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Best of British Nano Celebrated at BIS Conference Centre

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is today hosting over 200 attendees at an event to celebrate the Best of British Nano: ‘Nanotechnology Partnership for Progress – One Year On’ at the BIS conference centre in London.

29 Oct 2013

New Heteroatom-Doped Graphene Nanosheet-Based Method to Synthesize Efficient Electrocatalysts

A UNIST undergrad, Minju Park, and her research team found a new way to synthesize highly efficient electrocatalysts based on heteroatom-doped graphene nanosheets.

29 Oct 2013

People Desire Labeling for Food Nanotechnology

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota finds that people in the United States want labels on food products that use nanotechnology – whether the nanotechnology is in the food or is used in food packaging. The research also shows that many people are willing to pay more for the labeling.

29 Oct 2013

Global Graphene Market Forecast to Grow at 60.4% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Graphene Market 2012-2016

From ReportLinker 29 Oct 2013

Classical Landau-Squire Theory Verified in Nanoscale Submerged Jet

Fluid jets are all around us: from inkjet printing, to the “Old Faithful” geyser in Yellowstone National Park, to cosmological jets several thousand light years long.

29 Oct 2013

Inverse Design Framework Using Genetic Algorithms Employed to Design Self-Assembled Nanostructures

Researchers at Columbia Engineering, led by Chemical Engineering Professors Venkat Venkatasubramanian and Sanat Kumar, have developed a new approach to designing novel nanostructured materials through an inverse design framework using genetic algorithms.

29 Oct 2013

Unique Dual-Surface Nanostructured Carrier Improves Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a unique nanostructure that can, because of its dual-surface structure, serve as an improved “all-in-one tool” against cancer.

29 Oct 2013

NevadaNano’s Molecular Property Spectrometer Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

NevadaNano announced today that it received one of the 2013 R&D 100 Awards (http://www.rdmag.com/award-winners/2013/07/2013-r-d-100-award-winners), to be presented in Orlando, Florida on November 7th, for the development of its Molecular Property Spectrometer (MPS™) – a silicon-chip based sensor small enough to sit on the back of an ant and capable of detecting explosives, nerve agent, and industrial chemicals. The chip can also be configured for personal health monitoring and pharmaceutical industry drug discovery.

29 Oct 2013

NSF Awards CWRU $424,000 Grant to Streamline Manufacturing for Two-Sided Nanoparticles

A pair of Case Western Reserve University researchers have received a $424,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, to streamline manufacturing and assembly for two-sided nanoparticles.

29 Oct 2013

Inexpensive Method to Create Nanodiamonds

Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature.

29 Oct 2013

Virginia Tech Researchers Help Expand Nanotechnology Consumer Product Inventory

Nanomaterials are the heart of the smaller, better electronics developed during the last decade, as well as new materials, medical diagnostics and therapeutics, energy storage, and clean water. However, exposure to nanomaterials may have unintended consequences for human health and the environment.

29 Oct 2013

Nanocrystalline Silicon Membranes Help Shrink the Power Source for Chip-Sized Electroosmotic Pumps

The ability to shrink laboratory-scale processes to automated chip-sized systems would revolutionize biotechnology and medicine. For example, inexpensive and highly portable devices that process blood samples to detect biological agents such as anthrax are needed by the U.S. military and for homeland security efforts.

29 Oct 2013

Nanotechnology News

Best of British Nano Celebrated at BIS Conference Centre

New Heteroatom-Doped Graphene Nanosheet-Based Method to Synthesize Efficient Electrocatalysts

People Desire Labeling for Food Nanotechnology

Global Graphene Market Forecast to Grow at 60.4% CAGR over the Period 2012-2016

Classical Landau-Squire Theory Verified in Nanoscale Submerged Jet

Inverse Design Framework Using Genetic Algorithms Employed to Design Self-Assembled Nanostructures

Unique Dual-Surface Nanostructured Carrier Improves Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

NevadaNano’s Molecular Property Spectrometer Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

NSF Awards CWRU $424,000 Grant to Streamline Manufacturing for Two-Sided Nanoparticles

Inexpensive Method to Create Nanodiamonds

Virginia Tech Researchers Help Expand Nanotechnology Consumer Product Inventory

Nanocrystalline Silicon Membranes Help Shrink the Power Source for Chip-Sized Electroosmotic Pumps

AIXTRON Participates in European Graphene Flagship Projects

Virtual Tool Analyzes 3D Digital Microscopic Images of Cells

Global Market for Automotive MEMS Sensors Projected to Reach $4.7 Billion by 2020

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