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Multifunctional Nanoparticle Enables MRI to Pinpoint Blood Vessel Plaques

A team of researchers, led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University, has developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that enables magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to pinpoint blood vessel plaques caused by atherosclerosis. The technology is a step toward creating a non-invasive method of identifying plaques vulnerable to rupture–the cause of heart attack and stroke—in time for treatment.

7 Feb 2014

Graphene NanoChem Recommences Production at Senawang Speciality Chemicals Facility

Graphene NanoChem, the performance nanochemicals and advanced materials company, is pleased to announce the recommencement of production, on 29 January 2014, at its Senawang speciality chemicals facility (the “Facility”).

From Graphene NanoChem 7 Feb 2014

microCT Equipment Provider, Lithicon, Acquired by FEI

FEI a leading instrumentation company providing imaging and analysis systems for research and industry, today announced that it has acquired Lithicon AS of Trondheim, Norway and Canberra, Australia.

6 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on the International Metamaterial Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis on the International Metamaterial Market - Forecasts to 2016" report to their offering.

6 Feb 2014

Graphene Water Balloon May Help Understand Disease at the Fundamental Level

A graphene water balloon may soon open up new vistas for scientists seeking to understand health and disease at the most fundamental level.

6 Feb 2014

Liquid Sample Encapsulated in Very Thin Layers of Graphene

By sandwiching a biological molecule between sheets of graphene, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have obtained atomic-level images of the molecule in its natural watery environment.

6 Feb 2014

Researchers Reveal Inner Workings of SecA Nanomotor

Our cells produce thousands of proteins but more than one-third of these proteins can fulfill their function only after migrating to the outside of the cell.

6 Feb 2014

Graphene Oxide Nanosheets Incorporated Into Polymer Thin Films for Electronically Controlled Drugs

Potential side effects of many of today's therapeutic drugs can be downright frightening - just listen carefully to a drug commercial on TV.

6 Feb 2014

Altera and Wind River Deploy Tools, Solutions for SoC FPGA Devices

Altera Corporation and Wind River® today announced that as a result of their strategic partnership, the companies have developed and deployed tools and solutions for Altera's SoC FPGA devices.

6 Feb 2014

New Earth Remote Sensing Instrument Features Three-Wavelength Laser Technology to Measure Aerosols

While felines in space may be what you're thinking, the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) is a much more helpful accompaniment planned for the International Space Station.

6 Feb 2014

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Carbon Nanotubes

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Carbon Nanotubes Market Report, 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 5 Feb 2014

High Order Crystallinity and Dispersion Behavior of Miller Graphite Hold Potential to Produce Top-Quality Graphene Materials

Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to report the results of the first in a series of laboratory characterization tests being conducted by Evans Analytical Group (EAG) on its Miller high-purity hydrothermal graphite. The crystallinity results reported herein were obtained using Raman spectroscopy, which definitively determines the degree of crystallinity of certain materials, including graphite.

5 Feb 2014

NanoViricides and Viroclinics Biosciences Ink Confidential Disclosure Agreement

NanoViricides, Inc. (the “Company”) reported today that it has signed a “confidential disclosure agreement” (“CDA”) with Viroclinics Biosciences, BV (“Viroclinics”), a spinoff of the Department of Viroscience at the Erasmus Medical Centre (“Erasmus”) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

From NanoViricides, Inc 5 Feb 2014

Study Provides New Insights into Self-Assembly of Microparticles

Tuning the material structure at the nanoscale level can be really hard to achieve – but what if we had small particles, which assemble all by themselves, creating the required structure? At the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), the phenomenon of self-assembly is being investigated by studying inhomogeneously charged particles. Depending on different parameters, they can form gel-like or crystal-like structures. This kind of self-assembly holds great promise for nanotechnology.

5 Feb 2014

Researchers Assemble Primitive Building Blocks into Functional Biological Materials

It is a big dream in science: To start from scratch with simple artificial microskopic building blocks and end up with something much more complex: living systemts, novel computers or every-day materials. For decades scientists have pursied the dream of creating artificial building blocks that can self-assemble in large numbers and reassemble to take on new tasks or to remedy defects. Now researchers from University of Southern Denmark have taken a step forward to make this dream come true.

5 Feb 2014