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Rice University Researchers Report Novel Technique for Better Protein Capture

Rice University scientists have created a way to fine-tune a process critical to the pharmaceutical industry that could save a lot of time and money.

22 Jan 2014

Physicists Engineer Novel Magnetic and Electronic Phases in Ultra-Thin Films

Physicists have engineered novel magnetic and electronic phases in the ultra-thin films of in a specific electronic magnetic material, opening the door for researchers to design new classes of material for the next generation of electronic and other devices.

22 Jan 2014

Understanding Exosomes to Help Develop Screening Test for Bladder Cancer

Findings from a Loyola University Medical Center study ultimately could lead to tests to screen for and diagnose bladder cancer.

22 Jan 2014

German Physicists Haider, Rose and Urban Receive Award for Inventing Subatomic Precision Microscope

The sixth annual BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Basic Sciences category goes to German physicists Maximilian Haider, Harald Rose and Knut Urban for "greatly enhancing the resolving power of electron microscopy by developing aberration-corrected electron optics, a breakthrough enabling subatomic precision."

22 Jan 2014

Researchers Create New DNA Molecular Motor for Transporting Nanoparticle Along Carbon Nanotube Length

Another recent nanotechnology research advance in line with the theme of next month’s “Foresight Technical Conference: Integration“, integrating nanodevices and nanomaterials into more complex systems, is the combination of a DNA walker motor, RNA fuel, a carbon nanotube track, and a nanoparticle cargo, all mimicking the biological molecular machinery of protein motors using ATP fuel to walk along microtubule tracks (also made of protein) inside cells.

22 Jan 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2012-2022: Needs, Opportunities, Forecasts" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 22 Jan 2014

Research Suggests Nanodevices in Microcircuits can Protect Themselves from Heat Generation

As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail.

22 Jan 2014

Immune Modifying Nanoparticle Therapy Reduces Damage After Heart Attack

Cour Pharmaceutical Development Company, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, announced today the publication of new data in Science Translational Medicine that shows the potential of its proprietary therapy, known as Immune Modifying Nanoparticles (IMP), to reduce inflammation and promote tissue repair and regeneration in patients who have suffered a heart attack. More than 750,000 patients suffer from heart attacks & related complications each year.

22 Jan 2014

Researchers Quantify Plasmonic Heating in Metal Nanowires

Using the interaction between light and charge fluctuations in metal nanostuctures called plasmons, physicist have demonstrated the capability of measuring temperature changes in very small 3-D regions of space.

22 Jan 2014

Contipro Introduce New Jets for Composite Nanomaterials

4SPIN device is to roll out new jets for the production of composite nanomaterials and core-shell nanofibres in Tokyo.

From Contipro 21 Jan 2014

‘Cell Force Measurements in 3D Environments’ Selected as Lab on a Chip HOT Article

Congratulations to Mattia Marelli and co-authors whose paper "Cell force measurements in 3D microfabricated environments based on compliant cantilevers" has been selected as an Lab on a Chip HOT Article.

21 Jan 2014

HDL Nanotherapy Targets and Lowers Dangerous Inflammation in Blood Vessels

Up to 30 percent of heart attack patients suffer a new heart attack because cardiologists are unable to control inflammation inside heart arteries — the process that leads to clots rupturing and causing myocardial infarction or stroke.

21 Jan 2014

Emmi-Tech Introduces Nano-Bubble Toothpaste for Ultrasound Toothbrush

Emmi-Tech Inc., the distributor of the Emmi-dent 100% Ultrasound motionless, friction-free and non-abrasive toothbrush, is announcing its gluten-free, fluoride-free and paraben-free nano-bubble toothpaste called "Nature"!

21 Jan 2014

MEMS Device Company, Motion Engine, to Continue Development of Motion Sensing Enabled Systems Technology

The Montreal start-up firm Motion Engine, Inc., a member of the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI), has completed a seed stage round of financing totaling approximately $ 1 million to continue the development of its proprietary next-generation motion sensing enabled systems technology. Angel investors from Canada, the United States and Asia participated in the round.

21 Jan 2014

Tactile Sensors Created From Composite Films of Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanoparticles

From the world of nanotechnology we’ve gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants or e-eyes. Now we’re on the verge of electronic whiskers. Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have created tactile sensors from composite films of carbon nanotubes and silver nanoparticles similar to the highly sensitive whiskers of cats and rats. These new e-whiskers respond to pressure as slight as a single Pascal, about the pressure exerted on a table surface by a dollar bill. Among their many potential applications is giving robots new abilities to “see” and “feel” their surrounding environment.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 21 Jan 2014