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Scientists Discover That Nanotubes Help in Bacterial Communication

A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has important implications for efforts to cope with the spread of harmful bac...

4 Mar 2011

Researchers Develop Gold-Coated SERS Nanosubstrates for Medical Diagnostics

Gold-coated substrates of gallium nitride with specifically formed surface, developed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the PAS display worldwide unique properties.

3 Mar 2011

Frost + Sullivan Presents New Product Innovation Award to Thin Film Electronics

The 2010 Frost & Sullivan Global New Product Innovation Award in Printed Electronic Memories is presented to Thin Film Electronics ASA ('Thinfilm'). The company is commended for its unique non-volatile, printable, polymer-based memory products.

From Frost and Sullivan 3 Mar 2011

Penn Researchers Demonstrate New Method to Create High-Quality Graphene

New research from the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a more consistent and cost-effective method for making graphene, the atomic-scale material that has promising applications in a variety of fields, and was the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

3 Mar 2011

Discovery of New Nanoparticles to Reduce Friction in Automobile Engines

Guojun Liu has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines. "The technology should be useful in a wide range of machineries other than automobile engines," sa...

3 Mar 2011

New Research Shows Nanoparticle Surface Coating Has Great Influence on Immune System

Researchers have over time been able to show that medicine designed at nanoscale offers unprecedented opportunities for targeted treatment of serious diseases such as cancer. However, now research also shows that the ...

3 Mar 2011

Research Team Develops Metal Alloys That Can be Molded into Nanoscale Shapes

Imagine a material that's stronger than steel, but just as versatile as plastic, able to take on a seemingly endless variety of forms.

3 Mar 2011

Scientists Design Nano-Based Artificial Protocells to Inactivate Deadly Viruses

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College have designed artificial "protocells" that can lure, entrap and inactivate a class of deadly huma...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 3 Mar 2011

Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System to be Unveiled at Pittcon

Micromeritics, will not only display a variety of its own products at Pittcon, but also material characterization instrumentation represented by its Particulate Systems brand. With the addition of this brand, Micromeritics currently offers one of broadest ranges of particle characterization instruments and services on the market.

From Micromeritics International Sales 2 Mar 2011