Nano News & Events
The nanoplasmonics group of the Department of Physics: Professor Stefan Maier and team work on the burgeoning field of nanoplasmonics, which could have a major impact on business and consumer technology
Stefan Maier's nanoplasmonics group started five years ago with just one other member. It is now a 30-strong team which last year produced 40 publications, almost all in high impact journals, includin...
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Tiny Motor Powered by Single Molecule
Engineers dream of motors made out of single molecules that could jump-start the production of machines on the molecular level. However, simply modeling them after larger motors has been extremely di...
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Flat boron by the numbers: Rice University researchers calculate what it would take to make new two-dimensional material
Rice theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson and his colleagues detail several possible routes to the creation of two-dimensional sheets of boron. They say such sheets would be more conductive than graph...
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Discovery in synthetic biology takes us a step closer to new 'industrial revolution' Scientists report that they have developed a method that cuts down the time it takes to make new 'parts' for microscopic biological factories from 2 days to only 6 hours
The scientists, from Imperial College London, say their research brings them another step closer to a new kind of industrial revolution, where parts for these biological factories could be mass-produc...
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Nanomaterials key to developing stronger artificial hearts
On January 30, 2013 ACS Nano published a study by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, MASc, a researcher in the division of biomedical engineering at Brigham and Women's Hospital, detailing the creation of innov...
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Rutgers Physics Professors Find New Order in Quantum Electronic Material: May open door to new kinds of materials, magnets and superconductors
Two Rutgers physics professors have proposed an explanation for a new type of order, or symmetry, in an exotic material made with uranium - a theory that may one day lead to enhanced computer displays...
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Optical Microscopy over the Web. NanoScope Services has extended its unique LiveFIBTM focused ion beam web conferencing capability, with high resolution Optical Microscopy
NanoScope Services Ltd. An innovative European provider of outsourced microscopy and ion beam nano-surgery' services, announced today the extension of its novel LiveFIBTM web based consultancy capabi...
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Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NG NNIN) Informational Webinar
February 14, 2013 3:00 PM to
February 14, 2013 4:30 PM
Arlington
NG NNIN INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR
This Informational Webinar will provide an overview presentation and answers to questions on t...
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Nanostart-holding MagForce starts research project with University of Bremen
- Project to develop magnetic iron oxide particles with improved efficiency
- Agreement on funding by German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology from the German Mittelstand innovation...
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Imec First to Introduce Hyperspectral CMOS Camera for Snapshot and Video: Ideal for next-generation industrial inspection, medical diagnosis and security applications, CMOS imagers with integrated hyperspectral filters enable compact fast hyperspectral im
At SPIE Photonics West 2013, imec presents a prototype hyperspectral imager for snapshot and video acquisition. Being fast, compact and cost-efficient, imec's CMOS-based imaging systems with integrate...
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Small tools for a big cause: How nanomedicine contributes to better cancer diagnostic and therapy
Organizing the Nano World Cancer Day: A European multi-sites event in Paris, Braga and Berlin
In the framework of the World Cancer Day, the European Technology Platform of Nanomedicine (ETPN) and i...
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Gated graphene makes high-contrast modulator
Coupling the wonder material to a photonic crystal nanocavity helps it absorb more light.
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Cladded quantum dots make better solar cells
“Intermediate band” devices could benefit.
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Nanoparticles enhance proton therapy
Proton therapy combined with metallic nanoparticles provides a significant increase in complete tumour regression compared with protons alone.
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Iran Unveils 8 Carbonic Nano-Structured Products
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday unveiled 8 new carbon nano-structured products.
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Quarterly Cashflow Report
Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL;OTCQX: SPHRY) today released its Appendix 4C - Quarterly Cashflow report for the period ended 31 December 2012.
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Next generation solar cells: Trapping sunlight with microbeads
Nanoscientists are currently developing the next generation of solar cells, which will be twenty times thinner than current solar cells.
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KLA-Tencor Announces New eS805 Electron-Beam Inspection System: New tool detects electrical issues and small physical defects; helps optimize high-speed optical wafer inspection systems for preferential capture of yield-relevant defects
Today KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced the eS805, a new electron-beam inspection system for leading-edge chip manufacturers. Benefiting from more than twenty years of KLA-Tencor's e-be...
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ImagineNano 2013 International Brokerage Event - Networking: One-to-one meetings
On the occasion of the ImagineNano 2013, a Brokerage Event focused on nano and microtechnologies and their applications in various industrial sectors, will be taking place on the 24th and 25th of Apri...
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memsstar Receives Multiple MEMS Etch R&D System Orders in Asia; Sells First memsstar® Systems in Korea and India
memsstar Limited, a leading provider of etch and deposition equipment and technology solutions to manufacturers of semiconductors and micro-electrical mechanical systems (MEMS), today announced two st...
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