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Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Acquisition of High-Performance Electron Microscopy Manufacturer, FEI

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and FEI Company, the leader in high-performance electron microscopy, today announced that their boards of directors have unanimously approved Thermo Fisher’s acquisition of FEI for $107.50 per share in cash.

30 May 2016

Researchers Show Controlled Release of Proteins Without Encapsulating them in Nanoparticles

A U of T Engineering team has designed a simpler way to keep therapeutic proteins where they are needed for long periods of time. The discovery is a potential game-changer for the treatment of chronic illnesses or injuries that often require multiple injections or daily pills.

30 May 2016

Custom-Built Microscope Resolves Nanoscale Images Via Multiphoton Fluorescence and Second-Harmonic Generation

Extremely small biological structures such as viruses, proteins, and single molecules can now be visualized with the most sophisticated light microscopes in the world. However despite this advancement, even the very best microscopes are known to have certain limitations.

27 May 2016

Hokkaido University Scientists Analyze Solar Cells with Gold Nanoparticles

Scientists from Hokkaido University are currently analyzing the development of solar cells made of solid materials in order to enhance their ability to survive in harsh environmental conditions.

26 May 2016

Innovative Method to Build Advanced Carbon Monoxide Nanosensors

Detecting carbon monoxide (CO) in the air is a significant issue because CO is an environmental pollutant and a poisonous gas. Typically, CO is obtained from the incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels like gasoline and cooking gas.

26 May 2016

New Technique Helps Control Multiple-Sized Microspheres in Liquid

As the technology downsizes, the microscopic-scale jungles are usually operated by scientists and where novel approaches are developed by current explorers to transport tiny objects of varied sizes throughout a heterogeneous environment, without losing them.

25 May 2016

Study Shows How Nanosized Trojan Horses Could be Used for Treating Inflammatory Diseases

Nanosized Trojan horses formed from a patient’s immune cells have overcome the body’s complex defense mechanisms and effectively treated inflammation, potentially paving the way for broader applications for treating inflammatory diseases, like cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

25 May 2016

Ice-Resistant, Graphene-Based Material Could Prove Suitable for Extreme Environments

Researchers at Rice University have developed a graphene-based de-icer to provide dual purpose. The novel material continues to melt ice from wings and wires when it becomes too cold. However, if the air is above 7°F, ice would not form at all.

24 May 2016

Physicists Reveal Size Quantization of Charge Carriers in Graphene

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with the behavior of things at atomic scales, where things work much differently from our daily world.

24 May 2016

Dual Nanoparticle Delivery Mechanism Offers New Anti-Cancer Therapy

Scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York have developed a novel drug delivery mechanism that uses two separate vehicles, permitting the delivery of physically and chemically different agents. This mechanism was used to deliver a unique anti-cancer combination therapy containing piperlongumine (PL) and TRAIL for treatment of HCT116 colon cancer cells and PC3 prostate cancer.

24 May 2016

Viennese Scientists Resolve Graphene’s Quantum Effects

The discovery of wonder material graphene was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. The material contains a layer of carbon atoms set in a honeycomb lattice. However, the study of graphene did not stop at this point. New fascinating properties of graphene are still being discovered. Now, an international group of scientists have described the strange behavior of electrons passing through thin constrictions in a layer of graphene. These findings have been published in the Nature Communications journal.

24 May 2016

MIT Researchers Develop SWNT-Based Fluorescent Probes for Detection and Removal of Ovarian Cancer

It has been estimated that approximately 200,000 women globally are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, often in its late stages, each year. It is very difficult to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, and by the time it is identified, the body is already invaded with numerous tumors.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 23 May 2016

Lipid Nanocarriers Could Pave Way for Brain Cancer Treatment

Pioneering discoveries can come in tiny packages, and only few know this better than Ann-Marie Broome, Ph.D., who thinks nanotechnology is the future of the medical field with its capability to distribute potent drugs in small, designer packages.

23 May 2016

Nanotube Beacon Helps Detect Tumor Location

According to Rice University scientists, in the future bathing a patient in LED light may offer an innovative way to find tumors.

23 May 2016

Novel Microfluidic Device Enables Automatic Double Extraction and Purification of Target Cells

A team of researchers from University of Cincinnati (UC) in Cincinnati, OH have developed a novel microfluidic device, which combines the inertial effect of fluid and microscale vortices generated in microchambers, to achieve simultaneous double sorting of rare target cells and removal of background cells.

23 May 2016

Nanotechnology News

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Acquisition of High-Performance Electron Microscopy Manufacturer, FEI

Researchers Show Controlled Release of Proteins Without Encapsulating them in Nanoparticles

Custom-Built Microscope Resolves Nanoscale Images Via Multiphoton Fluorescence and Second-Harmonic Generation

Hokkaido University Scientists Analyze Solar Cells with Gold Nanoparticles

Innovative Method to Build Advanced Carbon Monoxide Nanosensors

New Technique Helps Control Multiple-Sized Microspheres in Liquid

Study Shows How Nanosized Trojan Horses Could be Used for Treating Inflammatory Diseases

Ice-Resistant, Graphene-Based Material Could Prove Suitable for Extreme Environments

Physicists Reveal Size Quantization of Charge Carriers in Graphene

Dual Nanoparticle Delivery Mechanism Offers New Anti-Cancer Therapy

Viennese Scientists Resolve Graphene’s Quantum Effects

MIT Researchers Develop SWNT-Based Fluorescent Probes for Detection and Removal of Ovarian Cancer

Lipid Nanocarriers Could Pave Way for Brain Cancer Treatment

Nanotube Beacon Helps Detect Tumor Location

Novel Microfluidic Device Enables Automatic Double Extraction and Purification of Target Cells

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