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Cell Lytic Enzymes Attached to Food-Safe Silica Nanoparticles Demonstrate Ability to Kill Listeria

Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an alternative to the use of antibiotics or chemical decontamination in food supply systems.

3 Apr 2013

Researcher Explores Nanotechnology for Effective Treatment of Latter-Stage Prostate Cancer

As prostate cancer progresses, the cancer cells become more resistant to traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and they become more aggressive and spread more rapidly. But now, a Temple School of Pharmacy researcher is exploring the use of nanotechnology to effectively treat latter-stage prostate cancer.

3 Apr 2013

CEA-Leti Selects Veeco MOCVD System for Nanowire-LED Program with Aledia

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that CEA-Leti, a world-renowned research lab based in Grenoble, France, has selected Veeco’s TurboDisc® K465i Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system for its program with Aledia, its nanowire-LED partner.

From CEA-Leti 3 Apr 2013

Nano-Engineered Screen Protector Turns Ordinary Screens into 3D Displays

Temasek Polytechnic (TP) and A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering's (IMRE) new nano-engineered screen protector that turns the ordinary screens of handheld devices into 3D displays will be marketed by start-up, Nanoveu Pte Ltd. The unique plastic film can also potentially be used as next generation security tokens employed by banks and corporations.

2 Apr 2013

Nanowires Naturally Draw Liquid Upward in a Thin Film

Imagine if you could drink a glass of water just by inserting a solid wire into it and sucking on it as though it were a soda straw. It turns out that if you were tiny enough, that method would work just fine — and wouldn’t even require the suction to start.

1 Apr 2013

Nanoscale Heat Transfer Research Earns Air Force Grant

Promising research in areas that can be applied to national defense goals has earned two Arizona State University engineers grants from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

From Arizona State University 30 Mar 2013

Family Science Night at MSU as Part of Nationwide NanoDays Celebration

Montana State University will host a free family science night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Strand Union Ballrooms on the MSU campus.

30 Mar 2013

Postdoctoral Researcher Receives UB Entrepreneurship Award for Founding Nanobiotix

UB will honor some of Western New York’s most inventive minds and companies at the annual UB Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception, which will take place from 4-6 p.m. March 25 in UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center, 875 Ellicott St., Buffalo.

29 Mar 2013

Light Can Reverse Oxidation in Cleverly Structured Copper Nanoparticles

Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it could lead to an environmentally friendly production process for an important industrial chemical, University of Michigan engineers have discovered.

29 Mar 2013

Researchers Design Fabricated Metamaterial Nanostructure

The union of theory and practice makes broadband, low-loss optical devices practical, which is why two groups of Penn State engineers collaborated to design optical metamaterials that have custom applications that are easily manufactured.

29 Mar 2013