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Researchers Create Spin Torque-Generated Magnetic Nano-Droplet in a Modified Spintronic Oscillator

A Swedish research team has successfully created a magnetic soliton – a spin torque-generated nano-droplet that could lead to technological innovation in such areas as mobile telecommunications.

22 Mar 2013

Researchers Look into the Nursery of Magnetite Nanoparticles

A new model facilitates predictions about how nanoparticles form and gives clues about how the process can be controlled.

27 Feb 2013

Highly Energy-Efficient Microprocessors Using Nanomagnets

A superbly energy-efficient microprocessor that merely consumes a tiny fraction of the power of today’s microprocessors is tough to comprehend. However, one day, using nanomagnets, it could be possible.

14 Feb 2013

Magnetic Nanoparticles Embedded in Tough Plastics to Study Degradation of Artificial Joints

A Case Western Reserve University chemistry professor has begun imbedding magnetic nanoparticles in the toughest of plastics to understand why more than 40,000 Americans must replace their knee and hip replacements annually.

5 Feb 2013

Nanoscale Magnets Switched Using Voltages

By using electric voltage instead of a flowing electric current, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have made major improvements to an ultra-fast, high-capacity class of computer memory known as magnetoresistive random access memory, or MRAM.

From University of California, Los Angeles 15 Dec 2012

VCU’s Nanofoundry Team Secures NSF I-Corps Grant to Develop Permanent Magnets

A VCU research team, led by Everett Carpenter Ph.D., associate professor of inorganic and materials chemistry and affiliate professor of chemical and life science engineering in the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences, has been selected to participate in the inaugural I-Corp at ARPA-E program to help academic scientists expand their focus in ways to transition technology from basic research to commercial applications.

13 Dec 2012

Electron Energy to Receive Fund for Nanocomposite Magnet Development Project

Electron Energy Corporation (EEC), one of the world’s leading producers of rare earth magnets and magnet systems, announced today that the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will invest in its applied research project examining novel magnetic materials which reduce, eliminate or more efficiently utilize rare earth elements. EEC’s project will demonstrate an innovative, inexpensive processing route to produce next generation nanocomposite magnets in bulk form.

29 Nov 2012

Specially Designed Nanoparticles Carry Anti-Cancer Drugs to Tumor Cells

A team of UC Davis scientists has shown in experimental mouse models that a new drug delivery system allows for administration of three times the maximum tolerated dose of a standard drug therapy for advanced bladder cancer, leading to more effective cancer control without increasing toxicity.

26 Oct 2012

New Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Tool to Quantitatively Explore Cell Behavior

Using clusters of tiny magnetic particles about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have shown that they can manipulate how thousands of cells divide, morph and develop finger-like extensions.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Oct 2012

Domain Walls Can Change Geometry on Femtosecond Time Scale

Research success for the international research team including a fellow of the MAINZ Graduate School of Excellence

8 Oct 2012

Nanomagnetics News

Researchers Create Spin Torque-Generated Magnetic Nano-Droplet in a Modified Spintronic Oscillator

Researchers Look into the Nursery of Magnetite Nanoparticles

Highly Energy-Efficient Microprocessors Using Nanomagnets

Magnetic Nanoparticles Embedded in Tough Plastics to Study Degradation of Artificial Joints

Nanoscale Magnets Switched Using Voltages

VCU’s Nanofoundry Team Secures NSF I-Corps Grant to Develop Permanent Magnets

Electron Energy to Receive Fund for Nanocomposite Magnet Development Project

Specially Designed Nanoparticles Carry Anti-Cancer Drugs to Tumor Cells

New Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Tool to Quantitatively Explore Cell Behavior

Domain Walls Can Change Geometry on Femtosecond Time Scale

Harnessing Biology for Sustainable Energy Production

Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles: Boosting T Cell Activation in Cancer Therapy

Low-Temperature Synthesis of Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Materials via BiOCl-Assisted CVD

Novel Method for Producing Superior Carbon Nanofibers via Additive Nanostructuring

New Approach to Functionalizing Graphene for Electronic Applications

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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