France, and Anasys Instruments, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, announce the world’s first commissioning at a synchrotron source of the nanoIR2-s, a nanoscale IR spectroscopy system, providin...

2 Nov 2016

The Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project’s Final Events: Bringing Nano Environmental Health and Safety Assessment to the Wider Discussion on Risk Governance of Key Enabling Technologies

The EU FP7 Sustainable Nanotechnologies (SUN) Project is coming to its end in March 2017.

2 Nov 2016

SUN Shares its Latest Achievements During the 3rd Annual Project Meeting

The results from the 3rd SUN annual meeting showed great advancement of the project.

2 Nov 2016

Microscope Stage for Productive Microplate Imaging

Prior Scientific announces the H139, a new motorised microscope stage designed to enable life scientists to precisely position, move and image up to two microplates or nine microscope slides.

From Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. 2 Nov 2016

Researchers Employ 2D Materials to Produce New-Age Light Sources

Over the past 10 years, there has been much research and a virtual hype surrounding monolayers, or “super materials” (as denoted by “Nature,” a prestigious science magazine). This is due to the fact that these monolayers exhibit excellent potential to transform many areas of physics.

31 Oct 2016

Advanced Electron Tomography Techniques Help Reveal Structure and Composition of Polymer Nano-Patches

Patches of chain-like molecules placed across nanoscale particles can radically transform the optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of particle-based materials.

31 Oct 2016

Rigaku Innovative Technologies Announces Synchrotron Optics Refurbishment Program and New Optics and Coatings for Synchrotron Applications

Rigaku Innovative Technologies (RIT), a global supplier of high performance multilayer optics, announces that it cleans and recoats old synchrotron optics to either retask the optics for new applications or to refurbish and repair the coatings to enhance performance.

From Rigaku Corporation 28 Oct 2016

Nanoscience to Make Major Contributions in Health Care in the Coming Decade

Nanoscience research includes molecules that are only 1/100th the size of cancer cells and these molecules have the ability to improve the quality of our lives and our health.

27 Oct 2016

Cancer Treatment Could Be Improved by Imaging Where Nanomedicine Drugs Go in Body

Research has shown that nanomedicine has the potential to minimize the side effects of therapeutic drugs and help customize cancer treatments. There has been some progress with the first goal but not with the second goal of personalizing cancer treatments.

27 Oct 2016

Supersonic Solitary Waves in Nano-Electronics Crystals Show Potentials for Matter Transport, Energy Storage

Supersonic solitary waves in nano-electronics crystals show potentials for electric charge or matter transport and energy storage with extremely low heat dissipation

27 Oct 2016

Extremely Minute Extracellular Needle-Electrodes for Brain Mapping

Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed needle-electrodes with a diameter of 5 µm on block modules with the dimensions 1 mm x 1 mm.

26 Oct 2016

Supersonic Waves Improve Nano-Electronics

Amazing localized excitations such as freak waves happen in nature at all scales. The present theory and models of these waves can be applied to various fields such as physics, acoustics, cosmological relativity, neuro-dynamics, nonlinear lasers and optics, plasmas and oceanography, but they can also play an important role in nano-electronics at the quantum scale.

26 Oct 2016

Nanofiber Coating Eliminates Infections During Joint Replacements

Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have conducted a proof-of-concept study with mice to show the potential of a novel coating prepared with antibiotic-releasing nanofibers to prevent certain acute bacterial infections caused during total joint replacement surgery.

25 Oct 2016

Boron Nitride-Graphene Hybrid may be apt to Store Hydrogen Fuel in Next-Gen Green Cars

According to Rice University scientists, graphene layers that are separated by nanotube pillars of boron nitride may be an appropriate material to store hydrogen fuel in cars.

25 Oct 2016

Nanotechnology News

Imaging the Inside of Cells Using Polymeric Nanoparticles

World’s First Installation of Multi-Technique, Nanoscale IR Spectroscopy System at a Synchrotron Source

The Sustainable Nanotechnologies Project’s Final Events: Bringing Nano Environmental Health and Safety Assessment to the Wider Discussion on Risk Governance of Key Enabling Technologies

SUN Shares its Latest Achievements During the 3rd Annual Project Meeting

Microscope Stage for Productive Microplate Imaging

Researchers Employ 2D Materials to Produce New-Age Light Sources

Advanced Electron Tomography Techniques Help Reveal Structure and Composition of Polymer Nano-Patches

Rigaku Innovative Technologies Announces Synchrotron Optics Refurbishment Program and New Optics and Coatings for Synchrotron Applications

Nanoscience to Make Major Contributions in Health Care in the Coming Decade

Cancer Treatment Could Be Improved by Imaging Where Nanomedicine Drugs Go in Body

Supersonic Solitary Waves in Nano-Electronics Crystals Show Potentials for Matter Transport, Energy Storage

Extremely Minute Extracellular Needle-Electrodes for Brain Mapping

Supersonic Waves Improve Nano-Electronics

Nanofiber Coating Eliminates Infections During Joint Replacements

Boron Nitride-Graphene Hybrid may be apt to Store Hydrogen Fuel in Next-Gen Green Cars

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