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International Team Extensively Tests Layered Hexagonal Boron Nitride

Conductors and insulators exist everywhere in life and allow for the performance of both trivial and vital tasks: the stirring of a pot of soup or the flow of electricity, like the current of a river, powering generators in hospitals and even the computer screen you’re looking at right now.

30 Oct 2015

Hybrid Silicon Heterojunction-Perovskite Solar Cell Delivers Record Efficiency

Teams from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have been the first to successfully combine a silicon heterojunction solar cell with a perovskite solar cell monolithically into a tandem device.

30 Oct 2015

Alchemy Experiencing a Revival in Nanotechnology

Alchemy left the mainstream centuries ago, but one of its core concepts, transmuting the elements, is experiencing a revival in nanotechnology.

30 Oct 2015

PEN Launches Graphene-Based Product for Diagnostic Imaging Applications

PEN Inc., a global leader in enhanced performance products enabled by nanotechnology to solve everyday problems, today announced the launch of a new graphene-based product for use in the production of nuclear pharmaceuticals used as diagnostic imaging biomarkers.

30 Oct 2015

The Graphene Revolution in Tyres Arrived at Vittoria

Vittoria and Directa Plus host a unique opportunity to get an inside view in the factory where pristine Graphene is produced. Not only will a select audience get a first-hand experience in seeing the blocking patent-p...

From DIRECTA PLUS S.p.A. 29 Oct 2015

Nanoparticle-Based Radiotherapeutic Bandage Being Evaluated to Treat Squamous Cell Carcinoma

A radiotherapeutic bandage is being evaluated by researchers for efficacy against squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in an animal model. These results could confirm the viability of a new and improved strategy for the radiotherapeutic treatment of skin cancer in the clinic.

29 Oct 2015

Pharmasyntez Executes First Order of Oasmia’s Paclical Cancer Product in Russia

Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB, a developer of a new generation of drugs within human and veterinary oncology, announced today that it its distribution partner, Pharmasyntez, has executed the first order of Paclical, Oasmia’s lead cancer product.

29 Oct 2015

Innovative Micro Technology and Peking University Partner to Develop and Promote MEMS Technology

A new nanoparticle developed by University of Michigan researchers could be the key to a targeted therapy for cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that causes the heart to beat erratically and can lead to heart attack and stroke.

29 Oct 2015

New Nanoparticle Targets and Destroys Cells That Cause Cardiac Arrhythmia

29 Oct 2015

Leading Biomedical Start-Up Selects Neutronix Quintel Q8008 AL Mask Aligner Products

NXQ, a leading provider of production photolithography equipment, today announced that a leading biomedical start-up has chosen the Neutronix Quintel Q8008 AL mask aligner products for their upcoming projects.

29 Oct 2015

InvenSense Introduces CMOS-MEMS Platform-Based Ultrasonic Fingerprint Imaging Solution

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MEMS sensor platforms, today announced it has released for OEM review UltraPrint™, its ultrasonic fingerprint imaging solution, manufactured on the proprietary InvenSense CMOS-MEMS Platform (ICMP), offering ramp to production in calendar year 2017.

29 Oct 2015

X-Ray Microscopy Reveals Inner Workings of Tiny Fossil

The inner workings of a tiny fossil have been studied using X-ray microscopy, revealing evidence of the digestive system for the first time.

29 Oct 2015

UARK Professor to Present on "From Microfluidics to Nanofluidics"

Professor Steve Tung of the Department of Mechanical Engineering will speak on "From Microfluidics to Nanofluidics" at the BAE Research Colloquium Seminar at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in ENGR 219.

29 Oct 2015

mCube Introduces 3-Axis Accelerometer Smaller Than a Grain of Sand

mCube, provider of the world’s smallest MEMS motion sensors, today announced the industry’s first 3-axis accelerometer which is less than a cubic millimeter in total size (0.9mm3).

29 Oct 2015

Biodegradable Polymer Implant Reinforced with Montmorillonite Clay Nanoparticles Improves Outcomes for Patients

A plastic derived from cornstarch combined with a volcanic ash compound, Montmorillonite clay, could help heal the bones of hundreds of thousands of patients with orthopedic injuries who need bone replacement after tumor removal, spinal fusion surgery or fracture repair.

29 Oct 2015