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Clemson University Completes Construction of Clemson Nanomaterials Center for Interdisciplinary Nanotechnology Research

Clemson University completed construction of a world-class nanomaterials facility specifically designed to support research projects that are funded by the National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Energy.

31 Oct 2013

Researchers Combine Gold Nanoparticles with Small Interfering RNAs to Counter Glioblastoma

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy and kills approximately 13,000 Americans a year, is aggressive and incurable. Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to demonstrate delivery of a drug that turns off a critical gene in this complex cancer, increasing survival rates significantly in animals with the deadly disease.

31 Oct 2013

Best of British Nano Celebrated at BIS Conference Centre

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is today hosting over 200 attendees at an event to celebrate the Best of British Nano: ‘Nanotechnology Partnership for Progress – One Year On’ at the BIS conference centre in London.

29 Oct 2013

Inexpensive Method to Create Nanodiamonds

Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature.

29 Oct 2013

New Atomic Approach to Grow InGaN Crystals for Diodes

Did you know that crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and could be fundamental to the future in solar energy technology?

28 Oct 2013

Oxford Instrument NanoScience Expand Service Facilities for SPM, Electron Spectroscopy and Thin Film Equipment

Oxford Instruments Omicron NanoScience is delighted to announce the expansion of North American based repair capabilities at its Eden Prairie Service facility in Minnesota. The Eden Prairie Service Center has been provid...

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 25 Oct 2013

CERN And Oxford Instruments Collaborate On Magnet Development

Oxford Instruments is delighted to have signed a contract with CERN as part of the next generation upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to high luminosity. The proposed HiLumi upgrade will enable a significant i...

From Oxford Instruments Nanoscience 25 Oct 2013

First Edition of TNT Japan Conference Announced - 29-31 Jan 2014, Tokyo

The first edition of TNT Japan (Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference) will be held from the 29th to the 31st of January 2014 at Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo (Japan), and is being launched following the overwhelmin...

25 Oct 2013

Leica Launches New 3D STED Super-Resolution Microscopy Platform

Leica Microsystems continues to extend the capabilities of confocal super-resolution with its new STED platform Leica TCS SP8 STED 3X. The first presentation to the public will be at the annual meetings of the Society for Neurology in San Diego, USA, and of the Association for Cell Biology in New Orleans, USA, during November and December 2013 respectively.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 24 Oct 2013

Oxford Instruments Launch New Flagship Silicon Drift Detector for TEM

Oxford Instruments, a leading supplier of microanalysis systems, has launched a new detector for Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) that provides a sensitivity that is unsurpassed in Silicon Drift Detector technology. The X-MaxN 100TLE is the perfect solution for field emission and aberration corrected TEM users working at the frontiers of nanoscience.

From Oxford Instruments NanoAnalysis 24 Oct 2013