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Biological Chemotherapy Nanoparticle Developer Donates $4 M to UC Global Health Institute

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation has donated $4 million to the University of California Global Health Institute to support new cross-campus and interdisciplinary education and research programs that aim to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable people and communities throughout California and across the globe.

From University of California, Los Angeles 5 Nov 2013

ProPlus Design Solutions to Feature FinFET-Ready DFY Products at Technology Symposiums

Will feature its FinFET-ready DFY products that range from nano-scale SPICE modeling to giga-scale SPICE simulations at the 2013 ProPlus Technology Symposiums in Shanghai, China, and Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Dr. Chenming Hu, TSMC distinguished professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, will be the keynote presenter at the Shanghai symposium and offer a perspective on the 3D FinFET transistor he and his team invented.

5 Nov 2013

Lego-Like Nanoscale DNA Building Blocks Used to Build Membrane-Crossing Pores

A new way to build membrane-crossing pores, using Lego-like DNA building blocks, has been developed by scientists at UCL, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton.

5 Nov 2013

Nanoscale Imaging Reveals Mechanism by Which Peptides Rip Bacterial Membranes

One of the most effective, yet underappreciated, human defence mechanisms relies on antimicrobial peptides - short protein fragments that identify bacteria and disrupt their membrane structure to prevent infection. This in-built defence, virtually untouched by evolution, is now giving scientists clues as to how to create better medicines to combat infection.

5 Nov 2013

Flexible Carbon Nanotube Battery Could Power Flexible Displays

Researchers at NJIT have developed a flexible battery made with carbon nanotubes that could potentially power electronic devices with flexible displays.

5 Nov 2013

Unique Collaboration to Develop Tools for Characterisation of Nano-Strain

A new international research collaboration announced today will deliver highly accurate measurements of strain in materials at the nano-scale to drive innovation in next generation electronic devices. The European Metrology Research Programme's Nanostrain project brings together public institutions from across Europe supported by global industry leaders including IBM.

5 Nov 2013

NanoViricides Renews Evaluation Contract with Dr. Harris’ Lab for DengueCide

NanoViricides, Inc. (the "Company"), announced today that theDengueCide evaluation contract has been renewed with Dr. Eva Harris’ Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology.

From NanoViricides, Inc 5 Nov 2013

New Tool for Characterizing Polymer Nanocomposites During Production

Nano additives can make plastics scratch and flame proof, or give them antibacterial properties. For this to work, the particle distribution within the plastic compound must be absolutely correct. A new device is now able to test the distribution in real time.

5 Nov 2013

New Method Improves Low-Resolution Crystallographic Data

“Function follows form” might have been written to describe proteins, as the M. C. Escher-esque folds and twists of nature’s workhorse biomolecules enables each to carry out its specific responsibilities. Technology’s workhorse for determining protein structures is X-ray protein crystallography, in which a beam of x-rays sent through a crystallized protein is scattered by the protein’s atoms, creating a diffraction pattern of dots that can be reconstructed by computer into a 3D model

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Nov 2013

New Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering Established at Rice University

Rice University announced today it has established a new academic department to capitalize on the university’s research in materials science and nanotechnology.

5 Nov 2013

PI Announce New Version of the P-736 Z-Axis Piezo Nanopositioning Stage

The nanopositioning system for high-resolution microscopy from PI (Physik Instrumente) is characterized by a large clear aperture of 160 mm × 110 mm, high positional stability, and rapid settling times.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 4 Nov 2013

GE Global Research Center and XEI Scientific Publish Paper on In-Situ Plasma Cleaning with EVACTRON Systems

XEI Scientific Inc, manufacturer of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, is pleased to announce the publication of a paper in collabo...

From XEI Scientific 4 Nov 2013

Graphene Supermarket Team up with FlackTek, Inc. to Introduce New Tool for the Production of Graphene Composites and Dispersions

Graphene Supermarket is pleased to announce a partnership with FlackTek, Inc., for the introduction of the SpeedMixer on the Graphene Supermarket website.

4 Nov 2013

Implantable Carbon Nanotube Sensors Detect Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In many cancerous cells, levels are perturbed, but very little is known about how NO behaves in both healthy and cancerous cells.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Nov 2013

Researchers Study Atomic Level Reaction of Metallic Nanoparticles with the Environment

Crucially, the research led by the University of York and reported in Nature Materials, shows that oxidation of metals - the process that describes, for example, how iron reacts with oxygen, in the presence of water, to form rust - proceeds much more rapidly in nanoparticles than at the macroscopic scale. This is due to the large amount of strain introduced in the nanoparticles due to their size which is over a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.

4 Nov 2013

Nanotechnology News

Biological Chemotherapy Nanoparticle Developer Donates $4 M to UC Global Health Institute

ProPlus Design Solutions to Feature FinFET-Ready DFY Products at Technology Symposiums

Lego-Like Nanoscale DNA Building Blocks Used to Build Membrane-Crossing Pores

Nanoscale Imaging Reveals Mechanism by Which Peptides Rip Bacterial Membranes

Flexible Carbon Nanotube Battery Could Power Flexible Displays

Unique Collaboration to Develop Tools for Characterisation of Nano-Strain

NanoViricides Renews Evaluation Contract with Dr. Harris’ Lab for DengueCide

New Tool for Characterizing Polymer Nanocomposites During Production

New Method Improves Low-Resolution Crystallographic Data

New Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering Established at Rice University

PI Announce New Version of the P-736 Z-Axis Piezo Nanopositioning Stage

GE Global Research Center and XEI Scientific Publish Paper on In-Situ Plasma Cleaning with EVACTRON Systems

Graphene Supermarket Team up with FlackTek, Inc. to Introduce New Tool for the Production of Graphene Composites and Dispersions

Implantable Carbon Nanotube Sensors Detect Nitric Oxide

Researchers Study Atomic Level Reaction of Metallic Nanoparticles with the Environment

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