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Researchers Reproduce Antiferromagnetic Coupling in Nanoscopic Materials

Electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets spur on a scientific race to find smaller and smaller information processing and storage elements. One of the challenges in this race is to reproduce certain magnetic effects at nanometre scale.

20 Dec 2013

Provital Places Additional $370,000 Purchase Order for LiqTech’s SiC Membranes

LiqTech International, Inc. ("LiqTech") is pleased to announce that LiqTech received an additional order for SiC membranes valued at USD 370,000 by Danish company Provital Solutions. The purchase order was placed by Provital Solutions as a consequence of additional system orders for 2014, and thus adding to the USD 500,000 order received earlier this year. The SiC membranes will be delivered over the next 12 months.

20 Dec 2013

Regulators Not Adequately Prepared to Manage Risks Posed by Nanotechnology

Three stakeholder groups agree that regulators are not adequately prepared to manage the risks posed by nanotechnology, according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One. In a survey of nano-scientists and engineers, nano-environmental health and safety scientists, and regulators, researchers at the UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and at the University of British Columbia found that those who perceive the risks posed by nanotechnology as "novel" are more likely to believe that regulators are unprepared.

20 Dec 2013

Nanomotors Hold Great Potential for Biomedical Applications

In the quest to shrink motors so they can maneuver in tiny spaces like inside and between human cells, scientists have taken inspiration from millions of years of plant evolution and incorporated, for the first time, corkscrew structures from plants into a new kind of helical "microswimmer."

From American Chemical Society 20 Dec 2013

New Cost Report on Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer - Manufacturing and Technology Cost Report 2013" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 20 Dec 2013

Molecular Communication Systems Hold Promise for Medical Applications

Scientists have created a molecular communications system for the transmission of messages and data in challenging environments such as tunnels, pipelines, underwater and within the body.

19 Dec 2013

Nanotech’s KolourOptik Platform to Augment ITW Security Division’s Security Solutions

Nanotech Security Corp. (“NTS”), and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“ITW”) today announced a collaboration that will add Nanotech’s KolourOptik® platform to augment ITW Security Division’s suite of security solutions. KolourOptik® uses advanced nano-structures imprinted on a material’s surface to secure and authenticate products.

19 Dec 2013

Bristol Awarded BBSRC Grant for Advanced Correlative Light Electron Microscopy Systems

The University has won a £970,000 share of a £10 million grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for advanced scientific research instruments designed to help keep the UK at the forefront of biological sciences research.

19 Dec 2013

New Comprehensive Assessment of Research on Nanomedicine-Based Approaches for Treating Cancer

As cancer maintains its standing as the second leading cause of death in the U.S., researchers have continued their quest for safer and more effective treatments. Among the most promising advances has been the rise of nanomedicine, the application of tiny materials and devices whose sizes are measured in the billionths of a meter to detect, diagnose and treat disease.

From University of California, Los Angeles 19 Dec 2013

Novel Method for Mass Production of BCN-Graphene Nanoplatelets Leads to Fabrication of Graphene-Based FETs

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced a method for the mass production of boron/nitrogen co-doped graphene nanoplatelets, which led to the fabrication of a graphene-based field -effect transistor (FET) with semiconducting nature. This opens up opportunities for practical use in electronic devices.

19 Dec 2013

Stable Porous Gel Obtained from Metal-Organic Framework Grown up on a Solid Substrate

A novel method developed by researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jacobs University Bremen enables manufacturing of polymer layers with tailor-made properties and multiple functions: A stable porous gel (SURGEL) for biological and medical applications is obtained from a metal-organic framework (SURMOF) grown up on a substrate. The method is presented in the renowned Journal of the American Chemical Society.

19 Dec 2013

University of Adelaide to Establish New ARC Center of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics

The University of Adelaide has been awarded $23 million to establish a new Center of Excellence to develop technologies that will help researchers to create a "window into the body" in ways never achieved before.

19 Dec 2013

Intel Launches 22nm Mobile Application Processor

ABI Research has verified that Intel has a leading position in the mobile processor technology race; launching the first 22nm mobile application processor. The 22nm quad-core application processor (Intel Z3740D) was found in a Dell tablet that was recently launched for the Christmas season.

From ABI Research 19 Dec 2013

3M Launches Patterned Silver Nanowire Touch Sensor Film

3M announces the launch of a new touch sensor film, 3M™ Patterned Silver Nanowire Film, that combines the expertise of two leading technology and manufacturing companies to provide the quality, unique attributes, and volume that touch screen manufacturers demand.

19 Dec 2013

Natural Radioactivity Within DNA Provides a New Pathway for Genetic Mutation

Curtin University researchers have shown natural radioactivity within DNA can alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation.

19 Dec 2013

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Researchers Reproduce Antiferromagnetic Coupling in Nanoscopic Materials

Provital Places Additional $370,000 Purchase Order for LiqTech’s SiC Membranes

Regulators Not Adequately Prepared to Manage Risks Posed by Nanotechnology

Nanomotors Hold Great Potential for Biomedical Applications

New Cost Report on Avago FBAR Filter All-Silicon MEMS Duplexer

Molecular Communication Systems Hold Promise for Medical Applications

Nanotech’s KolourOptik Platform to Augment ITW Security Division’s Security Solutions

Bristol Awarded BBSRC Grant for Advanced Correlative Light Electron Microscopy Systems

New Comprehensive Assessment of Research on Nanomedicine-Based Approaches for Treating Cancer

Novel Method for Mass Production of BCN-Graphene Nanoplatelets Leads to Fabrication of Graphene-Based FETs

Stable Porous Gel Obtained from Metal-Organic Framework Grown up on a Solid Substrate

University of Adelaide to Establish New ARC Center of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics

Intel Launches 22nm Mobile Application Processor

3M Launches Patterned Silver Nanowire Touch Sensor Film

Natural Radioactivity Within DNA Provides a New Pathway for Genetic Mutation

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