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Researchers Develop Novel Early Cancer Detection Technique Using Nanotechnology

It may soon be possible to test a person for cancer with just a drop of their blood and a small machine. As part of a European research project, scientists have developed a device for detecting the HSP70 protein, which i...

2 Nov 2012

X-FAB Becomes Majority Shareholder of MEMS Foundry Itzehoe

X-FAB Silicon Foundries today announced it has increased its share in the German-based MEMS Foundry Itzehoe GmbH (MFI) from 25.5 percent to 51 percent -- becoming the majority shareholder -- and also renamed MFI as X-FAB MEMS Foundry Itzehoe.

2 Nov 2012

Crushed Porous Silicon Anodes Pave Way to Develop Low-Cost, High-Performance Batteries

Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for rechargeable lithium batteries.

2 Nov 2012

Dynatronix, Integran Extend Cooperation in Nanomaterial Electroplating Field

Integran Technologies (Toronto, ON) and Dynatronix, Inc. (Amery, WI) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a co-operative sales and marketing agreement.

From Integran Technologies Inc. 2 Nov 2012

UAlbany NanoCollege to Host Community Day as Part of NANOvember

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany will give children, adults and families throughout the Capital Region and New York State a firsthand look at the exciting world of nanotechnology when it hosts CNSE Community Day on Saturday, November 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 2 Nov 2012

Parios Regenerative Sciences Inks License Deal with Brown University for Organic Nanotechnology

Parios Regenerative Sciences, Inc., a privately held medical device company specializing in the development of biomaterials for skin repair and regeneration, has entered into a comprehensive license agreement with Brown ...

2 Nov 2012

New Book Explores Unexpected Properties of Life at Nanoscale

A new book that delves into the unexpected properties of life at the nanoscale was released this week by Basic Books. "Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos," by Peter M. Hoffmann, Ph.D., professor of physics and materials science and associate dean in Wayne State University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, uses the principles of physics – the science of levers and pulleys, atoms and quarks – to explain life.

2 Nov 2012

Scientists Discover Three Distinctive Cell-to-Cell Bonds Using AFM

The human body has more than a trillion cells, most of them connected, cell to neighboring cells.

2 Nov 2012

Fluidigm Unveils New Integrated Fluidic Circuits to Meet Challenges in Production Genomics

Fluidigm Corporation today introduced four new integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) designed to meet the challenges associated with production genomics. These new offerings are expected to make substantial contributions to laboratories performing high sample throughput digital PCR, genotyping, and targeted panel testing.

From Standard BioTools 2 Nov 2012

New NIH Award to Develop Theranostic Nano-Objects

Scientific and medical research usually advances through the slow, painstaking accumulation of knowledge. Occasionally, however, radical ideas disrupt established patterns and may open up entirely new fields of study.

2 Nov 2012

New Flame Method Rapidly Produces Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures

A new discovery by University of Oklahoma and North Carolina State University researchers shows a breakthrough in speeding up the process for synthesizing transition metal oxide nanostructures. What had once taken days can now be accomplished instantaneously.

2 Nov 2012

New Report Discusses Types and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Advances in polymer nanocomposites: Types and applications" to their offering.

From Research and Markets 2 Nov 2012

Increasing Usage of Nanosilver in Clothing can Negatively Impact Environment

Silver nanoparticles can have a severe environmental impact if their utilisation in clothing continues to increase.

1 Nov 2012

Researchers Create Self-Assembling Microparticles

Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms.

1 Nov 2012

Ordered Nanoparticles Demonstrate Higher and Steadier Catalytic Activity

Fuel cells, which convert fuel directly into electricity without burning it, promise a less polluted future where cars run on pure hydrogen and exhaust nothing but water vapor. But the catalysts that make them work are still "sluggish" and worse, expensive.

1 Nov 2012