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Smartphone Microscope Enables Fluorescent Imaging of Single Nanoparticles and Viruses

Scientists are reporting an advance in smartphone-based imaging that could help physicians in far-flung and resource-limited locations monitor how well treatments for infections are working by detecting, for the first time, individual viruses. Their study on the light-weight device, which converts the phone into a powerful mini-microscope, appears in the journal ACS Nano.

From American Chemical Society 26 Sep 2013

Innovative Nanotechnology Converts Non-Biodegradable Plastic Bags into Carbon Nanotube Membranes

University of Adelaide researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high-tech nanomaterial.

26 Sep 2013

TUM Researchers Create Carbon Nanotube-Based Flexible Gas Sensors

Researchers at the Technische Universität München (TUM) are showing the way toward low-cost, industrial-scale manufacturing of a new family of electronic devices. A leading example is a gas sensor that could be integrated into food packaging to gauge freshness, or into compact wireless air-quality monitors.

26 Sep 2013

Children in Scotland Discover the World of Microfluidics

Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at Heriot-Watt's School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, led a unique science project for children when she ran 'Microworld and Microflows', the first Microfluidic activity for children in Scotland, at the Borders Science festival 'Bang goes the Borders'.

26 Sep 2013

New Photoresist Technology Enables Submicron Patterns on Organic Semiconductors

FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) and imec (CEO: Luc Van den hove) have developed a new photoresist technology for organic semiconductors that enables the realization of submicron patterns.

26 Sep 2013

Basic Computer Built Using Carbon Nanotubes

A team of Stanford engineers has built a basic computer using carbon nanotubes, a semiconductor material that has the potential to launch a new generation of electronic devices that run faster, while using less energy, than those made from silicon chips.

26 Sep 2013

Northwestern Nanoscientist Named Citation Laureate in “Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates” Study

Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin today (Sept. 25) was named a 2013 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate in the annual pre-Nobel Prize “Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates” study.

26 Sep 2013

Grafen and Microphase Join Forces to Develop CVD systems for CNT and Graphene Production

Microphase Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Grafen Chemical Industries Co. have entered into a strategic alliance to cooperate on the development, production and commercialization of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems suitable for both practical and advanced research of carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene.

From Grafen Chemical Industries 25 Sep 2013

Alumina–Zirconia Nano-Composite Improves Lifetime of Prostheses for Total Hip Replacements

Bio-ceramics (alumina and zirconia based ceramics) are widely used as femoral heads in total hip replacements (THR) as an alternative to metal devices. Unfortunately, the orthopaedic community reports significant in-vivo failures.

25 Sep 2013

CopyTele Receives New Patents Pertaining to Nano Field Emission and E-Paper Electrophoretic Displays

CopyTele, Inc. (“CTI”), a company specializing in patent monetization and patent assertion, today announced that it has been awarded two new display patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office: U.S. Patent No. 8,519,944; and U.S. Pat No. 8,469,761.

25 Sep 2013

Rensselaer and NanoSpace Receive 2013 Best of the Web Award

Faculty researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were honored for their efforts in developing and creating the NanoSpace website, an online science “theme park” that aims to excite elementary and middle-school students about the world of atoms and molecules.

From Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 25 Sep 2013

Nanoparticle Vaccine Developer, Novavax to Start Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Trials in 2014

Novavax, Inc. a clinical-stage vaccine company, announced today that it is finalizing details on costs and timelines for their next round of clinical studies with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) following successful completion of process improvement studies.

From Novavax Inc. 25 Sep 2013

Recent Issue of ASC Macro Letters Features Nanotechnology Expert Jodie Lutkenhaus

A recent issue of ASC Macro Letters features research research cover images Assistant Professor Jodie Lutkenhaus and her post-doctoral research, Jared Mike, PhD., of the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

25 Sep 2013

Nano Labs Presents Promising Test Results on Nanotechnology Gasoline

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to present the industry with promising test results relating to a proprietary nanotechnology which replaces commercial gasoline.

25 Sep 2013

CNSE Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Named as First Presidential Fellow at SUNY Research Foundation

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Dr. Fatemeh (Shadi) Shahedipour-Sandvik has been named the first Presidential Fellow at the SUNY Research Foundation to coordinate the SUNY Networks of Excellence initiative that will promote high-tech education and commercialization as key components of New York’s Innovation Agenda.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 25 Sep 2013

Nanotechnology News

Smartphone Microscope Enables Fluorescent Imaging of Single Nanoparticles and Viruses

Innovative Nanotechnology Converts Non-Biodegradable Plastic Bags into Carbon Nanotube Membranes

TUM Researchers Create Carbon Nanotube-Based Flexible Gas Sensors

Children in Scotland Discover the World of Microfluidics

New Photoresist Technology Enables Submicron Patterns on Organic Semiconductors

Basic Computer Built Using Carbon Nanotubes

Northwestern Nanoscientist Named Citation Laureate in “Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates” Study

Grafen and Microphase Join Forces to Develop CVD systems for CNT and Graphene Production

Alumina–Zirconia Nano-Composite Improves Lifetime of Prostheses for Total Hip Replacements

CopyTele Receives New Patents Pertaining to Nano Field Emission and E-Paper Electrophoretic Displays

Rensselaer and NanoSpace Receive 2013 Best of the Web Award

Nanoparticle Vaccine Developer, Novavax to Start Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Trials in 2014

Recent Issue of ASC Macro Letters Features Nanotechnology Expert Jodie Lutkenhaus

Nano Labs Presents Promising Test Results on Nanotechnology Gasoline

CNSE Associate Professor of Nanoengineering Named as First Presidential Fellow at SUNY Research Foundation

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