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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

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