Boston University biomedical engineers have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required, thus eliminating the expensive, time-consuming and error-prone step of DNA amplification.
Dec 20th, 2009
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Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have found a new way to use a synthetic form of DNA to control the assembly of nanoparticles - this time resulting in switchable, three-dimensional and small-cluster structures that might be useful, for example, as biosensors, in solar cells, and as new materials for data storage.
Dec 20th, 2009
Read moreThe Physics department of Lucknow University is organizing a three-days conference '2nd National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology' between December 21 and 23.
Dec 20th, 2009
Read moreImec has made a plasmonic nanostructure for use with surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy.
Dec 19th, 2009
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Professor Alexander Balandin studies single-atom-thick structures with remarkable ability to conduct heat.
Dec 19th, 2009
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Nader Jalili, an associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University, is working to create a controlled nanorobot that will be capable of performing non-invasive cancer surgery with a degree of precision not possible through existing surgical procedures.
Dec 18th, 2009
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Georgia Tech Prof. Zhong Lin Wang is one of six foreign scientists selected as academicians to be inducted into the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) this year.
Dec 18th, 2009
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Researchers have devised a sensor on a chip that can not only detect but also measure single particles. They expect the sensor will be able to measure nanoparticles smaller than 100 nanometers in diameter (about the size of a virus particle) on the fly.
Dec 18th, 2009
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A quick and easy way to take 3D images at the nanoscale with a single measurement has been developed by US researchers. The process works by bouncing a single beam of x-rays off an object, then collecting the scattered wave pattern using a curved detector.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreShell of single-protein capsule degrades or remains intact based on environment.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreThrough the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, AUC faculty are conducting cutting-edge research that includes the development of novel diagnostic tests for sensitive detection of the hepatitis C virus; detection of cancer biomarkers, as well as creating a new generation of nano-devices that include smart bricks with tiny sensors, which can analyze building safety and warn of fires and earthquakes.
Dec 18th, 2009
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A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed 'laser spinning', a novel method of producing glass nanofibres with materials.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreThe Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and BASF SE have founded IP3 (innovative products, intelligent particles, integrated processes), a joint laboratory for process technology in Karlsruhe.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreThere is still time until January 8, 2010 to register for the second edition of the Alp NanoBio International School (ANIS2), which will be held in Sterzing/Vipiteno (Bozen, Italy) on January 11-15, 2010.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreMuch cheaper fuel cell catalysts using iron instead of platinum - this major scientific breakthrough achieved by INRS researchers has earned a spot in Discover Magazine's 'Top 100 Stories of 2009', in the January/February 2010 issue.
Dec 18th, 2009
Read moreTerahertz research is in the focus the 'German-Russian Centre for terahertz research and technology', funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) that has been recently established at the physics faculty in Regensburg.
Dec 18th, 2009
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