New generation of nanocar includes a motor and an easier way to track its movement.
An international collaboration of researchers announced a major development in the characterization of graphene’s structural strain using a non-invasive method.
By Jake Wilkinson
30 Sep 2015
A novel class of molecular motors that rotate in the same direction at high speeds upon exposure to sunlight have been developed. This novel behaviour holds promise in new nano-engineering applications.
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By Jake Wilkinson
30 Sep 2015
Cornell University, in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), is opening a new $10 million Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence that brings together scientists, engineers, biologists and physicians to develop and translate new cancer care applications based on nanotechnology.
Novavax, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today announced positive top-line data from a Phase 1 clinical trial of its RSV F-protein recombinant nanoparticle vaccine candidate (RSV F Vaccine) in healthy children.
Precision NanoSystems, Inc. (PNI), a global nanomedicine company, has announced the completion of a $13.4 million private Series A financing. The investment was led by 5AM Ventures and Telegraph Hill Partners, with additional participants that include the Rising Tide Fund and other individual investors.
Following materials testing by the nanomaterials research group at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), researchers have identified unique properties in Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. (ZEN.V) Albany Graphite deposit that show positive attributes for use in multiple graphene applications.
Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D Printed Metals and 3D Printed Electronics, announced today that the company will feature its Hybrid Manufacturing and functional Electronics Printing technologies at the TCT Show held on September 30 – October 1 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, England. Optomec will be located in Stand H27.
A new study out of St. Mary’s College of Maryland puts us closer to do-it-yourself spray-on solar cell technology—promising third-generation solar cells utilizing a nanocrystal ink deposition that could make traditional expensive silicon-based solar panels a thing of the past.
Researchers at Houston Methodist, along with collaborators at two major Singapore institutions, have developed a lab in a needle device that could provide instant results to routine lab tests, accelerating treatment and diagnosis by days.
At the 14th Human Proteome Organization World Congress (HUPO), Bruker today announced the new rapifleX MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer. MALDI-TOF/TOF is established as a powerful tandem mass spectrometry method for in-depth protein analysis.
A half-million dollar grant will propel Tuskegee University further into the emerging field of nanomaterials science and engineering. The university has just been given an award from the National Science Foundation to obtain new equipment that will greatly increase our research and teaching capabilities in the field.
Nanometals have higher surface area. The nanometals of size 10nm have 10% of their atoms on the surface where as the ones with size of 2.5nm have 60% of their atoms on their surface.
$75 million was recently awarded by the US Department of Defense to establish a new Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for flexible hybrid electronics in San Jose, California. Under the acronym FHE MII, this new entity will follow a hub and node approach managed by the FlexTech Alliance.
A innovative technique, where rapid spectral snapshots of tiny areas of dilute nanotube solution are recorded, has been used by researchers at Rice University to determine the characteristics of the nanotubes that are present.
By Jake Wilkinson
29 Sep 2015