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New Way to Maintain Maximal Dispersion of Nanopowder

Platinum is one of the costly metals used as catalysts in new technologies employed for industrial chemical processes, renewable energy sources, pollution control and many other purposes. In particular, it is used for fuel cells, devices that turn chemical energy directly into electrical energy, without combustion.

1 Mar 2016

New Nanotechnology-Based Delivery System Could Control Variety of Skin Pathologies and Disorders

Researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a nanotechnology-based delivery system containing a protective cellular pathway inducer that activates the body's natural defense against free radicals efficiently, a development that could control a variety of skin pathologies and disorders.

1 Mar 2016

Researchers Demonstrate High-Efficient Energy Transfer Between Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Luciferase Enzymes

Chemists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have made a transformational advance in an alternate lighting source—one that doesn’t require a battery or a plug.

1 Mar 2016

Researchers Study Infection Mechanisms of Coronavirus Using High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy

The infection mechanisms of coronaviruses can now be examined in detail by using supercomputing processes and high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy. These viruses are known for attacking the respiratory tract of animals and humans.

1 Mar 2016

Nanometer-Thin, Light-Absorbing Graphene Sheet Holds Promise for Futuristic Smart Technologies

A recent study published in Science Advances reveals a method to manipulate graphene to create the world’s most light-absorbent material for its weight. The material is nanometer-thin and will facilitate futuristic applications such as 'smart wallpaper', which could produce electricity from waste heat or light, and power many applications within the increasing 'internet of things'.

1 Mar 2016

$Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals$

Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals

A team of researchers from several European countries has used a low-dose electron diffraction technique to determine the structures of nanocrystalline pharmaceuticals.

1 Mar 2016

University of Tokyo Uses a Renishaw inVia to Study Nanomaterials

The Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of Tokyo uses a Renishaw inVia confocal Raman microscope to study graphene and other nano-materials in the development of energy related devices such as solar cells.

From Renishaw plc - Spectroscopy 29 Feb 2016

Researchers Develop New Parallel-Computing Approach by Combining Nanotechnology and Biology

A study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a new parallel-computing approach based on a combination of nanotechnology and biology that can solve combinatorial problems. The approach is scalable, error-tolerant, energy-efficient, and can be implemented with existing technologies. The pioneering achievement was developed by researchers from the Technische Universität Dresden and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden in collaboration with international partners from Canada, England, Sweden, the US, and the Netherlands.

29 Feb 2016

Researchers Study Superlubricity of Graphene Nanoribbons on Gold Surfaces

The versatile potential of the wonder material graphene, a modified version of carbon, has been widely explored in numerous fields, including electronic switches and coating machine components.

26 Feb 2016

New Way to Separate, Organize Cells Suspended in Fluid Samples

Researchers at UCLA have developed a new way to separate and organize cells suspended in fluid samples by their subtle biochemical differences.

26 Feb 2016

Inductively Coupled Plasma System Promises Etching Capabilities Far Superior to Traditional Ion Milling

The need for a more precise process to etch devices used in magnetic random-access memory (MRAM), seen as a potential “universal memory” technology, has spawned a novel process involving researchers at Cornell.

26 Feb 2016

Copper Nanophotonic Components can Operate Successfully in Photonic Devices

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have for the first time experimentally demonstrated that copper nanophotonic components can operate successfully in photonic devices - it was previously believed that only gold and silver components have the required properties for this.

26 Feb 2016

UTSW Researchers Develop Microscope Capable of Creating High-Resolution, 3D Images of Living Cancer Cells

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have designed and built a microscope capable of creating high-resolution, 3-D images of living cancer cells in realistic, controllable microenvironments.

26 Feb 2016

New System Could Scale-Up Production of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are very small particles, found in many products, ranging from high-definition television sets and drug delivery formulations, to pollution control on cars.

25 Feb 2016

New Etching Process for Magnetic RAM Developed by Cornell NanoScale Facility and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technolog P

The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), a leading university research facility located at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), UK have collaborated to develop a novel etching process targeted specifically at magnetic random-access memory MRAM based device fabrication.

25 Feb 2016

Nanotechnology News

New Way to Maintain Maximal Dispersion of Nanopowder

New Nanotechnology-Based Delivery System Could Control Variety of Skin Pathologies and Disorders

Researchers Demonstrate High-Efficient Energy Transfer Between Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Luciferase Enzymes

Researchers Study Infection Mechanisms of Coronavirus Using High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Nanometer-Thin, Light-Absorbing Graphene Sheet Holds Promise for Futuristic Smart Technologies

Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals

University of Tokyo Uses a Renishaw inVia to Study Nanomaterials

Researchers Develop New Parallel-Computing Approach by Combining Nanotechnology and Biology

Researchers Study Superlubricity of Graphene Nanoribbons on Gold Surfaces

New Way to Separate, Organize Cells Suspended in Fluid Samples

Inductively Coupled Plasma System Promises Etching Capabilities Far Superior to Traditional Ion Milling

Copper Nanophotonic Components can Operate Successfully in Photonic Devices

UTSW Researchers Develop Microscope Capable of Creating High-Resolution, 3D Images of Living Cancer Cells

New System Could Scale-Up Production of Nanoparticles

New Etching Process for Magnetic RAM Developed by Cornell NanoScale Facility and Oxford Instruments Plasma Technolog P

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