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Corning Awarded Patent Related to Study of Unpurified Biological Samples with Label Free Biosensor Technology

Corning Incorporated today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the company an additional patent related to the Corning® Epic® System that deals with the study of unpurified biologi...

22 May 2008

Brazillian Beetle Creates Ideal Diamond Like Photonic Crystals for the Optical Computers of the Future

This inch-long beetle from Brazil accomplished a task that so far has stymied human researchers. University of Utah chemists determined the beetle glows iridescent green because it evolved a crystal structure in its scales that is like the crystal structure of diamonds. Such a structure is considered an ideal architecture for "photonic crystals" that will be needed to manipulate visible light in ultrafast optical computers of the future. Credit: Jeremy Galusha, University of Utah

20 May 2008

Graphene Addition to Polymer Makes Nanocomposite Material That May Change Everything from Solar Cells to Aeroplanes

Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar...

20 May 2008

Room Temperature Semiconductor Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source to Enhance Applications From Security Screening to Chemical Sensing

Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz (THz) radiation, also known as T-rays. The breakthrough in laser technology, based upon commercially available nanotechnology, has the potential to become a standard Terahertz source to support applications ranging from security screening to chemical sensing.

19 May 2008

Nanosensors Introduce Gold and Platinum Coated Probes for Atomic Force Microscopes

NANOSENSORS has announced the introduction of new Gold and Platinum coated versions of its well-known speciality probe type for Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Probe Microscopy - the AdvancedTEC SPM probe

From Nanosensors 19 May 2008

MEMS Manufacturer Micralyne Present Award at Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Research Symposium

Micralyne Inc. was pleased to be on hand at the 2008 iCORE Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Research Symposium. Micralyne had the pleasure of presenting the Oral Communication Award at the graduate re...

From Micralyne Inc. 16 May 2008

New Spin Control Technique Allows Carbon Nanotubes to be Sorted by Length

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. Many potential applications for carbon nanotubes depend on the lengths of these microscopic cylinders, and one of the most important features of the new technique, say the scientists, is that it should be easily scalable to produce industrial quantities of high-quality nanotubes

14 May 2008

Nanotechnology Takes Soccer to the Small Time With Nanosoccer Robots

Nanosoccer returns to the field later this month, when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts for the second time the 2008 U.S. RoboCup Open

14 May 2008

Fabrication Technique Puts Nanowire Devices Directly onto Silicon and Could Become Low Cost, Scalable Nanowire Photonic and Electronic Circuits

Applied scientists at Harvard University in collaboration with researchers from the German universities of Jena, Gottingen, and Bremen, have developed a new technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic integrated circuits that may one day be suitable for high-volume commercial production.

9 May 2008

New MRI Technique Thousands of Times More Sensitive and Can Distinguish Between Molecules

Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claustrophobic machines. A new MRI method, much faster, more selective -- able to distinguish even among specific target molecules -- and many thousands of times more sensitive, has now been developed by researchers

9 May 2008

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Corning Awarded Patent Related to Study of Unpurified Biological Samples with Label Free Biosensor Technology

Brazillian Beetle Creates Ideal Diamond Like Photonic Crystals for the Optical Computers of the Future

Graphene Addition to Polymer Makes Nanocomposite Material That May Change Everything from Solar Cells to Aeroplanes

Room Temperature Semiconductor Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source to Enhance Applications From Security Screening to Chemical Sensing

Nanosensors Introduce Gold and Platinum Coated Probes for Atomic Force Microscopes

MEMS Manufacturer Micralyne Present Award at Alberta Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Research Symposium

New Spin Control Technique Allows Carbon Nanotubes to be Sorted by Length

Nanotechnology Takes Soccer to the Small Time With Nanosoccer Robots

Fabrication Technique Puts Nanowire Devices Directly onto Silicon and Could Become Low Cost, Scalable Nanowire Photonic and Electronic Circuits

New MRI Technique Thousands of Times More Sensitive and Can Distinguish Between Molecules

Biochar-Modified Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Water Treatment

New Nanocage Material Removes Up to 90% of Toxic PFAS from Water

Enhancing Chitosan Films with Silanized Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Sustainable Applications

Gold Nanoparticles to Restore Vision in Retinal Disorders

Light-Induced Symmetry Shifts Enable New Advances in Nanomaterials

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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