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Nanoluminous Crystals Hold Promise for Development of New Bioimaging Technologies

Researchers at UMass Medical School (UMMS) have successfully developed light-emitting nanocrystals that could help advance non-invasive bioimaging technologies. These nanocrystals would enable utilization of persistent luminescence nanoparticles for bioimaging applications in the clinic, and in research laboratories. This would allow functional and structural biological processes in patients and in living animals to be evaluated.

By Stuart Milne 4 Aug 2015

Omni Nano Partners with TWC for Educating Youth on Opportunities in STEM Careers and Nanotechnology

Omni Nano is honored to announce a partnership with Time Warner Cable's (TWC) Connect a Million Minds initiative to educate our youth about nanotechnology and opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

4 Aug 2015

Graphene, the Wonder Material Exhibits Parity Effect

A new phenomenon in which flow of electricity completely changes with odd and even numbers of junctions

4 Aug 2015

New Method Can Calculate Nanoparticles in Sunscreen Products

Loads of cosmetics like sunscreen lotions contain titanium dioxide. These nanoparticles are contentious. Experts suspect they may have harmful effects on people and the environment. But it is difficult to prove that the particles are in the lotions. Using a method developed by Fraunhofer researchers, the particles can now be calculated.

4 Aug 2015

Study Shows Vaccine with Virus-Like Nanoparticles Can Effectively Treat RSV

A vaccine containing virus-like nanoparticles, or microscopic, genetically engineered particles, is an effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to researchers at Georgia State University.

4 Aug 2015

Nano Dimension Technologies, Fortune 100 Company Collaborate for Studying Suitability of 3D-Printed Electronics Technology

Nano Dimension, a leading printing electronics company in the area of 3D printing, announced yesterday that Nano Dimension Technologies, a fully owned subsidiary of Nano Dimension, is collaborating with a Fortune 100 company to investigate the suitability of 3D printed electronics technology.

4 Aug 2015

Researchers Design DNA-Loaded Nanoparticles for Breaching Mucus Barrier in Lungs

Nanotechnology could one day provide an inhaled vehicle to deliver targeted therapeutic genes for those suffering from life-threatening lung disorders. Researchers may have discovered first gene delivery system that efficiently penetrates the hard-to-breach human airway mucus barrier of lung tissue.

4 Aug 2015

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Nano-C Announce Development and Launch of Fullerene Derivatives for OPV

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in the healthcare, life science and performance materials sectors, announced today, together with the US-based com...

4 Aug 2015

Transparent, Electrically Conductive Silver Nanowires as Electrode for Optoelectronics

A team of researchers headed by Prof. Silke Christiansen from the Institute of Nanoarchitectures for Energy Conversion at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has created a novel transparent electrode capable of high electrical conductivity for solar cells and other optoelectronic components with limited material. The electrode is made up of an irregular network of silver nanowires coated with aluminium-doped zinc oxide.

3 Aug 2015

Graphene-Boron Nitride Nanotube Hybrid Switches Could Revolutionize the World of Electronics

A team of researchers headed by Yoke Khin Yap, a Professor of Physics at Michigan Technological University, has worked to create digital switches by integrating graphene and boron nitride nanotubes.

3 Aug 2015

Self-Organisation of Particles Leads to Hexagonal-Patterned 2D Nanohills

Nanoscale worlds sometimes resemble macroscale roller-coaster style hills, placed at the tip of a series of hexagons. Surprisingly, these nanohills stem from the self-organisation of particles - the very particles that have been eroded and subsequently redeposited following the bombardment of semi-conductors with ion beams.

3 Aug 2015

Protein Machines Could Generate Nonthermal Hydrodynamic Flows and Enhance Diffusive Motions of Particles

An international research group has demonstrated that protein machines, regardless of their specific functions, can collectively induce fluctuating hydrodynamic flows and substantially enhance the diffusive motions of particles in the cell.

3 Aug 2015

Diamond Nanocrystals Act as Temperature Sensors for Hyperlocalised Cancer Therapy

Precise targeting biological molecules, such as cancer cells, for treatment is a challenge, due to their sheer size. Now ,Taiwanese scientists have proposed an advanced solution, based on a novel combination of previously used techniques, which can potentially be applied to thermal cancer therapy.

3 Aug 2015

Unique Optical Magnetometer to Probe Magnetism at the Nanoscale

As the demand grows for ever smaller, smarter electronics, so does the demand for understanding materials’ behavior at ever smaller scales. Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory are building a unique optical magnetometer to probe magnetism at the nano- and mesoscale.

3 Aug 2015

Lab on a Chip Acoustofluidic Sputum Liquefaction Device for Safe Asthma and Tuberculosis Diagnostics

A device to mix liquids utilizing ultrasonics is the first and most difficult component in a miniaturized system for low-cost analysis of sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma.

3 Aug 2015

Nanotechnology News

Nanoluminous Crystals Hold Promise for Development of New Bioimaging Technologies

Omni Nano Partners with TWC for Educating Youth on Opportunities in STEM Careers and Nanotechnology

Graphene, the Wonder Material Exhibits Parity Effect

New Method Can Calculate Nanoparticles in Sunscreen Products

Study Shows Vaccine with Virus-Like Nanoparticles Can Effectively Treat RSV

Nano Dimension Technologies, Fortune 100 Company Collaborate for Studying Suitability of 3D-Printed Electronics Technology

Researchers Design DNA-Loaded Nanoparticles for Breaching Mucus Barrier in Lungs

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Nano-C Announce Development and Launch of Fullerene Derivatives for OPV

Transparent, Electrically Conductive Silver Nanowires as Electrode for Optoelectronics

Graphene-Boron Nitride Nanotube Hybrid Switches Could Revolutionize the World of Electronics

Self-Organisation of Particles Leads to Hexagonal-Patterned 2D Nanohills

Protein Machines Could Generate Nonthermal Hydrodynamic Flows and Enhance Diffusive Motions of Particles

Diamond Nanocrystals Act as Temperature Sensors for Hyperlocalised Cancer Therapy

Unique Optical Magnetometer to Probe Magnetism at the Nanoscale

Lab on a Chip Acoustofluidic Sputum Liquefaction Device for Safe Asthma and Tuberculosis Diagnostics

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