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Carbon Nanotubes Lower Nerve-Damaging Chloride in Cells

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:28:46 +0000

A nanomaterial engineered by researchers at Duke can help regulate chloride levels in nerve cells that contribute to chronic pain, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.

IBM researchers develop feasible silicon nano-photonics chip

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:27:27 +0000

Researchers at IBM have published a paper at the IEEE's International Electron Devices Meeting, showcasing a feasible method to embed optical data links into power-efficient 90nm silicon microchips, capable of…

From Nanotechnology to Nano-Defense

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:25:07 +0000

Will nanotechnology impact future global security? According to Jayshree Pandya, such technology is indeed about to change large-scale security dynamics, defense policies and possibly even the global balance of power.

Optimum Method for Application of Matrix Fluorescence Spectrometry in Nanobiotechnology Studies

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:23:47 +0000

TEHRAN (FNA)- In addition to introducing the advantages of matrix fluorescence spectrometry methods in nanobiotechnology studies, Iranian researchers succeeded in presenting new analysis methods for their optimum application in these…

"Cloning" could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:26:56 +0000

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for growing virtually pure samples of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with identical structures, a process they liken to "cloning" the nanotubes. If the process can…

NH battery biz Nanoscale raises $600K

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:24:39 +0000

Hudson, N.H.-based battery company Nanoscale Components Inc. has raised $600,000 out of a $950,000 round of equity financing, according to federal filings.

Nanotechnology: Smiles all round

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:00:50 +0000

A smile can say more than a thousand words, the saying goes. Orthodontics can help improve the appearance and position of people's teeth and jawbones, for better functioning teeth and…

'Nanocable' could be big boon for energy storage

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:14:13 +0000

Thanks to a little serendipity, researchers at Rice University have created a tiny coaxial cable that is about a thousand times smaller than a human hair and has higher capacitance…

Element Six and Harvard University collaboration sets a new quantum information record

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:10:34 +0000

Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials, working in partnership with academics in Harvard University, California Institute of Technology and Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, has used its Element Six…

CU-Boulder physicists use ultrafast lasers to create first tabletop X-ray device

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:08:37 +0000

An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the way for major advances in…

Armored caterpillar could inspire new body armor

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:06:45 +0000

Military body armor and vehicle and aircraft frames could be transformed by incorporating the unique structure of the club-like arm of a crustacean that looks like an armored caterpillar, according…

New twist on old chemical process could boost energy efficiency

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:03:00 +0000

Chemical reactions on the surface of metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, are important for applications such as solar cells that convert the sun's energy to electricity.…

The Bizkaia Technological Park hosts a conference on the application of nanotechnology in industry

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:07:34 +0000

The Technology Park in Zamudio will host a conference on the application of nanomaterials in industry on 12 June, focusing on the automotive and construction industries. It is organized by…

Asylum Research Appoints Spectra Research Corp. as its Exclusive Canadian Distributor

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:05:47 +0000

http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1021/jz3004206As part of its ongoing expansion, Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe and atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM), announced today that it has appointed Spectra Research Corporation (SRC) as…

Silver nanoparticle research leads to sensors that detect contaminants in water

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:01:26 +0000

Many organic contaminants in the air and in drinking water need to be detected at very low-level concentrations. Research published by the laboratory of Prashant V. Kamat, the John A.…

Spin structure reveals key to new forms of digital storage, study shows

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:57:40 +0000

A synthetic compound long known to exhibit interesting transition properties may hold the key to new, non-magnetic forms of information storage, say researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and their…

Breaking the limits of classical physics

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:53:40 +0000

With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated! Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense – the world…

Izon Science Granted Core Patents for Elastomeric Nanopore Technology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:49:40 +0000

Nanotechnology instrument manufacturer Izon Science today announced core patents for its nano and bio particle analysis platform. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has accepted Izon Science Patent…

Nanomedicines promise fewer side effects in treating cancer

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:53:23 +0000

A new generation of cancer treatments based on nanotechnology is making its way out of the laboratory and into the clinic with the promise of targeting cancer cells while steering…

Applied Materials Introduces Critical Ion Implant Technology for Scaling Future Chips

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:31:42 +0000

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its new Applied Varian VIISta® Trident system, the semiconductor industry's most advanced single-wafer, high-current ion implant system. Used to engineer the electrical characteristics of the…

Solid State Equipment LLC Joins SEMATECH's 3D Interconnect Program at UAlbany NanoCollege

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:15:44 +0000

Solid State Equipment LLC (SSEC), a manufacturer of single wafer wet processing equipment for the semiconductor industry, has joined SEMATECH's 3D Interconnect program at the College of Nanoscale Science and…

Researchers love triangles

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:13:11 +0000

A research team at Case Western Reserve University has found that gold catalysts shaped in the form of a cube, triangle, or other higher order structures grow nanowires about twice…

Nuclear Weapon Simulations Show Performance in Molecular Detail

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:41:24 +0000

U.S. researchers are perfecting simulations that show a nuclear weapon's performance in precise molecular detail, tools that are becoming critical for national defense because international treaties forbid the detonation of…

Nanosys Quantum Dot Enhancement Film Wins Gold Award for Display Component of the Year at DisplayWeek 2012

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:48:25 +0000

Nanosys, Inc., an advanced materials architect, today received the 2012 Display Industry Awards Gold Display Component of the Year for its Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) from the Society of…

3M to Work With Quantum Dot Company Nanosys to Commercialize LCD Technology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:46:43 +0000

Nanosys Inc. and the Optical Systems Division of 3M Company are joining technologies to provide wide color gamut technology for consumer electronic displays, allowing Liquid Crystal Displays ("LCDs") to display…

Nanostart Asia Pacific Increases Share of Singaporean Cleantech Company MINT

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:38:50 +0000

Nanostart Asia Pacific is increasing its share in the Singaporean company Membrane Instruments and Technologies Pte Ltd (MINT) from 18 to 28 percent. The investment in MINT will take place…

Physicists make an entirely new form of quantum matter

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:35:47 +0000

Within the exotic world of macroscopic quantum effects, where fluids flow uphill, wires conduct without electrical resistance and magnets levitate, there is an even stranger family of "unconventional" phenomena. These…

Tela Introduces New Lithography-optimized Standard Cell Libraries for 32/28nm and 22/20nm Processes

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:30:04 +0000

Tela Innovations, which provides design solutions to enable continued cost-effective scaling of semiconductor manufacturing, has announced the availability of new standard cell libraries optimized for manufacturing processes of 32/28nm and…

New ways to stretch DNA and other organic molecules

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:27:44 +0000

By taking advantage of the unique patterns generated when two immiscible fluids flow together, scientists have developed a new tool for studying tiny biomolecules.

The embryonic development of zebrafish under the influence of pharmaceutical drugs can be imaged using microfluidics

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:25:38 +0000

The preclinical animal study of drugs can be a costly and lengthy process. However, owing to some basic similarities with humans and their short development time, the zebrafish has emerged…

New patterning technique produces a faithful reproduction of grayscale images down to the micrometer level

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:23:24 +0000

In his 1959 lecture There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom, the US physicist Richard Feynman asked the question: “Why cannot we write the entire 24 volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the…

Imaging nanoporous metals with beams of electrons provides deep insights into the unusual optical properties of these materials

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:19:30 +0000

Gold is usually thought of as being a shiny metal — however, in its porous form, gold actually appears dull and black. The surfaces of nanoporous gold are rough and…

The infection of one dengue virus subtype can lead to the production of antibodies that confer protection against other dengue virus subtypes

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:17:01 +0000

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness caused by the dengue virus that is endemic in Singapore and other tropical regions of the world. Over half of Singaporeans harbor antibodies that…

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics Announces MEMS Consortium Phase II to Pave the Way For High Volume Manufacturing

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:14:26 +0000

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has announced the launch of its Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) Consortium Phase II, to accelerate MEMS technology into markets driven by strong demand for next generation mobile…

Chiral Asymmetry Can Emerge from Maximal Symmetry

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:07:23 +0000

Researchers at Chalmers have shown that maximally symmetric systems of particles can spontaneously produce two different patterns, which are mirror images of each other. The results have been published in…

Researchers design a model which describes the properties of nanoantennas in subnanometric distances

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:05:16 +0000

Javier Aizpurua, researcher at the Materials Physics Centre, a joint centre of the CSIC and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, has designed a new model which describes the…

Nanosolar Raises $70 Million in New Capital

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 06:03:15 +0000

Nanosolar Inc. has announced that it has raised $70 million in new capital. The financing will be used to expand production of thin film solar cells and panels, support research…

Splitting the unsplittable

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:59:40 +0000

Researchers from the University of Bonn have just shown how a single atom can be split into its two halves, pulled apart and put back together again. While the word…

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and UMC to Develop TSV Technology for BSI Image Sensor Used in Mobile Applications

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:27:29 +0000

A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, have agreed to develop Through-Silicon Via (TSV) technology for backside illuminated CMOS…

Emerging optics technology to fly on microsatellite

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:48:46 +0000

A kitchen gadget used to sift flour and other ingredients is the inspiration behind the name of an emerging technology that could resolve some of the more intriguing components of…

Zeroing in on the best shape for cancer-fighting nanoparticles

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:58:41 +0000

As the field of nanomedicine matures, an emerging point of contention has been what shape nanoparticles should be to deliver their drug or DNA payloads most effectively. A pair of…

Graphene photodetector offers better weapons detectors and telescopes to study dark energy

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:49:15 +0000

Researchers at the Center for Nanophysics and Advanced Materials of the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a new type of hot electron bolometer, a sensitive detector of infrared light,…

Nanomedicines on their way through the body

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:46:29 +0000

Advances in pharmaceutical nanotechnology have yielded ever increasingly sophisticated nanoparticles for medicine delivery. When administered via oral, intravenous, ocular and transcutaneous delivery routes, these nanoparticles can elicit enhanced drug performance.

Webtalk: Toward a sustainable and secure energy supply with nanotechnology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:44:05 +0000

On June 14 at 5:00 p.m., nanotechnology expert Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Iden, will be a guest on the NanoWebTalk program from Nanostart AG. Prof. Iden teaches polymer chemistry at Heinrich-Heine-Universität in…

Nanoparticles seek and destroy groundwater toxins

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:42:43 +0000

Iron nanoparticles encapsulated in a rust-preventing polymer coating could hold incredible potential for cleaning up groundwater contaminated with toxic chemicals, a leading water expert says.

Cadence Physical Verification System Qualified for TSMC 28nm, 20nm Process

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:40:36 +0000

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that TSMC has qualified the Cadence® Physical Verification System (PVS) for 28-nanometer design signoff, and completed Phase…

Tela Introduces New Lithography-Optimized Standard Cell Libraries for 32/28nm and 22/20nm Processes

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:39:13 +0000

Tela Innovations, which provides design solutions to enable continued cost-effective scaling of semiconductor manufacturing, today announced the availability of new standard cell libraries optimized for manufacturing processes of 32/28nm and…

UAlbany NanoCollege welcomes largest class of undergraduate students for its prestigious Summer Internship Program

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:37:47 +0000

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany today welcomed 38 undergraduate students – including 30 New York state residents who hail from the Capital…

Integrand Enables RF IC Design Solution for GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 40nm-LP Technology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:34:11 +0000

Integrand Software and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the availability of a comprehensive solution for RF IC design on GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 40nm-LP technology. GLOBALFOUNDRIES' RF solutions flow enables a designer to optimize inductors…

Researchers achieve RNA interference, in a lighter package

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:32:24 +0000

Using a technique known as "nucleic acid origami," chemical engineers have built tiny particles made out of DNA and RNA that can deliver snippets of RNA directly to tumors, turning…

Repelling the drop on top

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:30:04 +0000

It's raining cats and dogs and even the short run out to the car leaves your vision obscured by rain on your spectacles. There might soon be no need to…

Nanoparticles: Particular GmbH Cooperates With STREM Chemicals, Inc.

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:31:21 +0000

Starting in June 2012, Particular GmbH from Hannover, Germany, is cooperating with Strem Chemicals, Inc., from Massachusetts, USA. The German specialist for highly pure metal nanoparticles is proud to announce…

Optical tweezers help researchers uncover key mechanics in cellular communication, Video

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:28:43 +0000

By using a laser microbeam technology called optical tweezers, UC Irvine and UCLA researchers have uncovered fundamental properties of a key molecular signaling system involved with development, cancer and cardiovascular…

Integrated sensors handle extreme conditions

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:26:26 +0000

A team of Case Western Reserve University engineers has designed and fabricated integrated amplifier circuits that operate under extreme temperatures – up to 600 degrees Celsius - a feat that…

Researching tomorrow's innovative textiles

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:21:18 +0000

Around 200 textile research professionals met at the end of May in St Gallen at the international Fiber Society Spring Conference to keep abreast of current trends in research and…

Electron spins separated on a semiconductor surface

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:16:14 +0000

New findings on the spin of electrons in semiconductor materials: In a recent publication in Physical Review Letters ("Three-Dimensional Spin Rotations at the Fermi Surface of a Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled…

Computer-designed proteins programmed to disarm variety of flu viruses

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:12:56 +0000

Computer-designed proteins are under construction to fight the flu. Researchers are demonstrating that proteins found in nature, but that do not normally bind the flu, can be engineered to act…

Quantum Computers Will Be Able to Simulate Particle Collisions, Video

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:01:56 +0000

Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the theorists, including one from the…

Nanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical tests

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:58:37 +0000

A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with…

New small solid oxide fuel cell reaches record efficiency

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:48:43 +0000

Individual homes and entire neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves up to 57 percent efficiency, significantly higher than the 30 to…

Novel X-ray technique opens door to new biological insights

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 03:45:39 +0000

Scientists have used a novel X-ray technique to peer into the internal structure of a common biomolecule. The study, published in the journal Science, demonstrates the immense potential of new tools…

X-ray laser probes biomolecules to individual atoms

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:25:20 +0000

An international team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has proved how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures…

SEFCU, UAlbany NanoCollege and Girls Inc. announce launch of the first Nanotechnology-based Eureka! program

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:23:30 +0000

The critical effort to encourage young women to pursue a growing number of educational and career opportunities in the field of nanotechnology – further supporting New York's fastest-growing high-tech industry…

Nanoelectronics expert will lead Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:22:00 +0000

An expert in nanoelectronics will lead Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) into its second decade. The NINT governing council has named Dr. Marie D'Iorio as its new Executive Director.…

JEOL Introduces Ultra-high Resolution Analytical Field Emission SEM

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:19:48 +0000

JEOL's new series of field emission scanning electron microscopes is now complete with the introduction of the sub-nanometer imaging resolution JSM-7800F. The JSM-7800F represents a significant leap forward in Field…

Building molecular 'cages' to fight disease

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:17:13 +0000

UCLA biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be…

Free-electron lasers reveal detailed architecture of proteins

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:14:31 +0000

In the centennial year of Max von Laue's discovery that X-ray diffraction can be used to unravel the atomic architecture of molecules, a new approach to the determination of high-resolution…

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Silicon Validates 28nm AMS Production Design; Reveals Digital and AMS Support for Double Patterning at 20nm

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:12:06 +0000

At next week's Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, Calif., GLOBALFOUNDRIES plans to demonstrate an enhanced silicon-validated design flow for its 28nm Super Low Power (SLP) technology with Gate…

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Announces Semiconductor-Enriched Carbon Nanotubes for Printed Electronics Applications

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:10:05 +0000

SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT®) has developed a new Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) product with an exceptionally high concentration of semiconducting SWCNT species.

World's first liquid surfaces X-ray machine will increase UK's international competitiveness in high-value industry

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:09:45 +0000

The University of Nottingham will be the base for the world's first Liquid Phase Photoelectron Spectroscopy (LiPPS) machine, a high performance tool that will increase the UK's competitiveness in a…

7 scientific pioneers receive the 2012 Kavli Prizes

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:47:19 +0000

This year's laureates were selected for making fundamental contributions to our understanding of the outer solar system, the differences in material properties at nano- and larger scales, and how the…

The University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles take lead on €10m nano-research project

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:13:02 +0000

The University of Nottingham and its spin-out business, Promethean Particles, have secured a major EU research project with an overall value of €9.7 million. This will fund further research work alongside…

Mildred Dresselhaus awarded 2012 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:53:49 +0000

Mildred S. Dresselhaus is recognized with the Kavli Prize for Nanoscience for her seminal contributions to the science of carbon-based nanostructures and for her elucidation of the electron-phonon interaction on…

Scientists hone in on size and environmental influence of the quantum dots used in hybrid solar cells

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:50:59 +0000

Sometimes to answer big questions, you need to start small-very small. Scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Chemical Imaging Initiative did just that when they analyzed cadmium selenide, or CdSe,…

Nanotechnology nose smells cancer

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:50:03 +0000

Chances of survival of prostate cancer depend strongly on the stage at which the disease is diagnosed. Now scientists have developed new methods relying on an electronic nose and optoacoustics…

New type of biosensor is fast, super-sensitive

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:48:18 +0000

A whole new class of biosensor that can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in just 40 minutes has been developed by a University of New South Wales…

Under the influence of magnetic drugs

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:45:46 +0000

For more than three decades scientists have been investigating magnetic nanoparticles as a method of drug delivery. Now by combining three metals - iron, gold and platinum - pharmacists at…

NT-MDT participates in EU project for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:31:35 +0000

NT-MDT S&L (Ireland) is working in collaboration with the University of Limerick (UL) and a number of other Universities across Europe to develop an instrument, which will be capable of…

Cadence Announces STMicroelectronics Has Taped Out 20-Nanometer Test Chip Using Cadence Tools

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:30:09 +0000

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that it has contributed to STMicroelectronics having taped out a 20-nanometer test chip, incorporating custom analog and…

Developments in Regulation and Standard for Nanotechnologies: The ObservatoryNANO 2012 Report

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 14:25:57 +0000

The 4th and final ObservatoryNANO Report on Regulation and Standard for Nanotechnologies is now available online. It provides a concise overview of initiatives in more than 20 countries, worldwide, with…

Master in Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials, Portugal

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:41:14 +0000

University of Madeira and Centro de Química da Madeira, Madeira Island, Portugal, invite applicants with a Bachelor or a Master degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics or…

The world's smallest nanofabricated diamond coin

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:06:04 +0000

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created an unusual tribute to Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee – the world's smallest commemorative coin, made from a…

Using chitosan core-shell nanoparticle for breast cancer treatment

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:04:06 +0000

Researchers at National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) and King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) have successfully developed a target drug delivery system using folate-conjugated pluronic F127/chitosan core-shell nanoparticles to deliver…

New funding landscape and financial crises hamper innovation with microtechnology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:02:23 +0000

A re-structured funding landscape and the succeeding financial crises may hamper the innovative strength of the microtechnology industry in Germany. In a survey among industry experts and scientists, 43 percent…

Novaled Develops New Air-Stable n-Dopant and ETL Materials to Improve Efficiency and Lifetimes for OLED TV and Mobile Displays

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:00:30 +0000

Novaled, a recognized leader in research, development and commercialization of technologies and materials that enhance the performance of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) and other organic electronics, today announces a new…

New plaster enhances wound healing

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:57:44 +0000

When one cuts a finger, it is usually sufficient to apply some disinfectant and a simple plaster. The cut will heal in a few days. However, some wounds can take…

High-temperature superconductivity starts with nanoscale electronic oases

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:06:24 +0000

High-temperature superconductivity doesn't happen all it once. It starts in isolated nanoscale patches that gradually expand until they take over. That discovery, from atomic-level observations at Cornell and the University…

RediHeal Family of Products now Available at MWI

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:04:11 +0000

Avalon Medical, a leader in veterinary medical device technology, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with leading animal health products provider MWI Veterinary Supply. As part of…

New properties of graphene discovered

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:01:21 +0000

Graphene has caused a lot of excitement among scientists since the extremely strong and thin carbon material was discovered in 2004. Just one atom thick, the honeycomb-shaped material has several…

Asylum Research Introduces the AFM Industry's First Five-Year Instrument Warranty

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:58:03 +0000

Asylum Research announced today that it has extended its standard two-year warranty coverage to five years on all its Atomic Force/Scanning Probe Microscopes, an industry first. The five-year "bumper-to-bumper" warranty…

Scientists develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA building blocks

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:30:50 +0000

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded tiles…

Researchers develop synthetic platelets

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:07:01 +0000

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are published in…

Team finds buckyballs grow larger by 'eating' vaporized carbon

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:30:19 +0000

Fullerenes were first discovered back in 1985 by a team of physicists vaporizing graphite in helium gas, one class of which, the buckminsterfullerene (C60) named after Buckminster Fuller and his…

New ISO Technical Report guides characterization of nanomaterials in toxicology

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:28:21 +0000

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently published a Technical Report (TR) that provides guidance on the physicochemical characterization of manufactured nano-objects prior to toxicological assessment. ISO TR 13014:2012, Nanotechnologies…

Uppsala University and Picosun Strengthen Their Collaboration on Advanced ALD Research of Emerging Electronics

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:27:12 +0000

Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment and Uppsala University, Sweden, solidify their cooperation in advanced ALD research with already second PICOSUN™ ALD tool delivered…

Coatings with nanoparticles interact with sunlight and eliminate contaminants

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:25:25 +0000

Researchers of the UPNA-Public University of Navarre have developed a type of coating for construction materials. It is based on nanoparticles that interact with sunlight and trigger a chemical reaction…

Fabrication of new elastic 'soft capsule' using nano-sized flakes

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:20:02 +0000

A research group headed by MANA Scientist Dr. Qingmin Ji of the Supermolecules Unit of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, in joint research with…

A super tiny giraffe

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:18:25 +0000

Shaahin Amini was ready to quit. The Ph.D. student at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering had spent three hours looking into a microscope scanning a maze…

Der feinste Goldstaub der Welt

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:16:38 +0000

Nach möglichst großen Goldstücken suchen viele – an der TU Wien allerdings ist man auf der Suche nach Gold in möglichst kleinem Maßstab. Man vermutet, dass einzelne Goldatome als Katalysatoren…

The finest gold dust in the world

nano.academia@gmail.com (Hasan Beigi) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:14:32 +0000

Most people value large chunks of gold – but scientists at the Vienna University of Technology are interested in gold at the smallest possible scale, because single gold atoms are…