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NSF Awards CAREER Grant to Develop Graphene Superlattices in a Massive-Massless Hybrid Electron System

Three West Virginia University professors from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded $1.8 million in funding from the National Research Foundation’s prestigious Faculty Early Career Development or CAREER program.

27 Mar 2015

Breakthrough in DNA Science Opens the Way for Practical Nanomachines with Moving Parts

The latest DNA nanodevices created at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) - including a robot with movable arms, a book that opens and closes, a switchable gear, and an actuator - may be intriguing in their own right, but that's not the point.

27 Mar 2015

Breakthrough, Low-Cost Method to Build DNA Nanotubes Block By Block

Researchers at McGill University have developed a new, low-cost method to build DNA nanotubes block by block – a breakthrough that could help pave the way for scaffolds made from DNA strands to be used in applications such as optical and electronic devices or smart drug-delivery systems.

27 Mar 2015

New Report on the Global Market for Nanoclays

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Nanoclays, 2010-2025" report to their offering.

27 Mar 2015

M+W Group to Expand U.S. Headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s NanoTech Megaplex

As an embodiment of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s public-private partnership model for innovation and economic development, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) and M+W Group today announced an agreement to locate and expand M+W’s U.S. headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s NanoTech Megaplex in Albany.

27 Mar 2015

Sandia MESA Complex Commences Silicon Wafer Production for Three Nuclear Weapon Modernization Programs

Sandia National Laboratories has begun making silicon wafers for three nuclear weapon modernization programs, the largest production series in the history of its Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications complex.

27 Mar 2015

Electroluminescence with Phosphor Nanoparticles Holds Promise for Modern Lighting

Researchers at the INM have developed a new method that enables electroluminescence on large, curved surfaces in a cost-effective way: in this case, the light-emitting layer and all other components are produced by means of wet-chemical, printable methods.

27 Mar 2015

Biocompatible Carbon Nanotube Fibers May Enable Best Way to Communicate with the Brain

Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain.

27 Mar 2015

Cerium-Based Material Made into Nanometer-Sized Particles to Produce Key Ingredient for Nylon Production

The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Labratory, has created a new chemical process that makes use of the widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.

27 Mar 2015

Electron Spin of Molecular Oxygen Strongly Affects Rate of Surface Oxidation

Mitsunori Kurahashi, a Chief Researcher of the Nano Characterization Unit (Unit Director: Daisuke Fujita), National Institute for Materials Science (President: Sukekatsu Ushioda) and Yasushi Yamauchi, a Group Leader in the same unit, presented the first spin-controlled O2 adsorption experiment indicating that the rate of surface oxidation is strongly affected by the electron spin of O2.

26 Mar 2015

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Selectively Target Tumor Cells

Nanoparticles hold great promise for cancer diagnostics and therapies, but only to the extent that they can be selectively guided to tumors and cancer cells.

26 Mar 2015

Northeast Semi Supply Conference to be Hosted by SUNY Poly CNSE

In accordance with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s commitment to furthering New York State’s global leadership in nanoelectronics innovation and commercialization, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) today announced it will host the first ever Northeast Semi Supply Conference (NESCO) on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at its NanoTech Megaplex in Albany, New York.

26 Mar 2015

CelluForce Expands Partnership with Schlumberger for Wood-Derived Nano-Crystalline Cellulose

CelluForce is pleased to announce an investment into the company by Schlumberger, the world's leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions for the global oil and gas industry.

From CelluForce Inc. 26 Mar 2015

New Partnership Provides Quality Training Programs in Atomic Force Microscopy

Dalia Yablon, Ph.D. and Paul E. West, Ph.D, two leading experts in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM) with decades of experience between them, are teaming up to help de-mystify their field and make it more accessible to scientists and engineers.

26 Mar 2015

Magnetic Nanoparticles Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Molecules to the Brain

Magnetic nanoparticles can open the blood-brain barrier and deliver molecules directly to the brain, say researchers from the University of Montreal, Polytechnique Montréal, and CHU Sainte-Justine.

26 Mar 2015

Nanotechnology News

NSF Awards CAREER Grant to Develop Graphene Superlattices in a Massive-Massless Hybrid Electron System

Breakthrough in DNA Science Opens the Way for Practical Nanomachines with Moving Parts

Breakthrough, Low-Cost Method to Build DNA Nanotubes Block By Block

New Report on the Global Market for Nanoclays

M+W Group to Expand U.S. Headquarters at SUNY Poly CNSE’s NanoTech Megaplex

Sandia MESA Complex Commences Silicon Wafer Production for Three Nuclear Weapon Modernization Programs

Electroluminescence with Phosphor Nanoparticles Holds Promise for Modern Lighting

Biocompatible Carbon Nanotube Fibers May Enable Best Way to Communicate with the Brain

Cerium-Based Material Made into Nanometer-Sized Particles to Produce Key Ingredient for Nylon Production

Electron Spin of Molecular Oxygen Strongly Affects Rate of Surface Oxidation

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Selectively Target Tumor Cells

Northeast Semi Supply Conference to be Hosted by SUNY Poly CNSE

CelluForce Expands Partnership with Schlumberger for Wood-Derived Nano-Crystalline Cellulose

New Partnership Provides Quality Training Programs in Atomic Force Microscopy

Magnetic Nanoparticles Open the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Molecules to the Brain

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