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Quantitative, Qualitative Report on Global Graphene Electronics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Graphene Electronics Market: Materials, Devices, Products, & Developments 2013 - 2023" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 27 Feb 2014

Study on Impact of Residual Nano-Silver in the Environment

It is well known that, in the form of free ions, silver particles can be highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Recent research by Eawag and EPFL provides a better understanding about the critical doses and about how the organisms respond to these kinds of stresses.

26 Feb 2014

New Report Analyzes Worldwide Markets for Nanocatalysts

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the International Nanocatalysts Market" report to their offering.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Employ Anisotropic Acoustic Metamaterials for Acoustic Field Rotator

A Chinese-U.S. research team is exploring the use of metamaterials -- artificial materials engineered to have exotic properties not found in nature -- to create devices that manipulate sound in versatile and unprecedented ways.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Successfully Blend Carbon Nanotubes with Polymers

We live surrounded by polymers and today, rather than come up with new polymers, there is a tendency to modify them in order to obtain new applications.

26 Feb 2014

Cellulose Nanofibril Aerogel Enables Inexpensive Cleaning up of Oil Spills

Cleaning up oil spills and metal contaminates in a low-impact, sustainable and inexpensive manner remains a challenge for companies and governments globally.

26 Feb 2014

Researchers Successfully Create Subnanoscale Pores in Graphene Sheet

Researchers have devised a way of making tiny holes of controllable size in sheets of graphene, a development that could lead to ultrathin filters for improved desalination or water purification.

26 Feb 2014

Advances in Using Nanoparticles and Magnetism to Treat Cancer

Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to fight melanoma, a deadly skin cancer.

26 Feb 2014

Light-Induced Electrical Currents Found to Rise More Sharply at Intersection of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon

Every second, your computer must process billions of computational steps to produce even the simplest outputs.

26 Feb 2014

Global Nanophotonic Devices Market Poised for Significant Growth

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Nanophotonic Devices Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.

26 Feb 2014

Platinum Nanoparticles Maintain Effective Surface Area When Bonded Onto Graphene

Physicists have found that platinum nanoparticles limit their size and organize into specific patterns when bonded to freestanding graphene.

26 Feb 2014

Vistec SB254 System Purchased By Fraunhofer ENAS

Vistec Electron Beam GmbH, a leading supplier of electron-beam lithography systems, announced that Fraunhofer ENAS in Chemnitz has purchased a Variable Shaped Beam system Vistec SB254. The Fraunhofer Institute for Elect...

From Vistec Electron Beam 25 Feb 2014

Integrated 7-Axis MEMS MotionTracking Platform from InvenSense

InvenSense, Inc., the leading provider of MotionTracking™ system on chip (SoC) and Sound devices, introduces the ICM-20728, the world’s first integrated 7-axis (3-axis gyroscope + 3-axis accelerometer + pressure sensor) single chip platform solution with onboard Digital Motion Processor (DMP™).

25 Feb 2014

Marine Sponge Forms Glass Filament with Perfect Periodic Arrangement of Nanopores

Materials made by man and those made by biological organisms often deal with similar synthesis challenges – occasionally converging on an analogous solution independently. One example is the giant glass rod that is used by the sea sponge M. chuni to anchor itself in marine environments.

25 Feb 2014

New Nanoscale Drug-Delivery System to Tackle Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer accounts for more deaths of American women than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. According to the American Cancer Society, one in 72 American women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and one in 100 will ultimately die of the condition.

25 Feb 2014