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Scanning Thermal Microscope Accessory Allows Nanoscale Thermal Imaging

Anasys Instruments announce the release of a new Scanning Thermal Microscopy (SThM) accessory that enables a number of commercially available AFMs to generate nanoscale thermal images while simultaneously obtaining conta...

5 Sep 2007

Nanoparticle Characterisation Company's Angel Investor Round Oversubscribed

NanoSight Limited, the nanoparticle characterisation company, announces the completion of an angel investor round that increases its shareholder base and complements previous investments by Venture Capital companies, inc...

5 Sep 2007

First Stand-Alone Solution for Localized Thermal Analysis at the Micron Scale

Anasys Instruments, the pioneers of nanoscale thermal measurements, announce the release of VESTA, the first stand-alone solution for Localized Thermal Analysis (LTA) measurements at the micron scale. This is ideal for t...

4 Sep 2007

Cysteine Lead Nanowires That Look Like Nano Dandelions Show New Way To Produce Ordered Nanostructures On A Large Scale At Room Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure

Under an electron microscope they look like dandelions. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Xiao-Fang Shen and Xiu-Ping Yan explain their nanoscopic bouquets: They consist of spread-out bundles of nanowires made of lead an...

4 Sep 2007

Therapy for Brain Tumours Using Nanparticle Drug Delivery System Shows Promise

A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumour therapy has shown promising tumour cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The project, conducte...

3 Sep 2007

Nanotech Breakthrough From IBM Paves Way For Molecular Computing with Single Atom Data Storage Closer and Single Molecule Switching

IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules. Although still far from making t...

3 Sep 2007