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Nanorod and Nanowire Development May Help Compress Computer Memory

A team of chemists at Brown University has devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one k...

26 Jun 2007

FEI's Phenom Bridges the Gap between Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy

FEI has released its new Phenom™ microscope, an innovative system that bridges the critical price and performance gap between optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM) technologies. Operated easily via its h...

26 Jun 2007

Nanorods with Controlled Properties are Key to High Density Data Storage

A team of chemists at Brown University have devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one ...

26 Jun 2007

Targeting and Imaging Cancer Cells With Multifunctional Nanoparticle Platforms

There has been much recent interest in how nanotechnology will impact the field of medicine. Unfortunately, a number of promising nanostructured systems have turned out to be extremely toxic to humans, thus precluding th...

22 Jun 2007

Handheld XRF Analyzer Released By Oxford Instruments For Aerospace Industry

Oxford Instruments has launched a new, portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyser with vacuum pump for the analysis of light metal alloys. The X-MET3000TXV+ can now measure silicon and magnesium in aluminum and the alumi...

22 Jun 2007

Nano 50 Award For CytoViva

CytoViva, Inc., an optical microscopy company, announced that its Dual Mode Fluorescence (DMF) module has been selected as a Nano 50 Award recipient. The annual competition from the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs recogni...

20 Jun 2007

Natural Protein Clean Up of Nanoparticles May Lead To Environmental Remediation

Deep inside a flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists from several institutions including the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a world in which bacteria e...

19 Jun 2007

Reactivity of Nanosystems at the Atomic Level

Nickel-rhodium nanowires exhibit surprisingly high reactivity towards oxygen. As a result, they offer future development potential for new types of chemical catalysts. These findings were the result of research by an Aus...

18 Jun 2007

Hybrid Gold-Dendrimer Nanoparticles Target and Image Tumors

Dendrimer nanoparticles, made of spherical, highly branched polymers, have shown promise as drug delivery vehicles capable of targeting tumors with large doses of anticancer drugs. Dendrimer nanoparticles have also been ...

15 Jun 2007

Quantum Dots Outline Brain Tumors for Surgical Removal

Although surgical removal of a tumor can be the most effective way of treating brain cancer, neurosurgeons are often faced with the dilemma of determining the exact border between a tumor and the healthy tissue that surr...

15 Jun 2007