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The Royal Society Elects UM Nanoparticle Researcher as Fellow

Professor Paul O’Brien, from the Schools of Materials and Chemistry, Professor Robert Young, from the School of Materials, and Professor Terry Wyatt, from the School of Physics and Astronomy, have all been recognised by the prestigious scientific academy.

4 May 2013

ANF Technology to Exhibit at the Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering's Annual Event at Long Beach

ANF Technology Ltd., the manufacturer of NAFEN™, the first ever superior-grade alumina nanofiber to be produced and made available at commercially viable, industrial volumes, will be exhibiting at the Society for t...

3 May 2013

New Integrated SR Series Linear Positioning Stage Technology by H2W

H2W introduces an integrated SR series linear positioning stage with an integrated closed loop servo theta stage for two axis linear/rotary motion control applications.

From H2W Technologies 3 May 2013

Precisely Placed Atoms Used to Create World's Smallest Movie

Scientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS -verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action.

2 May 2013

Joint Moscow Exposition to Take Part in Nanotech Conference & Expo 2103

Moscow is a large scientific and industrial metropolis with more than one third of all Russian scientific capacity centered there. It includes 22% of research and development institutions, almost one-third of the total n...

30 Apr 2013

Anasys AFM-IR Technology Used by University of Illinois for Nanoscale Chemical Identification

Anasys Instruments reports on the recent publication from the University of Illinois which describes the development of a novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale based on AFM-IR. The work is described in a paper published in the Review of Scientific Instruments 84.

30 Apr 2013

Caltech Researchers Analyze Therapeutic Nanoparticles with NanoSight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being applied in the Chemical Engineering Department of the California Institute of Technology to study nanoparticle-based therapeutics being developed for the treatment of illnesses such as dementia and Alzheimer's.

30 Apr 2013

WordsEye Student Start-Up Wins $100,000 Grand Prize in CNSE New York Business Plan Competition

Demonstrating Governor Andrew Cuomo’s leadership and strategy for expanding high-tech education and entrepreneurship amid New York’s growing innovation economy, SUNY’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), in partnership with Title Sponsors SEFCU and the State University of New York (SUNY), today announced that WordsEye, led by students from Columbia University, was chosen from more than 430 teams from nearly 60 colleges and universities across the state to claim the $100,000 grand prize in the 4th annual New York Business Plan Competition on April 26 at CNSE.

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 30 Apr 2013

Bruker Brings PeakForce Tapping Mode to the Dimension Edge AFM System

Bruker’s Nano Surfaces division announced today the expansion of its proprietary PeakForce Tapping™ technology to the Dimension Edge™ AFM platform.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 29 Apr 2013

New Accurate Metrics for X-ray and Neutron Analysis of Flexible Macromolecules

A dramatic leap forward in the ability of scientists to study the structural states of macromolecules such as proteins and nanoparticles in solution has been achieved by a pair of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 29 Apr 2013