Adah Almutairi and her colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, have created the first-of-its-kind biodegradable polymeric capsules or nanoparticles that demonstrate ultra-high sensitivity to low, but biologically significant levels of hydrogen peroxide.
By Will Soutter
20 Sep 2012
The Rice University laboratory of Bruce Weisman has developed a new technique that is capable of measuring batches of single-walled carbon nanotubes more rapidly with minimum manual labor.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Sep 2012
Engineers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated the survivability of single walled carbon nanotube transistors (SWCNTs) in adverse space environment.
By G.P. Thomas
20 Sep 2012
MiniFAB (AUST) Pty Ltd, recognized as a leader in developing custom microfluidic lab-on-a-chip solutions, has announced the launch of their newly revamped website ahead of their participation in Lab-on-a-Chip World Congr...
Bruker introduces the new Nanomechanics Package for its line of BioAFMs, including the BioScope Catalyst. The new accessory enables the fastest, highest resolution, and most quantitative characterization of nanomechanical properties over a wide range of biological samples.
NanoQuébec has just unveiled the results of the I-Nano pilot project, an open innovation web platform, which the organization launched this past spring. Receiving an enthusiastic response from both industrialists an...
SiMPore, Inc., of Rochester, NY, USA and KonTEM GmbH of Bonn, Germany, announce their collaboration to develop phase contrast solutions for transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
An electron microscope uses a beam of...
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission has released a new report that deeply reviews existing measurement methods and their key challenges in determining the size of nanoparticles in accordance with the regulatory context defining the term ‘nanomaterial.’
By Will Soutter
18 Sep 2012
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $999,990 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to Applied Nanotech for the development of ultra-light hydrogen fuel tanks utilizing carbon nanotube reinforcement.
Employing ultra-low input power densities, a research group from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown the possibility of using low-power ‘optical nanotweezers’ for trapping, manipulating and analyzing nanoparticles, including delegate biological samples.
By Will Soutter
18 Sep 2012
An innovative technique for measuring the retention of particles less than 10 nm in dimensions was presented by Entegris at the 11th International Symposium on Ultra Clean Processing of Semiconductor Surfaces (UCPSS) held from September 16 to 19, 2012 at Ghent in Belgium.
Carl Zeiss Microscopy introduced the ORION NanoFab at the European Microscopy Congress (EMC) in Manchester, UK. It is the first multi-ion-beam tool based on Gas Field Ion Source (GFIS) technology, offering interchangeable gallium, neon and helium ion beams.
Using noncontact atomic force microscopy (AFM), IBM researchers have for the first time differentiated the individual molecules’ chemical bonds, thus extending the boundaries of analysis involving atoms and molecules at the smallest scale possible.
By G.P. Thomas
17 Sep 2012
Scientists at the Faculty of Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering of the National University of Singapore have developed a technique to manipulate gene expression by utilizing nanoparticles that are capable of transforming near-infrared (NIR) light to ultraviolet light or visible light.
By Will Soutter
17 Sep 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Markets for Optically Functional Films and Coatings in Displays - 2012’ to its catalogue.