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Electron Energy to Receive Fund for Nanocomposite Magnet Development Project

Electron Energy Corporation (EEC), one of the world’s leading producers of rare earth magnets and magnet systems, announced today that the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will invest in its applied research project examining novel magnetic materials which reduce, eliminate or more efficiently utilize rare earth elements. EEC’s project will demonstrate an innovative, inexpensive processing route to produce next generation nanocomposite magnets in bulk form.

29 Nov 2012

Specially Designed Nanoparticles Carry Anti-Cancer Drugs to Tumor Cells

A team of UC Davis scientists has shown in experimental mouse models that a new drug delivery system allows for administration of three times the maximum tolerated dose of a standard drug therapy for advanced bladder cancer, leading to more effective cancer control without increasing toxicity.

26 Oct 2012

New Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Tool to Quantitatively Explore Cell Behavior

Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have shown that they can manipulate how thousands of cells divide, morph and develop finger-like extensions.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Oct 2012

Domain Walls Can Change Geometry on Femtosecond Time Scale

Research success for the international research team including a fellow of the MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence

8 Oct 2012

New Concept to Explore Room-Temperature Multiferroics

A research team led by Dr. Noriki Terada from the Neutron Scattering Group of the Quantum Beam Unit at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Dr. Yoshihiro Tsujimoto from the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) together with the University of Oxford and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory has demonstrated that it is possible to largely control a magnetic material’s dielectric and magnetic properties by replacing nonmagnetic atoms with other atoms.

From National Institute for Materials Science 10 Aug 2012

Researchers Observe New Phenomenon in Mesoscale Magnetic Vortex Formations

Magnetic vortices in ferromagnetic disks are considered to be significant for their potential application in data storage systems based on non-volatile random access memory (RAM).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 9 Aug 2012

Study Results Paves Way to Develop Compact Storage Device

Present count of magnetic atoms in one bit of data recorded on a hard disk is nearly 3 million.

5 Jul 2012

Molecular Memories for Data Storage

Data storage devices employ either magnetic or electronic memory cells. The use of individual molecules as memory cells would transform the data storage landscape as molecular memories result in a thousand-fold reduction in size.

15 Jun 2012

VINNOVA Grant for Silex Microsystems to Develop Magnetic MEMS Technology

VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, has awarded a research grant worth SEK 3 million to Silex Microsystems, a pure-play MEMS foundry, to develop advanced ferromagnetic materials for MEMS devices for use in next-generation smartphones.

From Silex MicroSystems 27 Apr 2012

Researchers Develop New Method to Detect Elusive Pathogens Using Nanoparticles

A research team led by Saleh Naser and J. Manuel Perez, professors at the University of Central Florida, has devised a new technique based on nanoparticles, paving the way to detect pathogens, related to inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease, more effectively and rapidly.

11 Apr 2012