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Human Brain Atlas Maps Microscopic Features within the White Matter

A European team of scientists have built the first atlas of white-matter microstructure in the human brain. The project's final results have the potential to change the face of neuroscience and medicine over the coming decade.

20 Oct 2012

SWeNT to Present Specialty Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes at SAMPE Tech 2012

SouthWest NanoTechnologies, the world leader in high quality, Single-Wall and Specialty Multi-Wall (SMW™) carbon nanotubes (CNT), will present its new SMW™ line of Specialty Multi-wall CNT at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Tech 2012 conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

20 Oct 2012

Multi-Functional, NIR Responsive Gold Nanorods for Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs

Excitement around the potential for targeted nanoparticles (NPs) that can be controlled by stimulus outside of the body for cancer therapy has been growing over the past few years. More specifically, there has been considerable attention around near-infrared (NIR) light as an ideal method to stimulate nanoparticles from outside the body.

19 Oct 2012

Advanced Atom Optics for Detection of Theoretically Predicted Gravitational Waves

A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic events including even the Big Bang itself.

19 Oct 2012

Scientists Determine 3-D Structure of Transcription Initiation Complex

An team of Rutgers University scientists led by Richard H. Ebright and Eddy Arnold has determined the three-dimensional structure of the transcription initiation complex, the key intermediate in the process by which cells read out genetic information in DNA.

19 Oct 2012

Novel Technique for Growing New Materials from Nanorods

A team of researchers from the University of Florida department of chemistry has developed a new technique for growing new materials from nanorods.

19 Oct 2012

The University of Manchester Acquires VersaXRM-500 3D X-Ray Microscope

Xradia, the world's leading manufacturer of 3D X-ray microscopes for the lab and synchrotron, announced today that The University of Manchester has purchased the VersaXRM-500 3D X-ray microscope with funding from The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council for use in its advanced imaging laboratory.

From Xradia 19 Oct 2012

Strange, Wonderful Things Occur in Monolayered Materials

Strange and wonderful things happen in materials just one atom thick.

19 Oct 2012

ST's CMOS 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator Process Now Available for Prototyping

STMicroelectronics, Soitec (Euronext) and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets®) today announced that ST's CMOS 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) process, which uses innovative silicon substrates from Soitec, is now available for prototyping to universities, research labs and design companies through the silicon brokerage services provided by CMP. ST is releasing this process technology to third parties as it nears completion of its first commercial wafers.

From STMicroelectronics 19 Oct 2012

INNI Appoints TAU to Lead Consortium on Nanomedicines for Personalized Theranostics

Tel Aviv University has been appointed by the Israel National Nanotechnology Initiative (INNI) to lead a consortium on "Nanomedicines for Personalized Theranostics," a combined system of diagnostics and therapeutic treatments. This consortium of 11 laboratories will be dedicated to developing nano-sized drug delivery systems for the detection and treatment of various diseases. Eight of the labs are TAU-led, with additional participation from Hebrew University Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University and Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

19 Oct 2012

ORNL Researchers Report Edges of Silicon Nano-Ribbons as Magnetic

Nano-ribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems of the future.

18 Oct 2012

Mphase to Launch New Product Video Featuring Advanced Battery Technology

mPhase Technologies, Inc. said today that on October 25, 2012, it will be releasing a multi-purpose video of its new product targeted toward the automotive and marine industry.

18 Oct 2012

New Graphene-Cobalt Material Holds Potential to Replace Platinum in Fuel Cells

There's a new contender in the race to find an inexpensive alternative to platinum catalysts for use in hydrogen fuel cells.

18 Oct 2012

Study Raises Doubt on Viability of Functional Nanopore Genome Sequencing Device

The claim that nanopore technology is on the verge of making DNA analysis so fast and cheap that a person's entire genome could be sequenced in just minutes and at a fraction of the cost of available commercial methods, has resulted in overwhelming academic, industrial, and global interest.

18 Oct 2012

Novavax Announces Encouraging Clinical Trial Results for Nanoparticle-Based Pandemic Influenza Vaccine

Novavax, Inc. today reported positive top-line results from two Phase 1 clinical trials of its A/H5N1 avian influenza vaccine candidate administered alone or with either one of two undisclosed adjuvants.

18 Oct 2012