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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

Nanoparticle Electrodes Show Promise to Develop Lighter, More-Efficient Batteries

Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes, which could greatly improve battery performance.

1 Nov 2012

Researchers Develop New Micropump for Futuristic Labs-on-a-Chip

In an advance toward analyzing blood and urine instantly at a patient's bedside instead of waiting for results from a central laboratory, scientists are reporting development of a new micropump capable of producing pressures almost 500 times higher than the pressure in a car tire.

1 Nov 2012

Study Results Provide Guidelines for Future Biomimicry Efforts and Nanosynthesis

Berkeley Lab finding that protein folding funnels also apply to self-assembly should benefit biomimicry and nanosynthesis

1 Nov 2012

New Book Discusses Applications of Functional Nanofibers

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Functional Nanofibers and Their Applications" to their offering.

1 Nov 2012

Weathering on Asteroid Vesta Does Not Involve Nanophase Metal Creation as on Moon

The surface of the giant asteroid Vesta is weathering in a way that appears to be completely different from any other asteroid yet visited, according to new data recorded by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

1 Nov 2012

Researchers Fabricate Functional Solar Cell Made of Carbon Nanomaterials

Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in today's online edition of the journal ACS Nano.

1 Nov 2012