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Polymeric Nanocapsules Support Reduction of Toxic Oxygen Compounds

Researchers at the University of Basel have successfully developed artificial organelles that are able to support the reduction of toxic oxygen compounds. This opens up new ways in the development of novel drugs that can influence pathological states directly inside the cell. The results have been published in the Journal «Nano Letters».

18 Jul 2013

Carbon Nanotube Carpets Used to Detect Polarized Light

Using carpets of aligned carbon nanotubes, researchers from Rice University and Sandia National Laboratories have created a solid-state electronic device that is hardwired to detect polarized light across a broad swath of the visible and infrared spectrum.

18 Jul 2013

Stem Cells Directed Using Magnetized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

Magnets could be a tool for directing stem cells’ healing powers to treat conditions such as heart disease or vascular disease.

18 Jul 2013

H2W Tech Release New High Stability Stepper Driver

The SD-03-48-125 from H2W Technologies is a cost effective, high performance, bi-polar, two phase micro-stepping drive which utilizes the pure-sinusoidal current control technique. It is best suited for applications which require extreme low noise and heat. It operates well in an environment where input voltage may experience instability and fluctuation.

From H2W Technologies 18 Jul 2013

XEI Scientific Announce China Distribution Deal with Yi Xin Technology

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, has appointed the Yi Xin Technology Group to be the exclusive distr...

From XEI Scientific 17 Jul 2013

New Technique to Make Actual Nanoscale Measurements of Plasmonic Nanomaterials

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown how to make nanoscale measurements of critical properties of plasmonic nanomaterials—the specially engineered nanostructures that modify the interaction of light and matter for a variety of applications, including sensors, cloaking (invisibility), photovoltaics and therapeutics.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Jul 2013

Cadence DFM Flows Adopted to Perform Electrical Variability Optimization for UMC 28nm Designs

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that after extensive benchmark testing, semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has adopted the Cadence® “in-design” and signoff design-for-manufacturing (DFM) flows to perform physical signoff and electrical variability optimization for 28nm designs.

From Cadence Design Systems 17 Jul 2013

New HORIBA ParticleFinder Module Launched for LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite

HORIBA Scientific (HORIBA), the global leader in Raman spectroscopy systems, is proud to announce the launch of their new ParticleFinder module for the LabSpec 6 Spectroscopy Suite. ParticleFinder was developed as part of a collaboration with Particle Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, to support their client drug product formulation and analytic, bioanalytic, physical characterization services.

From HORIBA 17 Jul 2013

Scientists Approximate Molecular Crowding in Artificial Cellular System

The interior of a living cell is a crowded place, with proteins and other macromolecules packed tightly together. A team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University has approximated this molecular crowding in an artificial cellular system and found that tight quarters help the process of gene expression, especially when other conditions are less than ideal.

16 Jul 2013

Protein That Unwinds DNA Used to Demonstrate the Ergodic Theorem

Experiments by biochemists at the University of California, Davis show for the first time that a law of physics, the ergodic theorem, can be demonstrated by a collection of individual protein molecules -- specifically, a protein that unwinds DNA. The work was published online by the journal Nature on July 14.

16 Jul 2013

Researchers Assess Heating Effect of Magnetic Nanoparticles to Treat Cancer

Physicists from the University of York have carried out new research into how the heating effect of an experimental cancer treatment works.

16 Jul 2013

Chemists Synthesize Grossly Warped Nanographenes

Chemists at Boston College and Nagoya University have together synthesized the first example of a new form of carbon, the team reports in the most recent edition of the journal Nature Chemistry. This new material consists of many identical piece of grossly warped graphene, each containing exactly 80 carbon atoms joined together in a network of 26 rings, with 30 hydrogen atoms decorating the rim. These individual molecules, because they measure somewhat more than a nanometer across, are referred to generically as “nanocarbons,” or more specifically in this case as “grossly warped nanographenes.”

16 Jul 2013

Special Camp to Introduce Students to the World of Nanotechnology

On Tuesday, July 16, Hitachi and Challenge Camps are holding a special program at the camp which is located at School of the Holy Child in Rye, NY to introduce students to the world of nanotechnology using Hitachi’s TM3000 Scanning Electron Microscope, which is capable of magnification of up to 30,000 times.

16 Jul 2013

DARPA Awards SwRI Three-Year Project to Develop Thin-Film Deposition Technologies

Work is under way at Southwest Research Institute on a $1.5 million, three-year project awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop novel technologies for depositing thin films.

16 Jul 2013

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