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Nanoscale Photodetector Detects Optical Plasmons Using Molybdenum Disulfide

Photonic circuits, which use light to transmit signals, are markedly faster than electronic circuits. Unfortunately, they're also bigger.

7 Oct 2015

Collaboration to Develop Fluorescence Immunoassays Based on Metal Enhanced Fluorescence

In course of the Basel Life Science Week 2015 Sony DADC BioSciences and FIANOSTICS GmbH announced a collaboration on highly sensitive and rapid fluorescence immunoassays using a novel polymer/metal hybrid for the use in metal-enhanced fluorescence (MEF). Sony DADC uses its well established manufacturing processes derived from Blu-ray disc production.

7 Oct 2015

New Report on Global Nanoclay Reinforcement Market

The global nanoclay reinforcement market is expected to reach USD 4.38 Billion by 2022, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Nanoclay reinforcement market is expected to witness significant growth over the next seven years owing to a growing need for lightweight, portable, durable, high strength and low cost materials in a wide range of applications including automotive, aerospace and marine applications.

7 Oct 2015

MIT Researchers Create Ion-Selective Graphene Nanopores

Single graphene sheets with small pores that mimic the selective ion channels found in the biological membranes, that surround living cells.

7 Oct 2015

Heterostructures Made of 2D Materials Hold Promise for Ultra-fast Optoelectronics

It has been shown that a combination of a 2D crystal and graphene is capable of identifying optical pulses with a staggeringly fast response time of less than ten picoseconds, with no compromise in efficiency.

7 Oct 2015

European DSMB Recommends Continuation of Onxeo Livatag ReLive Study in HCC

Onxeo S.A., an innovative company specializing in the development of orphan oncology drugs, today announced that it has received a unanimous recommendation from the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), the independent European board of experts that monitors the safety of the Livatag® Phase III trial, “ReLive”, to continue the study without modification. This marks the seventh positive DSMB recommendation and further confirms the acceptable safety profile of Livatag.

6 Oct 2015

Tiny 'Clutch' Operates at the Nanoscale

A model microscopic system to demonstrate the transmission of torque in the presence of thermal fluctuations - necessary for the creation of a tiny 'clutch' operating at the nanoscale - has been assembled at the University of Bristol as part of an international collaboration.

6 Oct 2015

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanomaterials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Carbon Nanomaterials (Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene and Other 2-D Materials) to 2025: Applications, Companies, Markets and Research" report to their offering.

6 Oct 2015

DCG Systems Debuts Meridian M for Static Optical Failure Analysis

DCG Systems® today announced the release of the Meridian M™ system for isolation of routine and challenging electrical faults at the wafer level.

6 Oct 2015

Researchers Demonstrate Monolithically-Cooled Chip using 28nm FPGA Devices

Using microfluidic passages cut directly into the backsides of production field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are putting liquid cooling right where it's needed the most - a few hundred microns away from where the transistors are operating.

6 Oct 2015

Researchers Introduce New Class of Light-Emitting Quantum Dots with Tunable and Equalized Fluorescence Brightness

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have introduced a new class of light-emitting quantum dots (QDs) with tunable and equalized fluorescence brightness across a broad range of colors. This results in more accurate measurements of molecules in diseased tissue and improved quantitative imaging capabilities.

6 Oct 2015

Insoluble Nanoparticulate Carbon Black Linked to Severe Emphysema

When pathologists perform autopsies on smokers who died with severe emphysema, they find that lungs are black in appearance.

6 Oct 2015

Optofluidic Chip Detects Multiple Flu Strains

New chip-based optical sensing technologies developed by researchers at UC Santa Cruz and Brigham Young University enable the rapid detection and identification of multiple biomarkers. In a paper published October 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe a novel method to perform diagnostic assays for multiple strains of flu virus on a small, dedicated chip.

6 Oct 2015

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes, 2015-2025

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes: Technologies, Production, End User Markets and Opportunities Analysis, 2015-2025" report to their offering.

6 Oct 2015

Nontoxic Dopamine-Based Nanocoating Holds Promise for Flame Retardant Applications

Inspired by a naturally occurring material found in marine mussels, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have created a new flame retardant to replace commercial additives that are often toxic and can accumulate over time in the environment and living animals, including humans.

6 Oct 2015

Nanotechnology News

Nanoscale Photodetector Detects Optical Plasmons Using Molybdenum Disulfide

Collaboration to Develop Fluorescence Immunoassays Based on Metal Enhanced Fluorescence

New Report on Global Nanoclay Reinforcement Market

MIT Researchers Create Ion-Selective Graphene Nanopores

Heterostructures Made of 2D Materials Hold Promise for Ultra-fast Optoelectronics

European DSMB Recommends Continuation of Onxeo Livatag ReLive Study in HCC

Tiny 'Clutch' Operates at the Nanoscale

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanomaterials

DCG Systems Debuts Meridian M for Static Optical Failure Analysis

Researchers Demonstrate Monolithically-Cooled Chip using 28nm FPGA Devices

Researchers Introduce New Class of Light-Emitting Quantum Dots with Tunable and Equalized Fluorescence Brightness

Insoluble Nanoparticulate Carbon Black Linked to Severe Emphysema

Optofluidic Chip Detects Multiple Flu Strains

New Report on the Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes, 2015-2025

Nontoxic Dopamine-Based Nanocoating Holds Promise for Flame Retardant Applications

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