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Surface Oxygen Used to Grow Large Single Graphene Crystals on Copper

When it comes to the growth of graphene — an ultrathin, ultrastrong, all-carbon material — it is survival of the fittest, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

15 Nov 2013

Researchers Observe Mitotic Spindle Within Cell-Sized Droplet of Cytoplasm Using Microfluidics Technology

Every cell, no matter how large or small, must regulate the size of its internal parts. Like organs, these parts, called organelles, perform basic functions to keep cells alive and healthy.

15 Nov 2013

Endomagnetics wins Nanomedicine Award

Endomagnetics, the company co-founded in the United Kingdom by a University of Houston researcher to develop products to improve the standard of breast cancer care, has been named one of two winners of an inaugural Nanomedicine Award in the European Union.

15 Nov 2013

Penn State Creates New Center for Two-Dimensional and Layered Materials

The promise of nanoscale science is that useful and unprecedented properties appear when materials are shrunk to the size of 100 nanometers or less. Now, Penn State and the Materials Research Institute have launched a center to discover what new properties can be created when atom-thick 2-dimensional layers of elemental materials and chemical compounds are formed or when those layers are built up into completely new 3-dimensional structures.

15 Nov 2013

Advenira to Provide Solution Derived Nanocomposite Coatings for Novomet Submersible Pumping Systems

Advenira Enterprises Inc., a developer of Solution Derived Nanocomposite (SDN™) coating technology, announced that it has recently executed a joint development agreement (JDA) with Novomet, a Russian company that supplies oil mining equipment throughout the world. Under the agreement Advenira will provide coatings for submersible pumping systems developed by Novomet.

15 Nov 2013

Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Field Electron Emitters to be Tested in Space

A pair of carbon nanotube arrays will be flying in space by the end of the year to test technology that could provide more efficient micro-propulsion for future generations of spacecraft. Part of a Cube Satellite (CubeSat) developed by the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), the arrays will support what is expected to be the first-ever space-based testing of carbon nanotubes as electron emitters.

15 Nov 2013

Novel Method to Drill Nanopores Without Affecting Graphene’s Electrical Sensitivity

The instructions for building all of the body’s proteins are contained in a person’s DNA, a string of chemicals that, if unwound and strung end to end, would form a sentence 3 billion letters long. Each person’s sentence is unique, so learning how to read gene sequences as quickly and inexpensively as possible could pave the way to countless personalized medical applications.

15 Nov 2013

New Report on Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "2013 Report on Nanobiotechnology Applications, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Nov 2013

Imperfections in 2D Materials Lead to Nanoscale Magnets

According to a new theory by Rice University scientists, imperfections in certain two-dimensional materials create the conditions by which nanoscale magnetic fields arise.

15 Nov 2013

Highly Sensitive Nanosensor Detects Radioactive Materials in Waste Water

As the Fukushima crisis continues to remind the world of the potential dangers of nuclear disposal and unforeseen accidents, scientists are reporting progress toward a new way to detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water. Their report on the design of a highly sensitive nanosensor appears in ACS’ The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

From American Chemical Society 15 Nov 2013