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Nanoscience Research Projects Could Resolve Big Challenges

The science of the extremely small is being used by researchers from the Berkeley Lab to resolve big challenges.

5 Aug 2016

UCR Researchers Develop New Silicon-Tin Nanocomposite that Could Improve Stability of Lithium-Ion Batteries

At the University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers have developed a new silicon-tin nanocomposite anode that could improve the charging capacity of lithium-ion batteries, which can be charged and discharged many times before they wear out.

From University of California at Riverside 5 Aug 2016

MIT Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Reinforce Composite Materials

The most recent Boeing and Airbus passenger jets flying at present are built primarily from advanced composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic. These materials are very light, durable and capable of minimizing the aircraft’s overall weight by almost 20% compared to aluminum-bodied planes.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5 Aug 2016

MIT Engineers Develop New Microfluidic Device that Mimics Muscle-Nerve Connection

MIT researchers have designed a microfluidic device that mimics the neuromuscular junction, the place where muscle and nerve meet.

5 Aug 2016

Leading U.S. Science and Technology Laboratory Selects Veeco Ion Beam Sputtering Technology

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), based in California, has ordered Veeco’s SPECTOR® Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) system. The system will be u...

5 Aug 2016

Researchers Reveal Stable Solid-Liquid State in Gallium Nanoparticles

Envision ice cubes that continue to remain unchanged after many hours once they were poured from a glass, even in the very interior part of a freezer or under the heat of a boiler. This is essentially the discovery recently made by an international group of researchers headed by an electrical engineering professor from Duke University.

4 Aug 2016

Conducting Polymer Created with Potential to be used in Smart Soft Electronics

Soft electronic devices, such as a smartphone on the wrist and a folding screen in the pocket could be possible in the near future if researchers can develop a process to create electronic devices from soft organic materials rather than the currently used stiff inorganic materials.

4 Aug 2016

New Nanoparticles Serve as Improved Contrast Agents for MRI

Scientists from the University of Basel have developed nanoparticles that have the potential to serve as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging.

4 Aug 2016

New Switchable Metamaterials Could Lead to Advanced Optical Devices

Metamaterials play a bigger role in invisibility cloaks than magic. The materials are human-engineered and they have properties that are not seen in nature, enabling them to bend and manipulate light in unusual ways.

3 Aug 2016

Ocean Optics Introduces New SERS Nanosponge Substrate for Raman Spectroscopy Applications

Ocean Optics has introduced a new substrate for Raman spectroscopy applications. The new RAM-SERS-SP Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy substrates use a proprietary gold-silver nanosponge alloy to produce highly sensitive, trace-level Raman spectroscopy measurements.

3 Aug 2016

HORIBA X-RAY LAB is a Powerful Tool for RoHS, ELV and Halogen-Free Applications

HORIBA Scientific, global leader in X-ray Fluorescence analysis, announces enhancements to the software in its MESA-50 Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer. HORIBA X-RAY Lab is the new software in our MESA-50 ...

From HORIBA 3 Aug 2016

Nanoparticle Technology Could Help Improve Safety and Efficacy of Biologic Drugs

Nature Nanotechnology has published a new article that shows preclinical results from a study conducted by Selecta Biosciences. Selecta is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops targeted antigen-specific immune therapies for rare and grave diseases.

2 Aug 2016

Patterning Monolayer Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag Edges

It has become feasible to create a high-quality material - monolayer graphene nanoribbon with zigzag edges - for semiconductors and spintronic devices.

2 Aug 2016

Bibby Scientific Launches New Jenway® Spectrophotometer with Advanced Diode Array Technology

Bibby Scientific Ltd announced today that Jenway®, a leading UK manufacturer of analytical laboratory instruments, has launched the new 7200 visible scanning spectrophotometer. The 7200 has been designed for simp...

From Cole-Parmer Ltd 2 Aug 2016

Scientists Use Computer Simulations to Develop Graphene-Like Crystals of Salts

An international team of researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Russia), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Rice University (USA), and the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (TISNCM) have found out how thin a slab of salt should be for it to break down into graphene-like layers, using computer stimulations.

By Will Soutter 1 Aug 2016

Nanotechnology News

Nanoscience Research Projects Could Resolve Big Challenges

UCR Researchers Develop New Silicon-Tin Nanocomposite that Could Improve Stability of Lithium-Ion Batteries

MIT Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Reinforce Composite Materials

MIT Engineers Develop New Microfluidic Device that Mimics Muscle-Nerve Connection

Leading U.S. Science and Technology Laboratory Selects Veeco Ion Beam Sputtering Technology

Researchers Reveal Stable Solid-Liquid State in Gallium Nanoparticles

Conducting Polymer Created with Potential to be used in Smart Soft Electronics

New Nanoparticles Serve as Improved Contrast Agents for MRI

New Switchable Metamaterials Could Lead to Advanced Optical Devices

Ocean Optics Introduces New SERS Nanosponge Substrate for Raman Spectroscopy Applications

HORIBA X-RAY LAB is a Powerful Tool for RoHS, ELV and Halogen-Free Applications

Nanoparticle Technology Could Help Improve Safety and Efficacy of Biologic Drugs

Patterning Monolayer Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag Edges

Bibby Scientific Launches New Jenway® Spectrophotometer with Advanced Diode Array Technology

Scientists Use Computer Simulations to Develop Graphene-Like Crystals of Salts

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