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New Technique Facilitates Isolation and Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers face ongoing challenges in the manufacture of uncontaminated, thinner, and longer carbon nanotubes and then isolating them successfully. A new technology has been developed, enhancing possibilities in the development of carbon nanotubes.

22 Jan 2016

Vesper Announces Collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Piezoelectric MEMS Microphones

Vesper, the technology leader in acoustic MEMS, announced today that it is collaborating with GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, to deliver the world's first commercially available piezoelectric MEMS microphones for smartphones, wearables, automobiles, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other high-volume markets.

21 Jan 2016

New Mechanistic Insight Could Help Explain Selectivity of Gold-Palladium Catalyst

From the polyurethane that makes our car seats to the paper made from bleached wood pulp, chlorine can be found in a variety of large-scale manufacturing processes.

21 Jan 2016

Researchers from MGH Develop New Nanoparticle for Treating Pancreatic Cancer

Nature Nanotechnology, an online manual, has published a report outlining the concept of combining nanoparticles with molecular and photodynamic therapies in order to deliver anticancer treatment, and obtain improved results for patients with pancreatic cancer and other treatment-resistant tumors. The concept has been developed by a team of researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

21 Jan 2016

Researchers Create Bismuth-Based Nanoribbons that Could Enable Next-Generation Technologies

Scientists have developed a unique type of bismuth-based nanoribbons, whose semiconductor properties were effectively controlled by applying a magnetic field. This novel technology shows promise for developing new quantum computers and spintronic devices, and would also aid in studying exotic physics concepts. These nanoribbons were developed using a new class of materials, known as topological insulators.

20 Jan 2016

Multiple uses for the JPK NanoWizard AFM System in the Smart Interfaces in Environmental Nanotechnology Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr Rosa Espinosa-Marzal and members from her research group discuss results from their JPK NanoWizard® AFM system at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

From Bruker BioAFM 20 Jan 2016

UCLA Researchers Develop Efficient Method to Make Nanoelectronic and Nanobioelectronic Devices

Gardeners often use sheets of plastic with strategically placed holes to allow their plants to grow but keep weeds from taking root.

20 Jan 2016

Rice Researchers Explore How Graphene Oxide “Paper” Would Handle Shear Strain

The same slip-and-stick mechanism that leads to earthquakes is at work on the molecular level in nanoscale materials, where it determines the shear plasticity of the materials, according to scientists at Rice University and the State University of Campinas, Brazil.

20 Jan 2016

MIPT Researchers Find Solution to Overheating Problem of Active Plasmonic Components

Researchers from MIPT have found a solution to the problem of overheating of active plasmonic components. These components will be essential for high-speed data transfer within the optoelectronic microprocessors of the future, which will be able to function tens of thousands of times faster than the microprocessors currently in use today.

20 Jan 2016

New Light-Activated Nanotherapy Suggested for Terminating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have proposed a light-activated and adaptive nanotherapy. They propose that the new therapy will help humans to fight-off drug-resistant bacteria.

20 Jan 2016

Study Reveals Graphene’s Ability to Control Terahertz Laser Frequency

Researchers, headed by Sir Kostya Novoselov and Dr Subhasish Chakraborty from the University of Manchester, have discovered graphene’s ability to control terahertz laser frequency. This capability could open up new possibilities for terahertz lasers.

19 Jan 2016

New Graphene Discovery Could Help Save Millions of Lives

Investigations of graphene properties for their use as enterosorbents have been performed in S.M. Kirov Military Medicine Academy in Russia. The research has been carried out under the leadership of Kirsan - Petrik Laboratory of the Future transcorporation.

19 Jan 2016

New Method for Fast and Precise DNA Sequencing is Simulated

An innovative method for fast and precise gene sequencing has been proposed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

18 Jan 2016

Breakthrough NovaSpider 3D Spinning Machine for Nanofibre Production

Disruption: rupture or sudden interruption. Disruptive Innovation: is just what the Science Research Centre NanoGUNE has done, creating the NovaSpider 3D spinning machine, a breakthrough which is set to revolutionise the way nanofibres are produced. Why? Simple: because this machine enables the user to produce 3D structures based on state-of-the-art nanofibres in his/her own lab.

18 Jan 2016

Exosomes Show Better Cancer-Killing Effect with Less Chemo

The cancer drug paclitaxel just got more effective. For the first time, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have packaged it in containers derived from a patient’s own immune system, protecting the drug from being destroyed by the body’s own defenses and bringing the entire payload to the tumor.

18 Jan 2016

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New Technique Facilitates Isolation and Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Vesper Announces Collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Piezoelectric MEMS Microphones

New Mechanistic Insight Could Help Explain Selectivity of Gold-Palladium Catalyst

Researchers from MGH Develop New Nanoparticle for Treating Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers Create Bismuth-Based Nanoribbons that Could Enable Next-Generation Technologies

Multiple uses for the JPK NanoWizard AFM System in the Smart Interfaces in Environmental Nanotechnology Group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

UCLA Researchers Develop Efficient Method to Make Nanoelectronic and Nanobioelectronic Devices

Rice Researchers Explore How Graphene Oxide “Paper” Would Handle Shear Strain

MIPT Researchers Find Solution to Overheating Problem of Active Plasmonic Components

New Light-Activated Nanotherapy Suggested for Terminating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Study Reveals Graphene’s Ability to Control Terahertz Laser Frequency

New Graphene Discovery Could Help Save Millions of Lives

New Method for Fast and Precise DNA Sequencing is Simulated

Breakthrough NovaSpider 3D Spinning Machine for Nanofibre Production

Exosomes Show Better Cancer-Killing Effect with Less Chemo

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