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Scientists Produce Rings and Chains of Gold Nanoparticles

A team of researchers at the Nanoscience Center of the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have successfully produced rings and short chains of gold nanoparticles with unparalleled precision.

23 Sep 2016

Epigem Increases Blood Research Activity

High-tech British micro engineering company Epigem today announced the appointment of new staff member Niamh Kilcawley.

23 Sep 2016

Sandia Nanophotonics Researcher Awarded 2016 Outstanding Young Professional Award by IEEE-HKN

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Salvatore Campione has been awarded the 2016 Outstanding Young Professional Award by IEEE honor society Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN).

23 Sep 2016

Scientist Develops Human Brain-Inspired Microchip

Neuro-inspired computing has provided a common intersection for three seemingly varied fields: microelectronics, computing and neuroscience.

22 Sep 2016

Bioengineering Professor Wins Materials Today Embracing Challenge Award for Research in Nanomaterials

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced that Professor Kytai Nguyen is the winner of the first Materials Today Embracing Challenge Award.

22 Sep 2016

Nano-Optical Researchers Provide Insights into Performance of Newly Developed Plasmonic Grating Structures

University of Arkansas researchers have discovered that a newly developed plasmonic fabrication capability and design can improve the performance of biosensors, solar cells and photodetectors.

22 Sep 2016

MIT Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Method with Potential to Arrest Cancer Metastasis

A major cause of mortality in women with breast cancer is the spread of malignant cells around the body called as metastasis. Recently, a team of MIT researchers are in the process of formulating a new gene therapy method, which shows potential as a novel approach to prevent breast cancer tumors from metastasizing.

22 Sep 2016

Yale Researchers Use Sticky Nanoparticles to Progress Treatment of Cancer

Sticky nanoparticles capable of delivering drugs specifically to their targets and then remain there could be extremely useful in the fight against uterine and ovarian cancers.

21 Sep 2016

Oxford Instruments is ‘Bringing the Nanoworld Together’ in India once again - 22 - 23 November 2016 | IISc Bangalore

Oxford Instruments announces the launch of the 2016 technical workshops in India. Now in their 5th year, these workshops held across India have proven extremely popular, with previous events in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Mohali.

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 21 Sep 2016

NanoXplore to Use Graphene-Enhanced Engineering Plastics to Support Commercialization of Electric Motor Systems

Group NanoXplore Inc., a Montreal-based company specialising in the production and application of graphene and its derivative materials, is very pleased to announce that Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) will partner with the company to support the commercialisation of lighter, more reliable and higher-efficiency components for electric motor systems using graphene-enhanced engineering plastics in place of metals.

21 Sep 2016

Innovative Screen-Printing Process Allows Direct Conversion of Nanocrystals into Flexible Thermoelectric Devices

What if you could easily print a thin layer of material – for use anywhere – that would allow you to create flexible energy harvesters or coolers? That may soon be a reality.

21 Sep 2016

Bruker Introduces Complete Commercial AFM-Based SECM Solution

PeakForce SECM mode enables previously unobtainable electrochemical information.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 21 Sep 2016

Graphene Nanoribbons May Help Heal Damaged Spinal Cords

James Tour, a chemist at Rice University, stated that a treatment procedure to heal damaged spinal cords by combining graphene nanoribbons produced with a process invented at Rice and a common polymer is expected to gain importance.

20 Sep 2016

Scientists Propose Using Nanoscale Tetrapods to Provide Early Warning of Material’s Failure

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have proposed that four-armed, light-emitting nanocrystals could soon serve as the foundation of an early warning system in structural materials by revealing microscopic cracks that indicate failure.

20 Sep 2016

Nickel, Graphene Serve as Promising New Material for Flexible Electronics Devices

In a new computational study published in The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, University of Arkansas engineering researchers found that nanocomposites composed of layers of nickel and graphene — a promising new material for flexible electronics devices — can be tuned for optimal fracture strength by manipulating the structural arrangement of the graphene sheets.

20 Sep 2016

Nanotechnology News

Scientists Produce Rings and Chains of Gold Nanoparticles

Epigem Increases Blood Research Activity

Sandia Nanophotonics Researcher Awarded 2016 Outstanding Young Professional Award by IEEE-HKN

Scientist Develops Human Brain-Inspired Microchip

Bioengineering Professor Wins Materials Today Embracing Challenge Award for Research in Nanomaterials

Nano-Optical Researchers Provide Insights into Performance of Newly Developed Plasmonic Grating Structures

MIT Researchers Develop Gene Therapy Method with Potential to Arrest Cancer Metastasis

Yale Researchers Use Sticky Nanoparticles to Progress Treatment of Cancer

Oxford Instruments is ‘Bringing the Nanoworld Together’ in India once again - 22 - 23 November 2016 | IISc Bangalore

NanoXplore to Use Graphene-Enhanced Engineering Plastics to Support Commercialization of Electric Motor Systems

Innovative Screen-Printing Process Allows Direct Conversion of Nanocrystals into Flexible Thermoelectric Devices

Bruker Introduces Complete Commercial AFM-Based SECM Solution

Graphene Nanoribbons May Help Heal Damaged Spinal Cords

Scientists Propose Using Nanoscale Tetrapods to Provide Early Warning of Material’s Failure

Nickel, Graphene Serve as Promising New Material for Flexible Electronics Devices

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