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New Book on Dendrimers, Dendrons and Dendritic Polymers

With applications spanning from non-shrink dental fillings to DNA-drugs the so-called dendrimers are a near magical material. Now a chemist from the University of Copenhagen has vowed to make the weird molecules famous.

11 Jan 2013

Complex Nanomachine Mimics How Molecules Are Made in Nature

An industrial revolution on a minute scale is taking place in laboratories at The University of Manchester with the development of a highly complex machine that mimics how molecules are made in nature.

11 Jan 2013

MIT Researchers Develop Chips that can Steer Beams of Light

If you want to create a moving light source, you have a few possibilities. One is to mount a light emitter in some kind of mechanical housing — the approach used in, say, theatrical spotlights, which stagehands swivel and tilt to track performers.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 Jan 2013

Predator-Prey Biochemical Oscillators May Become Building Blocks for Molecular Machines

Scientists are reporting development of chemical modules that can reproduce, on an “unprecedented” molecular level, changes and interactions that occur in natural populations of plants and animals, including those of hunting and being hunted for food, conducting mutually beneficial relationships and competing for resources.

From American Chemical Society 10 Jan 2013

Electronic Products Magazine Honors Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC

Xilinx, Inc. today announced that its Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC has earned 2012 Product of the Year honors from Electronic Products Magazine. The Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC combines hardware programmability, software programmability, and I/O programmability. As a result, Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs offer unmatched levels of systems integration, performance, and flexibility while offering system designers reduced power consumption, lower bill-of-materials and faster time-to-market.

10 Jan 2013

Smartphone Watersafe Nanotechnology Company Liquipel Partners with Pharrell Williams

Liquipel LLC, the industry leader in Watersafe™ technology, and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams, in conjunction with William Morris Endeavor (WME), today announced a partnership to cross-promote each other's brands and lines of business. Details of the partnership were formally announced at 2 p.m., Jan. 9, at Liquipel's booth, No. 25936, South Hall, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev.

10 Jan 2013

Nanoporous Graphene Ranked Among Top Five Surprising Scientific Milestones of 2012

Smithsonian magazine recently ranked nanoporous graphene, a novel material for water desalination developed in MIT’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering, in its ranking for the top five surprising scientific milestones of 2012.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10 Jan 2013

Nano Labs’ Chief Innovation Officer to Participate in Africa Summit 2013

Nano Labs Corp. is pleased to announce today that Dr. Victor Castano will be attending The Africa Summit 2013.

10 Jan 2013

Debiopharm Invests in Nanotech-Based Molecular Diagnostic Technologies Company

Debiopharm Group™ (Debiopharm) and Spinomix SA, a Swiss company advancing molecular diagnostic technologies, announced the closing of a Series A equity investment of $ 3 Million. The financing round was led by Debiopharm Group™.

10 Jan 2013

BIONOVA Debuts NANO-COMPLEX-Based Hand Creams

In the past, hands flawless skin was the sign of nobility. Wearing gloves was almost mandatory for women in later centuries and remained so until the 1960's. They had a dual function: to nurture the skin and protect it from the harsh environment and as a fashion ornament. Today, with the high speed of life it is hard to pay much attention to this body part even though we all know that Hands are the busiest area and tend to age fast.

10 Jan 2013

Mattson’s Etch Tool Selected for Semiconductor Production

Mattson Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor processing equipment, today announced that it has shipped an etch system to a major foundry, the sixth semiconductor manufacturer now using its etch systems. The etch system will support development and production of advanced devices at leading-edge technology nodes at this foundry's R&D facility.

10 Jan 2013

Topological Liquid Crystal Colloids May Be Used to Upgrade LCDs

By showing that tiny particles injected into a liquid crystal medium behave as predicted by existing mathematical theorems, physicists have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature.

10 Jan 2013

XEI Scientific Evactron Plasma Cleaning System Used by RJ Lee Group for Specimen Cleaning

XEI Scientific Inc, maker of the popular EVACTRON® De-Contaminator™ Plasma Cleaning System for electron microscopes and other vacuum chambers, reports on how leading contract materials characterization laboratory, RJ Lee Group, Inc., have used an Evactron® specimen cleaning chamber to clean samples ahead of analysis in electron microscopes.

From XEI Scientific 9 Jan 2013

Nanofabrication Techniques for Microfluidic Study of Cancer Cells

To understand the progression of complex diseases such as cancer, scientists have had to tease out the interactions between cells at progressively finer scales — from the behavior of a single tumor cell in the body on down to the activity of that cell’s inner machinery.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9 Jan 2013

Graphene Oxide Can Quickly Remove Radioactive Material from Contaminated Water

Graphene oxide has a remarkable ability to quickly remove radioactive material from contaminated water, researchers at Rice University and Lomonosov Moscow State University have found.

9 Jan 2013