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INRS Professor Honored with 2015 Herzberg Medal for Contributions in Ultrafast Molecular Imaging

Professor François Légaré of the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre has been awarded the 2015 Herzberg Medal by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) in recognition of his outstanding contributions in ultrafast molecular imaging and the development of high peak power infrared lasers for high harmonic generation and tissue imaging using optical nonlinear microscopy.

16 Mar 2015

Rensselaer Selected as Host for ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp on Nanotechnology

Middle-school students eager to participate in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning are encouraged to apply for the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp experience to be held at 20 universities nationwide. This is the eighth year that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been selected to participate in the program. This year’s theme is “Nanotechnology: It’s a Small, Small World. The program is being conducted in partnership with The Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center. The camp will be held from June 21 to July 3 on the Rensselaer campus.

16 Mar 2015

OXIS Energy Honored with 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Chemistry Technology

Frost & Sullivan recognizes OXIS Energy with its 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation, as a result of its recent analysis of the advanced lithium-based batteries market. OXIS Energy has developed a unique technology based on a lithium-sulfur battery chemistry that resolves some of the issues in the batteries currently used in military, automotive, and solar energy storage applications.

From Frost and Sullivan 16 Mar 2015

N1 Technologies Creates National Master Distributorship for Line of Nano Engineered Oils and Lubricants

The directors and management of N1 Technologies Inc. are pleased to announce the creation of a national Master Distributorship for the company's full line of nano engineered oils and lubricants. Custom Blending and Packaging of St. Louis (http://customblending.net) has agreed to take on the duties of Master Distributor.

16 Mar 2015

Phenomenal ‘Image Fusion’ of Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy

Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first “image fusion” of mass spectrometry and microscopy — a technical tour de force that could, among other things, dramatically improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

16 Mar 2015

New Report on Carbon Nanotube Commercialization from NNI

The National Nanotechnology Initiative today published the proceedings of a technical interchange meeting on "Realizing the Promise of Carbon Nanotubes: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Pathway to Commercialization," held at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters on September 15, 2014.

16 Mar 2015

Researchers Optimize New AFM System for Live-Cell Imaging

Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and Kanazawa University (Japan) have succeeded in imaging structural dynamics of living neurons with an unprecedented spatial resolution

16 Mar 2015

CIDETEQ Utilizes Nanotechnology to Help Solve Problems at the Macroscopic Level

As if they were tailored suits, the Center for Research and Technological Development in Electrochemistry (CIDETEQ), in Tijuana (north of Mexico), works to serve various types of industry. For the aerospacial sector it develops coating procedures and analyzes corrosion rates of materials used in aircrafts; for the medical sector it analyzes the material of probes and water quality, and for the automotive, wheels chroming, among others.

16 Mar 2015

New Research into Using Magnetic Nanoparticles in Localised Brain Tissue Stimulation

MIT researchers have created a technique to stimulate brain tissue using injected magnetic nanoparticles and external magnetic fields.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13 Mar 2015

Light and Targeted Gold Nanoparticles Can Be Used to Activate Non-Genetically Modified Neurons

Light can be used to activate normal, non-genetically modified neurons through the use of targeted gold nanoparticles, report scientists from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. The new technique, described in the journal Neuron on March 12, represents a significant technological advance with potential advantages over current optogenetic methods, including possible use in the development of therapeutics toward diseases such as macular degeneration.

13 Mar 2015

Complex ORC Protein Machine is Not Always ‘On’

Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be duplicated. Like an image of a criminal suspect, the intricate model of ORC has helped build a "profile" of the activities of this crucial "protein of interest." But the new information has uncovered another mystery: ORC's structure reveals that it is not always "on" as was previously thought, and no one knows how it turns on and off.

13 Mar 2015

Glyconanoparticles Help Reduce Cell Damage and Inflammation After a Stroke

Materials resulting from chemical bonding of glucosamine, a type of sugar, with fullerenes, kind of nanoparticles known as buckyballs, might help to reduce cell damage and inflammation occurring after stroke. A team from the Max Planck Institute in Germany has tested this on mice, opening the door to potential new drugs for the cerebrovascular accident.

13 Mar 2015

Nanoparticles Carrying Antibiotics Across Biological Barriers Can Effectively Treat Lung Infections

Treating respiratory disease is often difficult because drugs have to cross biological barriers such as respiratory tissue and mucosa, and must therefore be given in large quantities in order for an effective amount to reach the target. Now researchers from Germany, Brazil and France have shown that the use of nanoparticles to carry antibiotics across biological barriers can be effective in treating lung infections.

13 Mar 2015

Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Visualise and Count the Smallest Units in the Genome

In 1953 Watson and Crick first published the discovery of the double helix structure of the DNA. They were able to visualize the DNA structure by means of X-Ray diffraction. Techniques, such as electron microscopy, allowed scientists to identify nucleosomes, the first and most basic level of chromosome organisation. Until now it was known that our DNA is packaged by regular repeating units of those nucleosomes throughout the genome giving rise to chromatin.

13 Mar 2015

New Method to Mass-Produce Raspberry-Like Metamolecules That React to Light’s Magnetic Field

The field of metamaterials is all about making structures that have physical properties that aren’t found in nature. Predicting what kinds of structures would have those traits is one challenge; physically fabricating them is quite another, as they often require precise arrangement of constituent materials on the smallest scales.

13 Mar 2015

Nanotechnology News

INRS Professor Honored with 2015 Herzberg Medal for Contributions in Ultrafast Molecular Imaging

Rensselaer Selected as Host for ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp on Nanotechnology

OXIS Energy Honored with 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Chemistry Technology

N1 Technologies Creates National Master Distributorship for Line of Nano Engineered Oils and Lubricants

Phenomenal ‘Image Fusion’ of Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy

New Report on Carbon Nanotube Commercialization from NNI

Researchers Optimize New AFM System for Live-Cell Imaging

CIDETEQ Utilizes Nanotechnology to Help Solve Problems at the Macroscopic Level

New Research into Using Magnetic Nanoparticles in Localised Brain Tissue Stimulation

Light and Targeted Gold Nanoparticles Can Be Used to Activate Non-Genetically Modified Neurons

Complex ORC Protein Machine is Not Always ‘On’

Glyconanoparticles Help Reduce Cell Damage and Inflammation After a Stroke

Nanoparticles Carrying Antibiotics Across Biological Barriers Can Effectively Treat Lung Infections

Super-Resolution Microscopy Helps Visualise and Count the Smallest Units in the Genome

New Method to Mass-Produce Raspberry-Like Metamolecules That React to Light’s Magnetic Field

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