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Simple, Cost-Effective Approach to Modify Properties and Functions of Nanomaterials

The challenges faced by researchers in modifying properties of nanomaterials for application in devices may be addressed by a simple technique, thanks to recent innovative studies conducted by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

23 Jul 2014

Novel Nano-Sized Vaccine Package Can Combat Dust-Mite Allergies

If you’re allergic to dust mites (and chances are you are), help may be on the way.

23 Jul 2014

Knowles Reaches Milestone with Shipment of Two Millionth MEMS Microphone for Hearing Instruments

Knowles Corporation achieved a major milestone in the hearing health industry by shipping its two millionth MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) microphone for hearing instruments.

23 Jul 2014

Researchers Develop a Switch for Nano-Optics

Electronics now has a competitor. Information is increasingly being transmitted and processed by means of light rather than electrons.

23 Jul 2014

EPFL Poster on AFM-IR Technique Application Becomes Winner at Swiss Physics Society Meeting

Anasys Instruments reports on EPFL’s Francesco Simone Ruggeri success winning a poster award at the recent annual meeting of the Swiss Physics Society held at the University of Fribourg.

23 Jul 2014

The Benefits of the Zen Browser from Carl Zeiss

Server-based virtual microscopy data organization ideal for pathology research and more.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Jul 2014

Gold Nanoparticles Coated with Special Molecules Can Easily Penetrate Cells

A special class of tiny gold particles can easily slip through cell membranes, making them good candidates to deliver drugs directly to target cells.

22 Jul 2014

Nanorods Propelled Ultrasonically Spin at a Dizzying Rate

Vibrate a solution of rod-shaped metal nanoparticles in water with ultrasound and they'll spin around their long axes like tiny drill bits. Why? No one yet knows exactly. But researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have clocked their speed—and it's fast. At up to 150,000 revolutions per minute, these nanomotors rotate 10 times faster than any nanoscale object submerged in liquid ever reported.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 22 Jul 2014

New Solution-Based Mineral Substitution Process for Making a Precursor to Transparent Thin Films

The yield so far is small, but chemists at the University of Oregon have developed a low-energy, solution-based mineral substitution process to make a precursor to transparent thin films that could find use in electronics and alternative energy devices.

22 Jul 2014

New 'Super Black' Material

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and Enersys' ABSL Space Products division have worked alongside Surrey NanoSystems to help them develop a new 'super black' material, Vantablack®.

22 Jul 2014

Graphene Frontiers Closes $1.6 Million Series Seed B Funding

Mike Patterson, CEO of Graphene Frontiers, announced the successful closing of $1.6 million in Series Seed B funding to finance production of cutting edge biological and chemical sensors for the life science, defense, intelligence, and environmental industries.

22 Jul 2014

NSF Awards $360,000 Grant for Study on Metal Stainless Alloy Nanostructures

A chemist in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences has received a major grant to study the synthesis of stainless nanoparticles.

22 Jul 2014

Platinum-Yttrium Nanoparticle Catalyst May Help Reduce Cost of Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are a promising, non-polluting way to power cars, but their platinum catalysts are so expensive that there’s no way current technology could be economically scaled up for widespread use. Now scientists at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the Technical University of Denmark have developed an alternative that would use just one-fifth as much of the pricey metal.

22 Jul 2014

Tekmira Preparing Complete Response to FDA for TKM-Ebola Phase I Clinical Hold

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced an update on the TKM-Ebola Phase I clinical hold. The Company has received the clinical hold letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is preparing a Complete Response to the Agency. The Company anticipates this matter will be resolved by Q4, 2014.

22 Jul 2014