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Xilinx Introduces Record Breaking 4.4M Logic Cell Device

Xilinx, Inc. today announced a new record breaking 4.4M logic cell device, more than doubling its industry leading highest capacity Virtex®-7 2000T device, achieving two consecutive generations of high-end leadership, and delivering an extra node worth of customer value.

11 Dec 2013

LiqTech to Participate in Institute for Sustainable Process Technology Water Cluster

LiqTech International, Inc. is pleased to announce that LiqTech has been invited to participate in the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) water cluster with the intent to develop a commercial solution to treat oil emulsion challenges found in the upstream Oil & Gas industry.

11 Dec 2013

Novel Method Involving Tiny Oil Droplets Helps Measure Forces in 3D Tissues

As embryonic tissue develops, cells push and pull on each other, and they must do so correctly for the tissue to develop properly. Now scientists at Harvard University have devised the first method to measure these forces in three-dimensional (3D) tissues and living embryos.

11 Dec 2013

Selecta’s SEL-201 Nanoparticles Induce Immune Tolerance in Hemophilia A Model

Selecta Biosciences, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of targeted antigen-specific immune tolerance treatments, today announced that data from a pre-clinical proof of concept study in Factor VIII-deficient mice were presented in a poster presentation at the 2013 American Society for Hematology (ASH) International Conference in New Orleans.

11 Dec 2013

JPK Launches High Resolution, Fast-Scanning Next Generation NanoWizard AFM

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, announces the release of the next generation of NanoWizard® AFM systems delivering fast-scanning and super-resolution on an inverted microscope.

From Bruker BioAFM 11 Dec 2013

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Structure of Injectisomes

When attacking body cells, bacteria, such as salmonellae or Yersinia (plague pathogens), inject specific bacterial proteins through hollow, syringe-like structures – called injectisomes – into the host cells. These substances reprogram the cells and can thus overcome their defense. From then on, they can infiltrate the cells unhindered in large numbers, and trigger diseases such as typhus, plague, or cholera.

10 Dec 2013

Bio-Nano-Chips Hold Promise for Non-Invasive Serial Serum Antiepileptic Drug Measurements

Medications remain the mainstay of epilepsy treatment, and to date there are no FDA-approved devices that provide an accurate means of detection for generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS), or convulsions, during activities of daily living.

10 Dec 2013

Novel Way to Realize Electrical Conductivity in Metal-Organic Framework Materials

Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications for the future of electronics, sensors, energy conversion and energy storage.

From Sandia National Laboratories 10 Dec 2013

Researchers Build Energy-Efficient Nanoscale Switches and Logic Gates

By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre-World War II computer technology, and combining this with a new and durable material, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have built nanoscale switches and logic gates that operate more energy-efficiently than those now used by the billions in computers, tablets and smart phones.

10 Dec 2013

Nanotextured, Silicon Micro-Cell Arrays Hold Promise for Mass Production of More Efficient Solar Cells

Converting sunshine into electricity is not difficult, but doing so efficiently and on a large scale is one of the reasons why people still rely on the electric grid and not a national solar cell network.

10 Dec 2013

Nanowire Solar Cells Demonstrate Better Efficiency Than Conventionally Textured Solar Cells

Boston-area company Bandgap Engineering, Inc., announced it has increased the average efficiency of standard, commercial solar cells by 0.4 percentage points, from 17.2% to 17.6%, just by replacing the standard surface texture with its nanowire technology.

10 Dec 2013

Fundamental New Insights About Stability of Nanoparticles

University of Oregon chemists studying the structure of ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles have captured fundamental new insights about their stability. The information, they say, could help to maintain a desired, integral property in nanoparticles used in electronic devices, where stability is important, or to design them so they readily condense into thin films for such things as inks or catalysts in electronic or solar devices.

10 Dec 2013

TUM Researchers Observe Degradation of Organic Solar Cells in Real Time

With the help of DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, researchers of Technische Universität München have, for the first time, watched organic solar cells degrade in real time. This work could open new approaches to increasing the stability of this highly promising type of solar cell.

10 Dec 2013

Scientists Discover New Mechanism That Controls Magnetic Anisotropy at the Atomic Scale

The energy needed to change the magnetic orientation of a single atom – which determines its magnetic stability and therefore its usefulness in a variety of future device applications – can be modified by varying the atom's electrical coupling to nearby metals.

10 Dec 2013

New Method for Accurate Determination of Nanomaterial Toxicity

EPFL researchers have developed a method for accurately determining the toxicity of nanomaterials. By using optical techniques, they are able to measure the concentration of the oxidizing substances produced by a damaged cell. Furthermore, this research also offers a new way to know more about the mechanisms of oxidative stress.

9 Dec 2013

Nanotechnology News

Xilinx Introduces Record Breaking 4.4M Logic Cell Device

LiqTech to Participate in Institute for Sustainable Process Technology Water Cluster

Novel Method Involving Tiny Oil Droplets Helps Measure Forces in 3D Tissues

Selecta’s SEL-201 Nanoparticles Induce Immune Tolerance in Hemophilia A Model

JPK Launches High Resolution, Fast-Scanning Next Generation NanoWizard AFM

Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Structure of Injectisomes

Bio-Nano-Chips Hold Promise for Non-Invasive Serial Serum Antiepileptic Drug Measurements

Novel Way to Realize Electrical Conductivity in Metal-Organic Framework Materials

Researchers Build Energy-Efficient Nanoscale Switches and Logic Gates

Nanotextured, Silicon Micro-Cell Arrays Hold Promise for Mass Production of More Efficient Solar Cells

Nanowire Solar Cells Demonstrate Better Efficiency Than Conventionally Textured Solar Cells

Fundamental New Insights About Stability of Nanoparticles

TUM Researchers Observe Degradation of Organic Solar Cells in Real Time

Scientists Discover New Mechanism That Controls Magnetic Anisotropy at the Atomic Scale

New Method for Accurate Determination of Nanomaterial Toxicity

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