Nanotech-Now

Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to avoid nanoparticle toxicity. Mayo Clinic researchers found out why and determined how to make the n...

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the n...

The results of a new study led by George Washington University Professor Tianshu Li provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an import...

Xmark Media announces the launch of Vacuum Expo and its partner conference, Vacuum Symposium. In response to industry needs and enthusiasm, the organisers have added a new meeting this year.

INSCX™ exchange signals further expansion of its Trade Finance Liquidity programme for Nanomaterial (NM) producers. The programme enables producers to acquire capital to deliver upscale capacity in th...

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the work of the Nano-Mechanics Laboratory at the Indian Institut...

Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced today that they have expanded joint development efforts to advance STT-MRAM (spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random access memory) technology.

- 42 per cent have experienced accidental water damage - 54 per cent take their phone into the toilet - 70 per cent take their phone into the rain - Although more women than men take their phone in...

Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical processors that transform incoming light signals into outpu...

The first specialized international conference on applications of nanotechnology in power and energy industries (International Power System Conference) will be held by Niroo Research Institute and Ira...

Aspen Aerogels, Inc., a leading provider of aerogel insulation, announced it has successfully raised $22.5 million in its latest convertible note financing. The funds will be used for working capital...

Moglia Advisors announces an extraordinary acquisition opportunity for an acquisition of equipment and intellectual property in the areas of nano scale brand protection, with FDA approval having been...

"Spring is like a perhaps hand," wrote the poet E. E. Cummings: "carefully / moving a perhaps / fraction of flower here placing / an inch of air there... / without breaking anything." With the hand...

In the wake of the sobering news that atmospheric carbon dioxide is now at its highest level in at least three million years, an important advance in the race to develop carbon-neutral renewable energ...

"Antireflection Effects at Nanostructured Material Interfaces and the Suppression of Thin-Film Interference" Authors: Qiaoyin Yang, Xu A. Zhang, Abhijeet Bagal, Wei Guo and Chih-Hao Chang, North C...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a recommendation on balancing nanotechnologies benefits and risks to public health and the environment at the Assembly's 2013 spr...

A team of researchers from several universities - including UCF -has observed a rare quantum physics effect that produces a repeating butterfly-shaped energy spectrum in a magnetic field, confirming t...

Frustration led to revelation when Rice University scientists determined how graphene might be made useful for high-capacity batteries.

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TINY), an early-stage, active investor in transformative companies, notes today's announcement by D-Wave Systems that its new 512-qubit quantum computer, the D-Wav...

Glowing Plant uses synthetic biology and Genome Compiler's software to actually create plants that glow in the dark. This project is the first step in creating sustainable natural lighting for the pla...