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New Process to Create Tiny Fiber Structure at the Microscale

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory attacked a tangled problem by developing a new technique to grow tiny "hairy" materials that assemble themselves at the microscale.

From Argonne National Laboratory 5 Feb 2014

Optofluidics Announces Installation of NanoTweezer at Three Top Universities

Optofluidics announces that its flagship product, the NanoTweezer, is now located at Cornell University’s Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC), State University of New York Binghamton’s Analytical and Diagnostics Laboratory (ADL) and an upcoming install at the University of California at Davis Center for Biophotonics (CBST) on February 5th of 2014.

From Optofluidics Incorporated 5 Feb 2014

Scientists Design Endothelialized Microfluidic Device for Testing Nanomedicine

Designing nanomedicine to combat diseases is a hot area of scientific research, primarily for treating cancer, but very little is known in the context of atherosclerotic disease. Scientists have engineered a microchip coated with blood vessel cells to learn more about the conditions under which nanoparticles accumulate in the plaque-filled arteries of patients with atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of myocardial infarction and stroke.

From Georgia Institute of Technology 5 Feb 2014

NaturalNano to Receive New Funding to Upgrade General Super Plating Facility

NaturalNano, Inc. announced today that NaturalNano (NNAN) will receive $825,000 in new funding. This will support the expansion and upgrade of the manufacturing capacity at General Super Plating facility in Syracuse NY which NNAN has agreed to acquire last week for stock.

5 Feb 2014

Researcher Gets Grant to Develop Nanoparticle System for Self-Healing of Arterial Walls

A UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease.

5 Feb 2014

Rapid Smartphone-Based Mercury Testing and Mapping Using Gold Nanoparticles

A team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a smartphone attachment and application to test water for the presence of mercury, a toxic heavy metal. The new platform could significantly reduce the time and cost of the testing, and it could be particularly useful in regions with limited technological resources.

From University of California, Los Angeles 5 Feb 2014

UT Austin Researchers Demonstrate Resonance-Enhanced AFM-IR Analysis Using Anasys Instruments Technology

Anasys Instruments reports on the publication in Nature Photonics from Prof. Belkin (The University of Texas at Austin) demonstrating the use of resonance-enhanced AFM-IR with unprecedented sensitivity. Researchers in...

5 Feb 2014

XEI Scientific Appoint Eclipse Technologies as Northwest USA Distributors

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, has appointed Eclipse Technologies to be the distributing sales cha...

From XEI Scientific 4 Feb 2014

Perfect Sheets of Diamond May be Possible Without any Pressure

Perfect sheets of diamond a few atoms thick appear to be possible even without the big squeeze that makes natural gems.

4 Feb 2014

New Report on Opportunities in the International Graphene Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Concise Analysis of the Opportunities in the International Graphene Industry" report to their offering.

4 Feb 2014

Nano-Porous Aerogels Could Help Improve Cars

One day, Union College’s Aerogel Team’s novel way of making “frozen smoke” could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars.

4 Feb 2014

Novel Magnetic 3D Bioprinting System Designed for Rapid, High-Volume Drug Screening

The BiO Assay, a magnetic 3D bioprinting system being marketed and developed by Rainbow Coral Corp. (OTCBB: RBCC) and joint venture partner Nano3D Biosciences (n3D), is the first designed specifically for rapid, high-volume drug screening—ushering in an exciting new era in medicine.

4 Feb 2014

Forecast Report on Printed and Flexible Sensors

Reportbuyer.com just published a new market research report: Printed and Flexible Sensors 2014-2024: Technologies, Players, Forecasts

4 Feb 2014

NSERC Honors INRS Nanomaterial Researcher with E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship Award

Federico Rosei, professor at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre, is the recipient of an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honours awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). An internationally renowned researcher, Professor Rosei has made a name for himself through his pioneering work on advanced materials, which has enormous technological potential in electronics, photonics, life sciences and energy conversion.

4 Feb 2014

Optofluidics’ NanoTweezer Named Finalist for PRISM Award

Philadelphia-based startup Optofluidics is proud to announce that their flagship product, the “NanoTweezer”, is a finalist for a PRISM Award. Known as the “Oscars of Photonics” the PRISM Awards is an international competition recognizing cutting-edge products that break conventional ideas and solve problems through photonics.

From Optofluidics Incorporated 4 Feb 2014