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Silicon Nanoparticles May Serve as Detectable ‘Tags’ for Tracking Nanosized Substances

If it's true that good things come in small packages, then the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can now make anyone working with nanoparticles very happy. NIST recently issued Reference Material (RM) 8027, the smallest known reference material ever created for validating measurements of these man-made, ultrafine particles between 1 and 100 nanometers (billionths of a meter) in size.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 26 Sep 2014

New Nanoscale Structure Increases Brightness and Efficiency of Organic LEDs

Princeton University researchers have developed a new method to increase the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs, which are widely used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as becoming increasingly common in lighting.

26 Sep 2014

Electron Microscopy Helps Image Atoms Gliding on Surface of 2D Crystals

Understanding how atoms "glide" and "climb" on the surface of 2D crystals like tungsten disulphide may pave the way for researchers to develop materials with unusual or unique characteristics, according to an international team of researchers.

26 Sep 2014

Researchers Open and Close Nanovesicles Using a Magnet

Chemists and physicists of Radboud University managed to open and close nanovesicles using a magnet. This process is repeatable and can be controlled remotely, allowing targeted drug transport in the body, for example.

26 Sep 2014

Nanotechnology Makes Chef Jackets Water Repellent and Stain-Proof

An Australian startup is using a patented nanotechnology to create 'hydrophobic' chef jackets and aprons. Fabricor says this means uniforms that stay clean for longer, and saving time and money.

25 Sep 2014

NIH Awards $5.8 Million for Development of Microfluidic, 3D Human Liver Model

With a new $5.8 million, three-year award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will further develop a state-of-the-art, microfluidic 3D model system that mimics structure and function of the liver to better predict organ physiology, assess drug toxicity and build disease models.

25 Sep 2014

Swissmedic Approves Celgene’s ABRAXANE for Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic and Breast Cancers

Celgene International Sàrl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Celgene Corporation, today announced that Swissmedic, the regulatory authority for Switzerland, has granted approval for ABRAXANE® (paclitaxel formulated as albumin bound nanoparticles, or nab-paclitaxel) as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer (in combination with gemcitabine), and as a treatment for metastatic breast cancer.

25 Sep 2014

Forecast & Opportunities Report on United States Photomask Market

Growth in Semiconductor, Display and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Markets to Drive Overall Demand for Photomasks in the Country

25 Sep 2014

Mechanics with Biology Helps Discover Communication between Cells

When the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this communication happened primarily through chemical signaling. Now researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have found that another dimension – mechanical communication – is equally if not more crucial.

25 Sep 2014

Intrinsic Electric Fields Can Drive Oxygen Diffusion at Interfaces in Engineered Complex Oxide Thin Films

Complex oxides have long tantalized the materials science community for their promise in next-generation energy and information technologies. Complex oxide crystals combine oxygen atoms with assorted metals to produce unusual and very desirable properties. Because their electrons interact strongly with their environments, complex oxides are versatile, existing as insulators, metals, magnets, and superconductors. They can tightly couple diverse physical properties, such as stress and strain, magnetism and magnetic order, electric field and polarization.

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 25 Sep 2014

Novel Devices Capable of Redirecting Electromagnetic Waves with Close to 100% Efficiency

The Journal of Optics has devoted the front page of its special edition on Mid-infrared and THz Photonics to the work produced by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre researchers Víctor Pacheco-Peña, Víctor Torres, Miguel Beruete and Miguel Navarro-Cía (former student currently working at Imperial College London), together with Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania), one of the world's leading experts in metamaterials. In their research they have proposed various devices capable of redirecting electromagnetic waves with efficiency levels close to 100%.

25 Sep 2014

New Method to Fabricate Potential Challenger to Graphene

A team of researchers from the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) has developed a new way to fabricate a potential challenger to graphene.

25 Sep 2014

Gallium Nitride Micro-Rods Grown on Graphene Substrates to Create ‘Bendy’ LEDs

"Bendy" light-emitting diode (LED) displays and solar cells crafted with inorganic compound semiconductor micro-rods are moving one step closer to reality, thanks to graphene and the work of a team of researchers in Korea.

25 Sep 2014

U.S. DOE Approves Start of Routine Operations at Brookhaven Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the start of routine operations at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, beginning a period of significant transition in project activities from construction and commissioning to operations. Passing this milestone comes after many years of diligent planning, design, and construction by staff within the Lab's Photon Sciences Directorate along with staff from many other Brookhaven Lab organizations, and will lead to an exciting new chapter of synchrotron science.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 25 Sep 2014

STMicroelectronics to Commercialize Innovative Piezoelectric MEMS Technology

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, the world's top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and mobile applications, today announced that it is commercializing its innovative piezoelectric MEMS technology.

From STMicroelectronics 25 Sep 2014