Nanotechnology News

RSS

Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsion Gas Bubbles Hold Promise for NMR and MRI

Berkeley Lab researchers have shown that tiny bubbles carrying hyperpolarized xenon gas hold big promise for NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) and its sister technology, MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), as these xenon carriers can be used to detect the presence and spatial distribution of specific molecules with far greater sensitivity than conventional NMR/MRI.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 16 Jul 2013

Researchers from Université de Paris-Sud and CNRS Montpellier Use JPK AFMs to Characterize Living Bacteria

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how researchers from the Université de Paris-Sud and CNRS Montpellier have used the new QI mode of AFM imaging to quantitatively characterize living bacteria without any immobilization.

From Bruker BioAFM 16 Jul 2013

Nano London 2014 Secures Funding, Attracts Partners

Nano London 2014, a conference and exhibition for the international nanotechnology industry, is heading confidently towards next year’s event after securing further investment and adding to its list of key industry...

15 Jul 2013

e2v Introduces P2041 and P3041 Quad-Core Processors

e2v, a leading global provider of hi-rel semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of their P2041 and P3041 processors. These are extended-reliability versions of Freescale's quad core QorIQ™ processors for power-sensitive and computation intensive applications for demanding environments such as aerospace and defence.

15 Jul 2013

ESA to Hold 9th Micro and Nano Technologies Round Table in EPFL's New Swiss Tech Convention Center

Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT) for space applications will be the theme of this important meeting. It will take place in the new Swiss Tech Convention Center on 10-13 June 2014 and will host members from national delegations, space agencies, space and MNT industries, research centrers and universities.

15 Jul 2013

Graphene Grown in Stacked Layers Produces Defects That Influence Conductivity

Just an atom thick, 200 times stronger than steel and a near-perfect conductor, graphene’s future in electronics is all but certain. But to make this carbon supermaterial useful, it needs to be a semiconductor – a material that can switch between insulating and conducting states, which forms the basis for all electronics today.

From Cornell University - Nanobiotechnology Center 15 Jul 2013

Super-Resolution Microscopy Solves Decade-Long Debate About Structure of Nuclear Pore Complex

It's a parent's nightmare: opening a Lego set and being faced with 500 pieces, but no instructions on how to assemble them into the majestic castle shown on the box. Thanks to a new approach by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, researchers studying large sets of molecules with vital roles inside our cells can now overcome a similar problem.

15 Jul 2013

York JEOL Nanocentre Develops Groundbreaking New Electron Microscopy Technology

Groundbreaking new electron microscopy technology developed at the York JEOL Nanocentre at the University of York is allowing researchers to observe and analyse single atoms, small clusters and nanoparticles in dynamic in-situ experiments for the first time.

15 Jul 2013

Researchers Discover What Happens to Helicase Enzyme Before it Encircles the DNA

Building on earlier work exploring the complex choreography by which intricate cellular proteins interact with and copy DNA prior to cell division, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have captured a key step—molecular images showing how the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix gets drawn to and wrapped around its target.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 15 Jul 2013

Easier, Faster Method to Make Laser Frequency Combs

Laser frequency combs—high-precision tools for measuring different colors of light in an ever-growing range of applications such as advanced atomic clocks, medical diagnostics and astronomy—are not only getting smaller but also much easier to make.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 12 Jul 2013

Industrial Nanotech to Launch Intelligent Coating for Exterior Walls

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving and sustainable solutions announced today that the Company is launching a new exterior wall product. It is an intelligent coating that comes in any color, provides energy saving thermal insulation, reflectivity, mold resistance, and is self-cleaning.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 12 Jul 2013

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Developed as Synthetic Receptors for Nicotine

Researchers from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nehru Marg, India have added another piece to the puzzle of how to synthetize an artificial nicotine receptor. Nicotine -- the infamous principal component of tobacco -- is responsible for smoking addition due to specific receptors in the brain that trigger the dopamine reward system.

12 Jul 2013

New Report Features Use of Nanotechnology in Virology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech's new report "Antiviral Therapeutics - Technologies, Markets and Companies" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 12 Jul 2013

SiTime Introduces TempFlat MEMS That Eliminates Temperature Compensation

SiTime Corporation, the fastest growing semiconductor company, today introduced TempFlat™ MEMS. Until recently, all MEMS oscillators used compensation circuitry to stabilize the output frequency over temperature.

12 Jul 2013

Inorganic Flexible Thin Film Solar Cell Successfully Fabricated Using Solution Processes

Scientists of Natcore Technology Inc., in collaboration with researchers at Rice University have successfully fabricated the first inorganic flexible thin film solar cell by solution processes. The work was reported in a recent issue of the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, volume 15, pages 3930-3938.

12 Jul 2013