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New Report on Global Markets and Technologies for Molecular, Nanoscale and Atomic Imaging

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Markets and Technologies for Molecular, Nanoscale and Atomic Imaging -- Focus on Scanning Probe Microscopy

2 May 2013

Nanoparticles to Detect Cancer Fascinate UD Sophomore

Hailey Cramer began creating gold nanoparticles — particles a thousand times smaller than the thickness of a human hair — as a high school junior and intern with the Army Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

2 May 2013

Bing Energy Receives Seed Funding to Create Commercially Viable Carbon Nanotube Fuel Cell

The Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Bing Energy International, LLC. The company’s fuel cell innovations will lead to power generation that is lower in cost, more efficient and cleaner for the environment, while bringing increased stability to the electric grid.

2 May 2013

DNA Nanotrain Delivers Drugs to Precisely Targeted Cancers without Toxic Nano-Clutter

University of Florida researchers have developed a “DNA nanotrain” that fast-tracks its payload of cancer-fighting drugs and bioimaging agents to tumor cells deep within the body. The nanotrain’s ability to cost-effectively deliver high doses of drugs to precisely targeted cancers and other medical maladies without leaving behind toxic nano-clutter has been the elusive Holy Grail for scientists studying the teeny-tiny world of DNA nanotechnology.

2 May 2013

Researchers Read Nuclear Spins Relevant to Qubits at Room Temperature

Professor Weimin Chen and his colleagues at Linköping University, in cooperation with German and American researchers, have succeeded in both initializing and reading nuclear spins, relevant to qubits for quantum computers, at room temperature. The results have just been published in the renowned journal Nature Communications.

2 May 2013

Novel Graphene-Based Transistor Can Spontaneously Switch Between Two Electronic States

A new transistor capable of revolutionising technologies for medical imaging and security screening has been developed by graphene researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham.

2 May 2013

Joint Moscow Exposition to Take Part in Nanotech Conference & Expo 2103

Moscow is a large scientific and industrial metropolis with more than one third of all Russian scientific capacity centered there. It includes 22% of research and development institutions, almost one-third of the total n...

30 Apr 2013

Gold Nanoparticles Aid Environmentally Friendly Production of Formaldehyde

RUB researchers report in “Angewandte Chemie”
From methanol to formaldehyde - this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics. Using catalysts made of gold particles, formaldehyde could be produced without the environmentally hazardous waste generated in conventional methods.

30 Apr 2013

Meta-Atoms Funnel Light Through Ultra-Small Channels Causing It to Travel Infinitely Fast

In a process one researcher compares to squeezing an elephant through a pinhole, researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have designed a way to engineer atoms capable of funneling light through ultra-small channels.

30 Apr 2013

Anasys AFM-IR Technology Used by University of Illinois for Nanoscale Chemical Identification

Anasys Instruments reports on the recent publication from the University of Illinois which describes the development of a novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale based on AFM-IR. The work is described in a paper published in the Review of Scientific Instruments 84.

30 Apr 2013

Caltech Researchers Analyze Therapeutic Nanoparticles with NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being applied in the Chemical Engineering Department of the California Institute of Technology to study nanoparticle-based therapeutics being developed for the treatment of illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer's.

30 Apr 2013

Ted Pella Announces Availability of New PELCO Graphene TEM Support Films

Ted Pella, Inc announces the availability of the new research-ready PELCO® graphene TEM support films. The unique PELCO graphene TEM support films are supported by lacey carbon film on a 300 mesh copper grid.

From Ted Pella, Inc. 30 Apr 2013

Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy Helps Image Graphite Nanoplatelets

Researchers have found a way to see synthetic nanostructures and molecules using a new type of super-resolution optical microscopy that does not require fluorescent dyes, representing a practical tool for biomedical and nanotechnology research.

30 Apr 2013

Novel Process to Synthesize Graphene from Carbon Dioxide Awarded US Patent

Graphene Technologies, a company pursuing commercial applications of the carbon nano-material known as graphene, has been issued US Patent Number 8,420,042 for a breakthrough process for atom-by-atom synthesis of graphene by the exothermic chemical reduction of carbon dioxide.

30 Apr 2013

New Market Report on Nanomagnetic Materials and Devices

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Nanomagnetics: Materials, Devices and Markets

30 Apr 2013

Nanotechnology News

New Report on Global Markets and Technologies for Molecular, Nanoscale and Atomic Imaging

Nanoparticles to Detect Cancer Fascinate UD Sophomore

Bing Energy Receives Seed Funding to Create Commercially Viable Carbon Nanotube Fuel Cell

DNA Nanotrain Delivers Drugs to Precisely Targeted Cancers without Toxic Nano-Clutter

Researchers Read Nuclear Spins Relevant to Qubits at Room Temperature

Novel Graphene-Based Transistor Can Spontaneously Switch Between Two Electronic States

Joint Moscow Exposition to Take Part in Nanotech Conference & Expo 2103

Gold Nanoparticles Aid Environmentally Friendly Production of Formaldehyde

Meta-Atoms Funnel Light Through Ultra-Small Channels Causing It to Travel Infinitely Fast

Anasys AFM-IR Technology Used by University of Illinois for Nanoscale Chemical Identification

Caltech Researchers Analyze Therapeutic Nanoparticles with NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

Ted Pella Announces Availability of New PELCO Graphene TEM Support Films

Super-Resolution Optical Microscopy Helps Image Graphite Nanoplatelets

Novel Process to Synthesize Graphene from Carbon Dioxide Awarded US Patent

New Market Report on Nanomagnetic Materials and Devices

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New Research Reveals Nanoplastics’ Damaging Effect on Brain Cells

Covalent Organic Nanosheets Boost Sodium-Ion Battery Life

Single-Step Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes for Better Energy Storage

Nanoparticles That Boost Tomato Plant Growth

Maximizing Vinegar's Power to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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