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New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in nearly all soil...

25 Nov 2009

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Using a small boron-based molecule, glucagon-a hormone that plays a key role in pancreatic diseases-can now be imaged in live pancreatic cells. This breakthrough discovery was made by a team led by Young-Tae Chang from the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium of A*STAR*.

24 Nov 2009

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Now, such natural wonders have inspired Hong Yee Low and colleagues at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of A*STAR, Singapore*, to make polymer structures similar to butterfly wings. Their structures produce optical effects that could prove useful in various electronic devices.

24 Nov 2009

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

At the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A*STAR, in Singapore, Jun Yang and Jackie Ying* have developed a new protocol for the synthesis of tiny metal and semiconductor crystals that are a few billionths of a meter in size.

24 Nov 2009

Getting Custom-Shaped Microparticles to Interact and Self-Assemble in a Controlled Way

Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.

24 Nov 2009

Suspect Nano-Ingredients Found in Big Name Cosmetics

Testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found nanoparticles in foundations and concealers sold by big name brands, including Revlon, Clarins, Clinique, Max Factor, the Body Shop, L'Oréal, By Terry and Lancôme Pa...

24 Nov 2009

Article Focuses on CVD's Solutions for Depositing Transparent Conductive Oxide on Glass

CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) (NASDAQ: CVV), announced today that an article about the Company was published in the November issue of Photovoltaics World magazine titled "Off-line APCVD offers paradigm shift for TCO gl...

24 Nov 2009

China's Patent Office Now the World's Leading Producer of Patent Invention Applications in Chemistry

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the global expert on chemical information, reports that China's patent office is now the world's leading producer of patent invention applications in chemistry. China trailed Jap...

24 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology Researcher Named Arkansas Professor of the Year

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education has announced the national and state Professor of the Year Awards. Physicist Greg Salamo, the Joe N. Basore Professor in Nanotechnology and Innovation in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, was named Arkansas Professor of the Year.

23 Nov 2009

Freiburg Materials Research Center Celebrates its 20th Birthday in 2010

The Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding in 2010. The center will commemorate the occasion by co-organizing three symposia in February, March, and June. The festivi...

23 Nov 2009

Nanomaterials News

New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

Getting Custom-Shaped Microparticles to Interact and Self-Assemble in a Controlled Way

Suspect Nano-Ingredients Found in Big Name Cosmetics

Article Focuses on CVD's Solutions for Depositing Transparent Conductive Oxide on Glass

China's Patent Office Now the World's Leading Producer of Patent Invention Applications in Chemistry

Nanotechnology Researcher Named Arkansas Professor of the Year

Freiburg Materials Research Center Celebrates its 20th Birthday in 2010

Almond Shell Waste Powers Sustainable Graphene-Based Sensors

DNA Nanoflower Targets Breast Cancer Cells in Drug Delivery Breakthrough

Plant-based Silver Nanoparticles Made From Magnolia Leaves For Medical and Environmental Applications

Novel Sonication Method Creates Realistic Nanoplastics for Pollution Research

Composite Structures with Extremely Small Amounts of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Show Multifunctionality Independent of Additive Defectiveness

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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