Bruker has introduced the Dimension FastScan Bio atomic force microscope (AFM) at the Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2012 Annual Meeting.
By Will Soutter
31 Jul 2012
Researchers at the University of Zurich have succeeded in measuring the size and the electrical charge of nano particles by employing a unique method.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
A team of scientists from the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) and University of Toronto (U of T) headed by Ted Sargent, an U of T Engineering Professor, has achieved a significant progress in the advancement of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, which in turn results in a CQD solar cell with an unprecedented efficiency of 7%.
Scientists from the University of Manchester have shown that it is possible to use ‘wonder material’ graphene as a building block to build novel three-dimensional crystal structures.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
Scientists from NanoGUNE, Neaspec and the University of Munich have developed a novel instrument that can perform nanoscale mapping and chemical identification of materials.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
Scientists from CNRS and Aix Marseille Université have successfully created a bio-inspired light called nanoantenna for the first time using two gold nanoparticles, short DNA strands and a tiny fluorescent molecule that is capable of capturing and emitting light.
Reportlinker.com has announced the inclusion of a new report on the global Nanobiotechnology industry. The report offers a detailed analysis of the global markets for Nanobiotechnology in terms of US dollars.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
30 Jul 2012
A collaborative research between Physicists at University of Texas at Austin and researchers from China and Taiwan has yielded the world’s smallest semiconductor laser. This is touted as a significant progress in the emerging field of photonic technology with implications for applications ranging from medicine to communication to computing.
By G.P. Thomas
30 Jul 2012
An International team of researchers including those from the physics, chemistry and biochemistry departments at the Arizona State University have devised a new nanocrystallography technique to capture three-dimensional images of biological molecules ensconced in protein nanocrystals.
Scientists and Engineers at University of Michigan have used computerized simulations to demonstrate that entropy, mostly considered as disorder, could lead to formation of ordered nanostructures.
By Will Soutter
30 Jul 2012
A research team at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute has created a first-of-its-kind transistor that utilizes the electrostatic build-up of electrical charge on a strongly-correlated material’s surface to activate bulk transformation of electronic state.
By Will Soutter
27 Jul 2012
A research team from the University of Birmingham has devised a technique to image gold on the nanoscale by utilizing a novel probe beam to visualize the atomic arrangement of a 20-atom gold cluster.
By Will Soutter
27 Jul 2012
Denton Vacuum, a provider of thin film technology systems for production, has dispatched the first of its Altor series of sputtering system to a well-known cardiac rhythm management (CRM) products maker. Cardiac leads are vital components of biomedical devices such as defibrillators and pacemakers.
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has filed a complaint against New York based Maxfield & Oberton Holdings LLC over their Buckyballs and Buckycube desk toys subsequent to a 3-1 Commission vote approving the filing of complaint.
By G.P. Thomas
27 Jul 2012
Optomec, a global supplier of additive manufacturing solutions for applications ranging from medical to solar to electronics and defence markets, announced the selection of its Aerosol Jet Deposition systems for printed electronics by three major European players namely, Innovation Lab (Germany), CEA Liten (France) and the University of Sheffield (U.K.). Including the three industrial labs, the total number of European users of Optomec exceeds 40.