Nanotechnology News

RSS

Carbohydrate Coating Could Reduce Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles When They Penetrate Cells

The use of colloidal silver to treat illnesses has become more popular in recent years, but its ingestion, prohibited in countries like the US, can be harmful to health. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have now confirmed that silver nanoparticles are significantly toxic when they penetrate cells, although the number of toxic radicals they generate can vary by coating them with carbohydrates.

22 Jan 2015

Tekmira Commences Dosing in TKM-HBV Phase I Clinical Trial for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced today that it has dosed the first subject in a Phase I clinical trial of TKM-HBV, a therapeutic agent designed to reduce hepatitis B surface antigen in patients chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV).

22 Jan 2015

Researchers Isolate Single Manganese Oxide Nanowire as Li-Ion Battery's Functional Electrode Element

A Virginia Commonwealth University professor has received a five-year, $505,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make lithium-ion batteries -- which power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices -- far more efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

22 Jan 2015

INM Researchers Produce Antimicrobial Abrasion-Resistant Coatings with Long-Term Effect

Researchers at the INM have now produced antimicrobial abrasion-resistant coatings with both silver and copper colloids with a long-term effect that kill germs reliably and at the same time prevent germs becoming established. The coatings are particularly suitable for the application on large and solid surfaces, on doorhandles and for textiles.

22 Jan 2015

Nanoscale Motors Twist Chains in Polymer Gel When Activated by Light

Living systems have the ability to produce collective molecular motions that have an effect at the macroscale, such as a muscle that contracts via the concerted action of protein motors.

22 Jan 2015

Solar-Tectic Funds Research on Highly Textured Silicon Crystalline Thin-Film on Buffered Soda-Lime Glass by E-Beam Evaporation

Solar-Tectic LLC announced today that research it funded has led to a breakthrough technology which will be published in the February 1 2015 edition of the journal Materials Letters.

22 Jan 2015

nano tech 2015: Entire Touchscreen Circuitry Produced in One Step Through Photometallization

The researchers at the INM are now presenting a novel process that allows microscopic and macroscopic conductor tracks to be produced in one step.

22 Jan 2015

Global MEMS Pressure Sensors Market Forecast to Grow at 9.1% CAGR

MEMS pressure sensors provide an interface that can sense, process, and control the external environment of the system on which they are installed. These devices contain tiny electrical and mechanical components on a single chip, and work on the principle of change in resonant frequency to calculate the pressure.

22 Jan 2015

Micromeritics’ ASAP 2020 Plus Features Chemical Adsorption Capability

The ASAP 2020 Plus Chemisorption model includes the ability to obtain valuable information about the physical and chemical properties of catalysts, catalyst supports, adsorbents, and other materials.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 21 Jan 2015

Research-Grade Surface Characterization Results with Micromeritics’ Versatile ASAP 2020 Plus

Micromeritics’ ASAP 2020 Plus integrates a variety of automated gas sorption techniques into a single, research-grade, table-top instrument.

From Micromeritics Instrument Corporation 21 Jan 2015

Viscotek GPC/SEC from Malvern Instruments Delivers Performance-Defining Information for University Team Developing Polymer Coated Nanoparticles

Researchers at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, are using Viscotek multi-detector Gel Permeation/Size Exclusion Chromatography (GPC/SEC) (Malvern Panalytical, UK) to analyze performance defining polymer features in the development of novel polymer coatings for metal nanoparticles.

From Malvern Panalytical 21 Jan 2015

UMC Utilizes Cadence Tools to Produce Silicon-Ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-Based SoC

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry, used Cadence® implementation and signoff tools to produce a silicon-ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-based system on chip (SoC) targeting entry-level smartphones, tablets, high-end wearables and other advanced mobile devices.

21 Jan 2015

DLA's SigNature® DNA Marking Capability Receives Support from Applied DNA Sciences

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based product authentication solutions, supply chain security and anti-counterfeiting technology, announced today that the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) DNA marking lab in Columbus, Ohio has now been open for over a month. On-site and on-time, the lab was fully operational on December 15, 2014 with microcircuits beginning to work their way through the administrative system and get to the Product Test Center (PTC).

21 Jan 2015

PEN CEO Shares Experiences on Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization

Scott Rickert, Chairman and CEO of PEN Inc., was recently asked to share his experience in nanotechnology commercialization in a webinar entitled "Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization -- What Keeps the Small and Medium Enterprise Community Up at Night?" The online event was sponsored by The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), on behalf of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the Committee on Technology, National Science and Technology Council (NTSC), under the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

21 Jan 2015

Non-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes May Not Be Blood-Compatible

Scientists in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin, have made an important discovery about the safety issues of using carbon nanotubes as biomaterials which come into contact with blood. The significance of their findings is reflected in their paper being published as the feature story and front page cover of the international, peer-reviewed journal Nanomedicine.

21 Jan 2015

Nanotechnology News

Carbohydrate Coating Could Reduce Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles When They Penetrate Cells

Tekmira Commences Dosing in TKM-HBV Phase I Clinical Trial for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Researchers Isolate Single Manganese Oxide Nanowire as Li-Ion Battery's Functional Electrode Element

INM Researchers Produce Antimicrobial Abrasion-Resistant Coatings with Long-Term Effect

Nanoscale Motors Twist Chains in Polymer Gel When Activated by Light

Solar-Tectic Funds Research on Highly Textured Silicon Crystalline Thin-Film on Buffered Soda-Lime Glass by E-Beam Evaporation

nano tech 2015: Entire Touchscreen Circuitry Produced in One Step Through Photometallization

Global MEMS Pressure Sensors Market Forecast to Grow at 9.1% CAGR

Micromeritics’ ASAP 2020 Plus Features Chemical Adsorption Capability

Research-Grade Surface Characterization Results with Micromeritics’ Versatile ASAP 2020 Plus

Viscotek GPC/SEC from Malvern Instruments Delivers Performance-Defining Information for University Team Developing Polymer Coated Nanoparticles

UMC Utilizes Cadence Tools to Produce Silicon-Ready 28nm ARM® Cortex®-A7 MPCore-Based SoC

DLA's SigNature® DNA Marking Capability Receives Support from Applied DNA Sciences

PEN CEO Shares Experiences on Roadblocks to Success in Nanotechnology Commercialization

Non-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes May Not Be Blood-Compatible

News Categories

1GMG Unveils Graphene Aluminum-Ion Battery That Fully Charges in 6 Minutes

Safer, Cheaper Method for Creating Futuristic MXenes

Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals Achieve 92 % PFAS Breakdown

Electricity-Driven Membrane System Improves CO₂ Capture from Natural Gas Plants

Improving PPE's Antimicrobial Efficacy with ZnO Nanoparticles

Our Latest eBook

A Closer Look at Nanoscience in 2025: A Year in Review

Enhancing Lipid Nanoparticle Stability for Faster Pharmaceutical Development

Turning Almond Shells into Electronics: A Conversation on Laser-Induced Graphene

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

Most Read Articles

1Additive Nanomanufacturing: What is it and How Does it Work?

2Top 5 Emerging Trends in Nanophotonics

3Nanomedicine in 2026: Experts Predict the Year Ahead

4What is Multi-Photon Lithography?

5Enhancing Lipid Nanoparticle Stability for Faster Pharmaceutical Development

6The Advantages of Dynamic Light Scattering in Nanoparticle Research

Sponsored Content

The Advantages of Dynamic Light Scattering in Nanoparticle Research

In Situ Adhesion Testing Reveals More About Reliability Under Humidity Than Ex-Situ Methods

Ion Beam Cross-Sectioning and SEM Techniques for Battery Materials

Parallel Alignment Strategies for Complex Photonics Devices