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Tiny Nanocrystals Could Light Up Cancer Cells

Researchers in China have developed tiny nanocrystals that could be used in the next generation of medical imaging technologies to light up cancer cells. In a study published in the inaugural issue of the journal Applied Materials Today, a new rapid, online only publication, the team of researchers describe how they make these films which are based on the heavy metals lanthanum and europium.

From Elsevier B.V 21 Aug 2015

Wide use of Nano Fibers in Soft Tissue Implants to Boost Global Medical Composite Material Market for Orthopedics

Technavio has published a new report on the global medical composite material market for orthopedics, which is expected to grow at a CAGR of above 7% from 2015-2019.

21 Aug 2015

Inexpensive Femtosecond Laser Generates Ultrashort Pulses of Light Even Under Extreme Environmental Conditions

A team at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics has created a laser capable of generating ultrashort pulses of light even under extremely difficult external conditions. This unique combination of precision and resilience is due to the fact that the whole process of generating femtosecond laser pulses takes place within a specially-selected optical fiber.

21 Aug 2015

Physik Instrumente Introduces PIHera Z Flexure-Guided Piezo Nanopositioning Stage

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for nano-biotechnology, metrology, and photonics applications, introduces the PIHera Z flexure-guided piezo nanopositioning stage, offering record travel ranges of 50 µm to 250 µm (400 µm open-loop).

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 21 Aug 2015

Global Fullerene Market Forecast to Grow at 13.96% CAGR During 2014-2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Fullerene Market 2015-2019" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 21 Aug 2015

Transparent Flexible Membrane for Identifying Numerous Organisms Causing Diarrhoea or Intestinal Problems

A group of scientists from the Institute of Ecology and the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Mexico (UNAM), created a membrane capable of simultaneously detecting numerous organisms in the water or food that cause diarrhea and intestinal problems. This health problem annually kills 760 000 children under the age of five, according to the World Health Organization.

20 Aug 2015

Single Photons Capable of Decision Making in Uncertain, Dynamically Changing Environments

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Institut NEEL, CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes demonstrate experimentally that single photons can be used to make decisions in uncertain, dynamically changing environments.

20 Aug 2015

Jordan Valley Announces Selection of its JVX7300RF-W Metrology System by Renowned Process Equipment Manufacturer

Jordan Valley announces the selection of their advanced JVX7300RF-W, by a world leading process equipment manufacturer. The tool was selected following extensive evaluation of tool capability, performance and productivity for development and customers' demonstration of advanced wafer level packaging and thin-film applications.

20 Aug 2015

Global Electron Microscopy and Sample Preparation Market to Reach USD 2.7 Billion by 2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Electron Microscopy and Sample Preparation Market by Type, Method, Equipment, Geography - Trends and Forecast to 2011 - 2019" report to their offering.

20 Aug 2015

Complex Nature of Swimming Tracks of Microorganisms Could Help Study Film Thickness for Scientific Applications

In a paper appearing in Scientific Reports today, the motion of micro-organisms as they swim through various types of fluid channels show "quite strange and new" responses for single cell organisms, including the performance of somersaults, meandering wanderings, and even a ballistic type of behavior, wrote Sunghwan "Sunny" Jung, a member of the Virginia Tech Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics.

20 Aug 2015

Berkeley Lab Scientist Develops Novel Imaging Technique Combining Single-Molecule Spectral Measurement with Super-Resolution Microscopy

Scientists from Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) have devised a unique technology for creating microdroplets suitable for portable automatic analytical devices in various fields from internal security to environmental monitoring and space research. The Estonian Patent Office has registered the invention as a utility model.

20 Aug 2015

Innovative Technology for Microdroplet Creation for Automatic Analytical Devices

20 Aug 2015

Applied DNA Sciences Enters Two-Year Contract with Another US Government Agency

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced today that it has entered into a two-year contract with another U.S. government agency. Terms of the contract, including the scope of services, are confidential.

20 Aug 2015

Physicists Offer New Insights into Self-Organization in Biomolecular Systems

One of the striking features of self-organization in biomolecular systems is the capacity of assemblies of filamentous particles for synchronous motion. Physicists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich now provide new insights into how such movements are coordinated.

20 Aug 2015

Bekeley Lab's Omar Yaghi Discusses Isoreticular MOFs for Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture at ACS Fall 2015 Meeting

Burning through a tank of gasoline in a typical automobile releases about 81 kilograms of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This adds up to a staggering 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide emission each year from cars alone.

20 Aug 2015

Nanotechnology News

Tiny Nanocrystals Could Light Up Cancer Cells

Wide use of Nano Fibers in Soft Tissue Implants to Boost Global Medical Composite Material Market for Orthopedics

Inexpensive Femtosecond Laser Generates Ultrashort Pulses of Light Even Under Extreme Environmental Conditions

Physik Instrumente Introduces PIHera Z Flexure-Guided Piezo Nanopositioning Stage

Global Fullerene Market Forecast to Grow at 13.96% CAGR During 2014-2019

Transparent Flexible Membrane for Identifying Numerous Organisms Causing Diarrhoea or Intestinal Problems

Single Photons Capable of Decision Making in Uncertain, Dynamically Changing Environments

Jordan Valley Announces Selection of its JVX7300RF-W Metrology System by Renowned Process Equipment Manufacturer

Global Electron Microscopy and Sample Preparation Market to Reach USD 2.7 Billion by 2019

Complex Nature of Swimming Tracks of Microorganisms Could Help Study Film Thickness for Scientific Applications

Berkeley Lab Scientist Develops Novel Imaging Technique Combining Single-Molecule Spectral Measurement with Super-Resolution Microscopy

Innovative Technology for Microdroplet Creation for Automatic Analytical Devices

Applied DNA Sciences Enters Two-Year Contract with Another US Government Agency

Physicists Offer New Insights into Self-Organization in Biomolecular Systems

Bekeley Lab's Omar Yaghi Discusses Isoreticular MOFs for Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture at ACS Fall 2015 Meeting

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