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Significant Advancement in Use of Photodynamic Therapy to Combat Ovarian Cancer in Laboratory Animals

Researchers at Oregon State University have made a significant advance in the use of photodynamic therapy to combat ovarian cancer in laboratory animals, using a combination of techniques that achieved complete cancer cell elimination with no regrowth of tumors.

14 Aug 2015

Researchers Evaluate Particle Retention and Stability on Nanomembrane Sheets

Microscopically, “nanomembrane” sheets made from nylon resemble a tangled web. The tiny iron oxide particles on the fiber surfaces can help clean toxic chemicals from water, but if the particles get separated from the web, they can become hazards themselves.

14 Aug 2015

Fabry-Pérot Interferometer-Based Miniaturised Gas Sensor for Mobile Devices

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a miniature gas sensor that can be connected to mobile devices. Gas measurements made with smartphones will make activities such as the detection of internal air problems easier. In addition, sleep quality will be measurable with greater precision, using mobile healthcare applications which gauge carbon dioxide quantities.

14 Aug 2015

Prototype Sensor Made of Metamaterials Can Help Computers Separate Overlapping Sounds

People trying to talk to Siri may soon no longer have to look like they're about to eat their iPhones, thanks to a new technology demonstration that solves the "Cocktail Party" conundrum.

14 Aug 2015

Graphene 3D Enters Agreement to Acquire Graphene Laboratories

Graphene 3D Lab Inc. announces that it has entered into a non-arm's length share exchange agreement dated August 12, 2015 to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Graphene Laboratories Inc.

13 Aug 2015

New Way to Grow Graphene Nanoribbons on Germanium Semiconductor Wafers

Graphene, an atom-thick material with extraordinary properties, is a promising candidate for the next generation of dramatically faster, more energy-efficient electronics.

13 Aug 2015

Computational and Experimental Researchers Construct Atomic Model of Immature Retrovirus

Using molecular modeling and large-scale molecular dynamic simulation, University of Illinois researchers constructed an atomic model of an immature retrovirus.

13 Aug 2015

DNA Biodegradable Nanogenerator Harvests Energy from Motion and Converts it into Electrical Power

Long-standing concerns about portable electronics include the devices' short battery life and their contribution to e-waste.

13 Aug 2015

Nano Engineered Applications Develops Customizable Nano Gas Sensor Platform

Nano Engineered Applications, Inc. (NEA), an ieCrowd Company, today announced the development of a new, customizable nano gas sensor platform that will enable the configuration of small, nanomaterial-based gas sensors and their incorporation into a range of existing and new devices.

13 Aug 2015

imec Offers Joint Research on GaN-on-Si 200mm Epitaxy and Enhancement Mode Device Technology

World-leading nano-electronics research center imec announced today that it is extending its Gallium Nitride-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) R&D program, and is now offering joint research on GaN-on-Si 200mm epitaxy and enhancement mode device technology.

13 Aug 2015

Reportbuyer Presents Comprehensive Report on Global Focused Ion Beam Market and Forecast from 2015 to 2021

Focused ion beam systems have been used extensively for more than two decades, most significantly in the semiconductor industry and also in various biomaterials and material science fields.

12 Aug 2015

Nano3D Biosciences Signs Key Global Distribution Agreement with Reprocell for its Revolutionary 3D Bioprinting Product Lines

Rainbow Coral Corp. joint venture partner Nano3D Biosciences (n3D) has signed a major worldwide distribution agreement with Reprocell for its revolutionary three-dimensional bioprinting product lines.

12 Aug 2015

SMU Chemist Receives NSF CAREER Award for Funding Research into New Methods of Creating Polymers

SMU chemist Nicolay (Nick) Tsarevsky has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, expected to total $650,000 over five years, to fund his research into new methods of creating polymers - whose uses range from fluorescent materials to drug carriers, to everyday technologies.

12 Aug 2015

Berkeley Lab’s M-TIP Solves Reconstruction Problem for Fluctuation X-Ray Scattering

A comprehensive understanding of complex nanostructures—like proteins and viruses—could lead to breakthroughs in some of the most challenging problems in biology and medicine.

12 Aug 2015

Materion Chemical Engineers Now Offer Unique PVD Parts Cleaning Process

Materion Advanced Materials Group, a business unit of Materion Corporation, announced today a new service to customers using precious and non-precious metals for physical vapor deposition (PVD).

12 Aug 2015

Nanotechnology News

Significant Advancement in Use of Photodynamic Therapy to Combat Ovarian Cancer in Laboratory Animals

Researchers Evaluate Particle Retention and Stability on Nanomembrane Sheets

Fabry-Pérot Interferometer-Based Miniaturised Gas Sensor for Mobile Devices

Prototype Sensor Made of Metamaterials Can Help Computers Separate Overlapping Sounds

Graphene 3D Enters Agreement to Acquire Graphene Laboratories

New Way to Grow Graphene Nanoribbons on Germanium Semiconductor Wafers

Computational and Experimental Researchers Construct Atomic Model of Immature Retrovirus

DNA Biodegradable Nanogenerator Harvests Energy from Motion and Converts it into Electrical Power

Nano Engineered Applications Develops Customizable Nano Gas Sensor Platform

imec Offers Joint Research on GaN-on-Si 200mm Epitaxy and Enhancement Mode Device Technology

Reportbuyer Presents Comprehensive Report on Global Focused Ion Beam Market and Forecast from 2015 to 2021

Nano3D Biosciences Signs Key Global Distribution Agreement with Reprocell for its Revolutionary 3D Bioprinting Product Lines

SMU Chemist Receives NSF CAREER Award for Funding Research into New Methods of Creating Polymers

Berkeley Lab’s M-TIP Solves Reconstruction Problem for Fluctuation X-Ray Scattering

Materion Chemical Engineers Now Offer Unique PVD Parts Cleaning Process

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