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Researchers Find DNA Packs Easily into Tight Confines of a Virus

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found that DNA packs more easily into the tight confines of a virus when given a chance to relax, they report in a pair of papers to be published in in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of May 26 and the May 30 issue of Physical Review Letters.

27 May 2014

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Particle Size Analysis

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Particle Size Analysis (Laser Diffraction, Dynamic Light Scattering, Imaging, Coulter Principle, Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis) Market - Forecasts to 2018" report to their offering.

From Research and Markets 27 May 2014

Research Team Develops 3-D Artificial Enzyme Cascade Using DNA Nanotechnology

Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan, have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics an important biochemical pathway that could prove important for future biomedical and energy applications.

From Arizona State University 26 May 2014

Upconversion Nanoparticle Has Potential to Solve Limitations of Wired Optogenetic Techniques

Yang Xiang, PhD, assistant professor of neurobiology, and Gang Han, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, have received a three-year, $900,000 grant from the Human Frontiers Science Program to lead an international team of scientists in the development and implementation of a new optogenetic platform that can remotely activate neurons inside a free-moving organism.

23 May 2014

Gadolinium Stably Associates with Nanoparticles and Helps Produce Clear Diagnostic Images

A new nanoparticle design, inspired by cell membranes, has led to clearer MRI images and paved the way for better diagnostic tools

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 22 May 2014

National Nanotechnology Initiative partners with USDA to Host Cellulose Nanomaterials Workshop

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to announce the National Nanotechnology Initiative’s (NNI) partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service to host “Cellulose Nanomaterials – A Path Towards Commercialization."

19 May 2014

Soft-Touch' AFM Helps Determine DNA Structure from Measurements on a Single Molecule

Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) have determined the structure of DNA from measurements on a single molecule using atomic force microscopy (AFM), and found significant variations in the well-known double helix.

15 May 2014

Novel Chip-like Device Sorts and Stores Thousands of Individual Living Cells

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store hundreds of thousands of individual living cells in a matter of minutes. The system is similar to a random access memory chip, but it moves cells rather than electrons.

15 May 2014

Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Algal Biofuel Development

A team led by Arum Han, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently had their paper on microfluidic systems for algal biofuel development published in the journal Lab on a Chip as a cover article.

15 May 2014

Bionanotechnology News

Researchers Find DNA Packs Easily into Tight Confines of a Virus

Research and Markets Adds Report on Global Particle Size Analysis

Research Team Develops 3-D Artificial Enzyme Cascade Using DNA Nanotechnology

Upconversion Nanoparticle Has Potential to Solve Limitations of Wired Optogenetic Techniques

Gadolinium Stably Associates with Nanoparticles and Helps Produce Clear Diagnostic Images

National Nanotechnology Initiative partners with USDA to Host Cellulose Nanomaterials Workshop

Soft-Touch' AFM Helps Determine DNA Structure from Measurements on a Single Molecule

Novel Chip-like Device Sorts and Stores Thousands of Individual Living Cells

Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Algal Biofuel Development

MEMS Nanoinjector Helps Avoid Cell Death When Introducing DNA into Cells

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