Graphene symposium at Trends in Nanotechnology conference
On the occasion of TNT 2013, a Graphene one-day Symposium will be organized in collaboration with ICN2 (Spain) and will take place on September 10.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
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Carbon nanotubes win three minute thesis at University of Sydney
Civil engineering postgraduate student studying carbon nanotubes, Kate McDonell, will represent the University of Sydney in the Trans-Tasman Three-minute Thesis (3MT) competition later this year after winning the University's finals of the competition.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
Read moreMicro- and nanoencapsulation produces uniform drug release vehicle for brain tumor treatment
Consistently uniform, easily manufactured microcapsules containing a brain cancer drug may simplify treatment and provide more tightly controlled therapy, according to Penn State researchers.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
Read moreNew strategically important hard metal developed
Over the past three years VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been working with Finnish-based Exote Ltd to develop a new hard metal and the necessary manufacturing process. This material can be used to replace tungsten carbide (WC), the hard metal widely used in industry today and whose global availability is becoming critical.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
Read moreThe July 2013 issue of Nanotech Insights newsletter is now available
The July 2013 issue of Nanotech Insights, a quarterly newsletter dedicated to the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology, is now available from CKMNT. This issue of the newsletter is again packed with information and articles on 52 pages.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
Read moreElektrisch steuerbare Quantenbits realisiert
Ein internationales Forscherteam hat erstmals ein Quantenbit hergestellt und gesteuert, das aus drei sogenannten Quantenpunkten besteht. Der Versuch belegt, dass sich solche Triplett-Quantenbits einfacher kontrollieren lassen als Quantenbits aus einem einzelnen oder zwei Quantenpunkten.
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2013
Read moreEuropean material researchers present new materials and offer a look inside matter
Atom Probe Tomography makes it possible to look into the very heart of materials and determine the spatial positioning of atoms.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2013
Read moreButterfly inspires new nanotechnology
By mimicking microscopic structures in the wings of a butterfly, an international research team has developed a device smaller than the width of a human hair that could make optical communication faster and more secure.
Posted: Sep 2nd, 2013
Read moreBreakthrough in nanotechnology sensing
Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable and background-free nanocrystals enable a new approach to highly advanced sensing technologies using optical fibres.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2013
Read moreDNA nanocages may aid drug delivery
Researchers find nanostructures made of DNA strands can encapsulate, release small-molecule drugs.
Posted: Sep 1st, 2013
Read moreNanosized aspirin increases effectiveness
New research results provide a strategy of RGD peptide carrying aspirin to the thrombus, releasing aspirin inside the thrombus, and finally avoiding aspirin resistance and nonresponse.
Posted: Aug 31st, 2013
Read moreDirector of University at Buffalo nanotechnology research initiative awarded 2013 Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal
Mark Swihart will receive the Schoellkopf Medal in 'recognition of his pioneering research in the field of inorganic nanoparticle synthesis and processing' and other accomplishments.
Posted: Aug 31st, 2013
Read morePlastic - the new energy source
Queensland University of Technology's research to develop cheap plastic solar cells to charge mobile phones and other electronic devices has been boosted with the installation of one of the most powerful nanotechnology microscopes in the world.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2013
Read moreNew insights into hyperthermia cancer therapy
Researchers have shown that the amount of heat generated by magnetic nanoparticles can be understood when both the physical and hydrodynamic size distributions for the samples are known to high accuracy.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2013
Read moreSingle molecule detection of a cancer biomarker
Using a nano-enhanced version of a device capable of detecting the smallest viruses in solution, researchers at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University have demonstrated that they can detect a single cancer marker protein without the use of fluorescent labels.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2013
Read moreNanoparticles, made to order - inside and out
A new coating technology developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), combined with a novel nanoparticle-manufacturing technology developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may offer scientists a way to quickly mass-produce tailored nanoparticles that are specially coated for specific medical applications.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2013
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