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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

AIXTRON Participates in European Graphene Flagship Projects

AIXTRON, a leading supplier to the semiconductor and lighting industries, is investing in the development of deposition systems for graphene and advanced 2D materials.

From AIXTRON SE 29 Oct 2013

Virtual Tool Analyzes 3D Digital Microscopic Images of Cells

An EPFL PhD student has developed a technique for analyzing hundreds of images of cells in just a few mouse-clicks.

28 Oct 2013

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

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Sensors Market with Special Focus on MEMS Sensors" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 28 Oct 2013

Jammed Nanoparticles Help Trap and Control One Liquid Within Another

Sharp observation by doctoral student Mengmeng Cui in Thomas Russell’s polymer science and engineering laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently led her to discover how to kinetically trap and control one liquid within another, locking and separating them in a stable system over long periods, with the ability to tailor and manipulate the shapes and flow characteristics of each.

28 Oct 2013

Finely Tuned Gold Nanoparticles Can Recycle Carbon Dioxide

By tuning gold nanoparticles to just the right size, researchers from Brown University have developed a catalyst that selectively converts carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO), an active carbon molecule that can be used to make alternative fuels and commodity chemicals.

28 Oct 2013

Graphene Suitable for Lasers Emitting Ultrashort Terahertz Pulses

Individual layers of carbon atoms are suitable as active material for terahertz lasers, as they permit population inversion

28 Oct 2013

Novel X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy System Tracks Electrochemical Reactions at Solid/Liquid Interfaces

A research group led by NIMS GREEN and JST, in collaboration with WPI-MANA and the Synchrotron X-ray Station at SPring-8, developed a new measurement system using high-energy X-rays of SPring-8 and a Si thin-membrane window.

28 Oct 2013

New Atomic Approach to Grow InGaN Crystals for Diodes

Did you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology?

28 Oct 2013

Nanoscale MOFs Enable Controlled Delivery of NO Gas into Cells

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers in Japan describe a novel way to control the delivery of nitric oxide (NO) gas into cells.

28 Oct 2013

NSF Awards Grant for Project on Plasmon-Enhanced Imaging Using Nano-Patterned Metallic Surfaces

Assistant Professor of Physics Nathan Lindquist has been awarded a $252,393 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project, “Super-resolution plasmon-enhanced imaging and spectroscopy with patterned metallic surfaces and dynamic illumination.”

28 Oct 2013

Researchers Develop Efficient Electrocatalyst Made From Nanowires for Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen is used as an energy source in fuel cells and can be produced from water by using sunlight and a suitable catalyst. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have now introduced a new electrocatalyst consisting of a conductive network of core-shell nanowires that is just as efficient as conventional metal oxide films on indium tin oxide (ITO) and a great deal more transparent and robust.

28 Oct 2013

University of Perugia and Grafen Co. Discover Efficient Method to Fabricate Graphene-printed Electronics

Scientists at University of Perugia, Italy in collaboration with Grafen Co. have discovered practical and cheap method to fabricate graphene based printed electronics.

From Grafen Chemical Industries 25 Oct 2013

EUREKA Grant to Develop Light Activated Nanoparticles for Imaging Live Brain Tissue

University of Massachusetts Medical School Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Gang Han, PhD, has received a $1.3 million EUREKA (Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration) grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop light activated nanoparticles that can be used to image live brain tissue.

25 Oct 2013

Tekmira Presents Preclinical Data Demonstrating LNP Technology Innovations at mRNA Health Conference

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced that data demonstrating its ongoing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology innovations, including the enablement of messenger RNA (mRNA), were presented at the 1st International mRNA Health Conference taking place in Tubingen, Germany from October 23-24, 2013 by Tekmira's Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Ian MacLachlan.

25 Oct 2013

Nanotechnology News

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

Jammed Nanoparticles Help Trap and Control One Liquid Within Another

Finely Tuned Gold Nanoparticles Can Recycle Carbon Dioxide

Graphene Suitable for Lasers Emitting Ultrashort Terahertz Pulses

Novel X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy System Tracks Electrochemical Reactions at Solid/Liquid Interfaces

New Atomic Approach to Grow InGaN Crystals for Diodes

Nanoscale MOFs Enable Controlled Delivery of NO Gas into Cells

NSF Awards Grant for Project on Plasmon-Enhanced Imaging Using Nano-Patterned Metallic Surfaces

Researchers Develop Efficient Electrocatalyst Made From Nanowires for Hydrogen Production

University of Perugia and Grafen Co. Discover Efficient Method to Fabricate Graphene-printed Electronics

EUREKA Grant to Develop Light Activated Nanoparticles for Imaging Live Brain Tissue

Tekmira Presents Preclinical Data Demonstrating LNP Technology Innovations at mRNA Health Conference

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