The third edition of Nano-Bio Magazine has been published in conjunction the sixth annual symposium of Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology.
May 1st, 2012
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UCLA bioengineering researchers have taken advantage of cells' physical properties to develop a new instrument that slams cells against a wall of fluid and quickly analyzes the physical response, allowing for the identification of cancer and other cell states without expensive chemical tags.
May 1st, 2012
Read moreThe Transnational Access (TA) component for QNano is dedicated to providing Users from the European nanosafety community access to nanomaterials processing, characterisation and exposure assessment facilities (TAFs).
May 1st, 2012
Read moreNew device, developed by team of engineers led by Professor Amr Helmy, could bring quantum computing to your home or office.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreScientists from Imperial College London (ICL) have collaborated with colleagues at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to produce organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) that consistently achieve record-breaking carrier mobility through careful solution-processing of a blend of two organic semiconductors.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published three new appendices, updating Chapters R.7a, R.7b and R.7c of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment. These three new appendices are recommendations for registering nanomaterials.
Apr 30th, 2012
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have designed a method to evaluate different conductors for use in metamaterial structures, which are engineered to exhibit properties not possible in natural materials.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreStrong attraction that arises between biological objects with random patches of electric charge on an otherwise neutral surface may partly explain pattern recognition in biology.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreMinute-scale interactions govern electronic behaviour of superconductors with potential applications for voltage measurement techniques.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreThe Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) has decided to classify practical training and examination topics of the Students Nanotechnology Olympiad from this year on, officials announced on Monday.
Apr 30th, 2012
Read moreDie chemische Industrie hat gemeinsam mit mehreren deutschen Institutionen zum Arbeitsschutz ein Strategiepapier erarbeitet, um Praktikern in Industrie und Behoerde bei der Anwendung von Nanomaterialien ein Werkzeug in die Hand zu geben, wie eine moegliche Exposition durch luftgetragene Nanopartikel am Arbeitsplatz gemessen und wie die Bewertung des Risikos fuer ein Hoechstmass an Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz vorgenommen werden kann.
Apr 30th, 2012
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New carbon nanotube sensor can accurately measure fruits' ripeness, helping prevent loss of produce from spoilage.
Apr 30th, 2012
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Physiker der Uni Hamburg haben neuartige Magnete, die aus nur wenigen Atomen bestehen, aufgebaut und untersucht. Aehnlich wie bei einem LEGO-Bausatz, allerdings mit viel kleineren Bausteinen, koennen die Wissenschaftler einzelne Eisen-Atome zu unterschiedlichsten Strukturen zusammensetzen.
Apr 30th, 2012
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Engineers at Brown University and QD Vision Inc. have created nanoscale single crystals that can produce the red, green, or blue laser light needed in digital displays. The size determines color, but all the pyramid-shaped quantum dots are made the same way of the same elements.
Apr 29th, 2012
Read moreA recent paper by Kathleen Eggleson, a research scientist in the Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) at the University of Notre Dame, provides an example of a nanotechnology-related safety and ethics problem that is unfolding right now.
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreToday, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released its latest assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI): Report to the President and Congress on the Fourth Assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
Apr 27th, 2012
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