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Triple-Mode Glow to Fight Counterfeiting

Ink with carbon nanodots luminesces via three different mechanisms

4 May 2016

Kiel’s Researchers Explore Nanostructure of Animal Cells

There is a clear difference between a snake's skin and moth's eyes. Scientists at Kiel University have developed a new technique that brings this so-called 'apples and oranges' to a common level. This unique approach has given way to an entirely new and comparative outlook on biological surfaces, and provides a better understanding of how these surfaces actually work.

4 May 2016

Nanostructured Filters Hold Potential to Cut Sulfur Emissions by Cargo Ships

One of the major sources causing pollution on our Earth is cargo shipping. Roughly 55,000 ships are used for cargo transport over the oceans every day.

4 May 2016

New Tool Helps Visualize Nanoscale Chemical Reactions in Liquids

An innovative tool developed by UC San Diego chemists enables researchers to visualize mixing processes or chemical reactions occurring in liquids at the nanoscale.

4 May 2016

FEI Introduces Versatile and High-Performance Scanning Electron Microscope, Apreo

FEI have launched a new versatile and high-performance scanning electron microscope (SEM) called Apreo. The system offers high-resolution surface data with exceptional contrast, and has the required flexibility to fit in a variety of samples, conditions, and applications.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Electron Microscopy Solutions 4 May 2016

University of Cambridge Researchers Develop Breakthrough Nanoscale Engine

The tiniest engine of the world, measuring only a few billionths of a meter, has been designed by researchers from the University of Cambridge. The nanoscale engine is capable of self powering itself, using light, paving the way for futuristic nano-robotics that are capable of navigating in water, sensing the surrounding environment, or even combating diseases by entering living cells.

4 May 2016

Researchers Develop Fat-Fighting Nanoparticles that Show Promise for Treating Obesity

Fat-fighting nanoparticles that are capable of directly delivering anti-obesity drugs to fat tissues have been recently developed by scientists at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. When the research team used these nanoparticles to treat overweight mice, the animals lost 10% of their body weight over a period of 25 days and did not show any sign of adverse side effects.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 May 2016

Recent Developments in the Raman Microscope Range at WITec

The German nanotechnology company WITec has announced the launch of the new alpha300 access micro-Raman system in conjunction with a thorough revision of the long-established alpha300 series.

4 May 2016

Envisia Reports Positive Interim Results of Proprietary PRINT Nanoparticle Formulation in Glaucoma Patients

Envisia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel extended-release therapies in ophthalmology, today reported positive results from an interim three-month analysis of an ongoing 12-month safety and efficacy evaluation of the low dosage form of ENV515 XR (travoprost).

4 May 2016

Imec Honors Dr. Gordon Moore with “Lifetime of Innovation Award”

Join ITF Brussels on May 24-25 and watch a unique in-depth interview with Dr. Gordon Moore and Luc Van den hove Leuven (Belgium) – May 3, 2016 - World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec has announced t...

From IMEC 4 May 2016

Researchers Explore the Intrinsic Properties of Phosphorene

Phosphorene, a 2D phosphane, has been identified as a promising new material for semiconducting transistors in powerful and faster computers. One disadvantage of using this material is that many of its key useful properties, such as its potential to control electrons, are all anisotropic - they change based on the orientation of the crystal.

3 May 2016

Researchers Successfully Create Stable Version of Phosphorene

Two years ago, Northwestern Engineering’s Mark Hersam discovered a way to stabilize exfoliated black phosphorus — or phosphorene — a layered semiconductor that chemically degrades in open air but shows great promise for electronics. By encapsulating it in aluminum oxide, he was able to stabilize phosphorene’s reactivity to oxygen and water.

3 May 2016

Researchers Directly Visualize Nuclear Pore’s Selective Barrier and Dynamic Behavior Using High-Speed AFM

Using an ultra fast-scanning atomic force microscope, a team of researchers from the University of Basel has filmed “living” nuclear pore complexes at work for the first time. Nuclear pores are molecular machines that control the traffic entering or exiting the cell nucleus. In their article published in Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers explain how the passage of unwanted molecules is prevented by rapidly moving molecular “tentacles” inside the pore.

3 May 2016

New Sensor Technology to Capture Nanoscale Images with High Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution

If using a single atom to capture high-resolution images of nanoscale material sounds like science fiction, think again.

3 May 2016

Hybrid Nanoantennas Developed for Next-Generation Optical Computers

A unique approach to manipulate light at the nanoscale using hybrid metal-dielectric nanoantennas has been developed.

By Jake Wilkinson 3 May 2016

Nanotechnology News

Triple-Mode Glow to Fight Counterfeiting

Kiel’s Researchers Explore Nanostructure of Animal Cells

Nanostructured Filters Hold Potential to Cut Sulfur Emissions by Cargo Ships

New Tool Helps Visualize Nanoscale Chemical Reactions in Liquids

FEI Introduces Versatile and High-Performance Scanning Electron Microscope, Apreo

University of Cambridge Researchers Develop Breakthrough Nanoscale Engine

Researchers Develop Fat-Fighting Nanoparticles that Show Promise for Treating Obesity

Recent Developments in the Raman Microscope Range at WITec

Envisia Reports Positive Interim Results of Proprietary PRINT Nanoparticle Formulation in Glaucoma Patients

Imec Honors Dr. Gordon Moore with “Lifetime of Innovation Award”

Researchers Explore the Intrinsic Properties of Phosphorene

Researchers Successfully Create Stable Version of Phosphorene

Researchers Directly Visualize Nuclear Pore’s Selective Barrier and Dynamic Behavior Using High-Speed AFM

New Sensor Technology to Capture Nanoscale Images with High Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution

Hybrid Nanoantennas Developed for Next-Generation Optical Computers

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