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Event Draws 300 Students to CNSE as Part of "NANOvember" Initiative

Building on the highly popular event that introduces elementary, middle- and high-school students to nanotechnology, more than 300 students received an up-close look at nanobioscience and nanomedicine while attending Nan...

15 Nov 2008

Surface Plasmon Resonances of Metal Nanoparticles Could Improve Sensitivity of Detecting Molecules at Low Concentrations

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic array can have cons...

15 Nov 2008

Organic Nanotubes - New Approach to Nanoelectronics and Biomedicine

Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily varied and modified building blocks. Researchers led by Chulh...

14 Nov 2008

New Market Research Report Related to the Nanotechnology Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Nanotechnology industry is available in its catalogue. Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Assessment covers nanomaterials (nanoparticles, na...

13 Nov 2008

Biosensors that can Identify Disease using Nanotechnology

A team of scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK has invented a biosensor device that can identify disease using nanotechnology. The device, which may revolutionise the science of diagnosis, uses antibodies to detect biomarkers, molecules in the body used to identify disease.

13 Nov 2008

Cutting-Edge "Tweezers" for Detecting and Measuring Very Small Concentrations of Biological Substance

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has licensed a patented "optical tweezers" technique for detecting and measuring very small concentrations of a biological substance-such as a virus on a surface.

13 Nov 2008

IMEC and Panasonic Corporation Signs Joint Research Agreement

Today, the nanoelectronics research center IMEC and Panasonic Corporation have signed a joint research contract concerning the most advanced technologies in the semiconductor, networks, wireless, and biomedical fields. R...

From IMEC 12 Nov 2008

Using Charged Nanoparticles, Researchers Found New Way to Stimulate Patchiness in Phospholipid Membranes

Like water and ice cubes mixed in a glass, a group of organic compounds called lipids can coexist as liquid and solid in membranes. This patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules an...

11 Nov 2008

Biosensors Market to Reach $6.1 Billion by 2012

Modern day sensors have come a long way from their predecessors, which used transistors made of bulky semi-conducting materials. Advent of micro fabrication technology has led to miniaturization of biosensors. Indeed und...

From Global Industry Analysts 10 Nov 2008

NANOSENSORS Introduces Novel Self-Actuating and Self-Sensing Akiyama-Probe for AFM

The Akiyama-probe has been developed in cooperation with the Institute of Microtechnology (IMT) at the University of Neuchâtel for the NANOSENSORS™ brand that is specialized on cutting edge scanning probes for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) applications.

From Nanosensors 8 Nov 2008