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Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

With the flip of a switch: Nanodrop "test tubes" are created by an electronic switch that causes a micropipette to jerk back and leave behind a droplet less that 1 micron in diameter for study.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 16 Apr 2008

Tunable Metamaterials Bridges Terahertz Gap

A frequency-agile metamaterial that for the first time can be tuned over a range of frequencies in the so-called “terahertz gap” has been engineered by a team of researchers from Boston College, Los Alamos Na...

16 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has published detailed guidelines for making essential measurements on samples of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)

16 Apr 2008

Cenamps Merger Strengthens Processing Capabilities in the UK

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and the Centre of Excellence for Nano, Micro and Photonic Systems (Cenamps), have today announced that they will merge with immediate effect in a move that reinforces the region’s position as the lead driver for innovation in the UK’s processing sector.

15 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Meets Tradition With Carbon Nanotubes Being Made into Flexible, High Tech Stained Glass

Researchers at Northwestern University have used metallic nanotubes to make thin films that are semitransparent, highly conductive, flexible and come in a variety of colors, with an appearance similar to stained glass

10 Apr 2008

Lasers Used to Super Cool and Trap Highly Magnetic Atoms

A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has succeeded in cooling atoms of a rare-earth element, erbium, to within two millionths of a degree of absolute zero using a novel trapping and laser cooling technique.

3 Apr 2008

Veeco Sells Another Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for Solar Cell Manufacture

Veeco Instruments Inc., announced today that Millenium Communication Co. Ltd. (M-Com) of Hsinchu, Taiwan has ordered a TurboDisc(R) E450(TM) arsenic phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for production of high-efficiency III-V compound multi-junction solar cells.

2 Apr 2008

Nanooptics and Nanophotonics News

Nanodrop Test Tubes Allow Researchers to Study Individual Proteins

Tunable Metamaterials Bridges Terahertz Gap

Nanotechnology How To Guide from NIST and NASA Shows Technique for Measuring Carbon Nanotubes

Cenamps Merger Strengthens Processing Capabilities in the UK

Nanotechnology Meets Tradition With Carbon Nanotubes Being Made into Flexible, High Tech Stained Glass

Lasers Used to Super Cool and Trap Highly Magnetic Atoms

Veeco Sells Another Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition for Solar Cell Manufacture

Nanobiocapsules Hold and Release Drugs Within the Body Without the Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs

Agilent Technologies Broadens Microscopy Portfolio with Completion of Acquisition of TILL Photonics

Medical Imaging Tool Has A Resolution 1000 Times Greater Than Before

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

Study Shows Potential for New Treatments for Neurological and Inflammatory Diseases

Overcoming Nanogold Production Challenges

Electrospinning and the Future of Nanotechnology

How Electrospinning is Shaping the Future of Nanotechnology

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