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Nano-Rough OSSEAN Surface Changes Cellular Genetic Expression and Induces Faster Healing of Dental Implants

As reported in the internationally renowned scientific journal, Bone [in press for Aug. 2014], a research team from New York University has confirmed what scientific developers at Intra-Lock® International, Inc. have known for several years: the fractal, nano-rough OSSEAN® surface developed for their dental implants actually changes the cellular genetic expression – or the fate of stem cells – at the nano-level, which in turn induces faster healing of implants.

10 Jun 2014

MTSU Researchers Optimize Focused Ion Beam–Scanning Electron Microscopy for Plant Cell Imaging

Plant cells are beginning to look a lot different to Dr. A. Bruce Cahoon and his colleagues at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). They've adopted a new approach that combines the precision of an ion beam with the imaging capabilities of an electron beam to zoom in at micron-level resolution.

10 Jun 2014

UCSB Researchers Design Novel Silver Nanoparticle for Efficient Drug Delivery

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have designed a nanoparticle that has a couple of unique — and important — properties. Spherical in shape and silver in composition, it is encased in a shell coated with a peptide that enables it to target tumor cells. What's more, the shell is etchable so those nanoparticles that don't hit their target can be broken down and eliminated. The research findings appear today in the journal Nature Materials.

9 Jun 2014

Tough, Flexible Transparent Electrode Holds Promise to Make Shatterproof Smartphone Displays

University of Akron polymer scientists have developed a transparent electrode that could change the face of smartphones, literally, by making their displays shatterproof.

9 Jun 2014

Levels of a Tiny Molecule May Provide Marker for Depression

Levels of a small molecule found only in humans and in other primates are lower in the brains of depressed individuals, according to researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute. This discovery may hold a key to improving treatment options for those who suffer from depression.

9 Jun 2014

Researchers Devise New Technique to Synthesize Nickel-Carbon Heterofullerenes

Scientists from several British, Spanish and Russian research centers (MIPT, Institute for Spectroscopy RAS, Kurchatov Institute and Kintech Lab Ltd) have come up with a method of synthesizing a new type of nickel-carbon compound. The article titled Formation of nickel-carbon heterofullerenes under electron irradiation has been published by Dalton Transactions and is available as a pre-print at arxiv.org. The first author of the article is Alexander Sinitsa, an MIPT student, and the leading author is Andrey Popov (Institute for Spectroscopy RAS, 1989 MIPT graduate).

9 Jun 2014

Scientists Show How to Get Real-Time Reaction Information from Ag Nanocatalysts

Surface catalysts are notoriously difficult to study mechanistically, but scientists at the University of South Carolina and Rice University have shown how to get real-time reaction information from Ag nanocatalysts that have long frustrated attempts to describe their kinetic behavior in detail.

9 Jun 2014

Atomic-Scale Snapshots of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalyst in Action Provide New Insights

Atomic-scale snapshots of a bimetallic nanoparticle catalyst in action have provided insights that could help improve the industrial process by which fuels and chemicals are synthesized from natural gas, coal or plant biomass.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 9 Jun 2014

Reverse Costing Analysis on Maxim Integrated MAX21000 - 3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Maxim Integrated MAX21000 - 3-Axis MEMS Gyroscope Reverse Costing Analysis" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 9 Jun 2014

Thomas Swan Begin Delivering First Consignments of Graphene

Thomas Swan has continued to focus on what they do best - manufacturing and supplying reliable, high quality products for their customers. In April, a new range of Elicarb® Graphene products was launched and since then Thomas Swan have already delivered consignments of Elicarb® Graphene products to customers in Europe and North America, with orders and enquiries continuing to grow by the day.

From Thomas Swan & Co Ltd 9 Jun 2014

Avidity NanoMedicines’ Scientific Co-Founder to be Honored with Coveted Award

Avidity NanoMedicines LLC, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering a breakthrough approach to the targeted delivery of nucleic acid-based medicines, announced today that its scientific co-founder, Mark E. Davis, Ph.D., will receive the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

9 Jun 2014

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for DARPA Program to Integrate MEMS and Atomic Inertial Guidance Technologies

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to develop a miniaturized navigation grade inertial system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

6 Jun 2014