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Simple Mechanical Model Effectively Implements DNA Helicity and Elasticity on a Nano-Meter Scale

A simple mechanical model to effectively implement the well-known double-stranded structure and the elasticity of DNA on a nano-meter scale has been developed by Jae-Hyung Jeon and Wokyung Sung of Pohang University of Science and Technology in the Republic of Korea, in an effort to more comprehensively explore the nucleic acid containing genetic material of cells. The model was published in Springer's Journal of Biological Physics.

6 Dec 2013

Long Chain DNA with Low Salt Concentration More Conducive to Nanopore Sequencing Process

DNA sequencing seems to be an eternal theme for human due to the desire of ascertaining the nature of life. Professor QIAN Linmao and his group from Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University were working on the optimization of the third-generation sequencing technique based on nanopore.

6 Dec 2013

High-Output Flexible Nanogenerator Fabricated Using Biotemplated Piezoelectric Material

A research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee and Professor Yoon Sung Nam from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST has developed the biotemplated design of flexible piezoelectric energy harvesting device, called "nanogenerator."

4 Dec 2013

Researchers Use Pioneering Visualization Method to Capture Inner Working of Bacterial Black Box

Cyanobacteria, found in just about every ecosystem on Earth, are one of the few bacteria that can create their own energy through photosynthesis and "fix" carbon – from carbon dioxide molecules – and convert it into fuel inside of miniscule compartments called carboxysomes.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers Develop Nanoscale Patches for Sensitizing Targeted Cell Receptors

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Duke University have developed nanoscale “patches” that can be used to sensitize targeted cell receptors, making them more responsive to signals that control cell activity. The finding holds promise for promoting healing and facilitating tissue engineering research.

From North Carolina State University 26 Nov 2013

Researchers Develop Nanotherapeutic Capable of Penetrating Blood-Brain Barrier

The University of Delaware’s Emily Day is a part of a team of researchers that has developed a nanotherapeutic capable of penetrating the blood-brain barrier.

25 Nov 2013

Naturally Occurring Nano-Material Within Cells May Lead to Engineered Bio-Composites for Drug Delivery

A team of researchers has uncovered critical information that could help scientists understand how protein polymers interact with other self-assembling biopolymers. The research helps explain naturally occurring nano-material within cells and could one day lead to engineered bio-composites for drug delivery, artificial tissue, bio-sensing, or cancer diagnosis.

22 Nov 2013

Mayo Clinic Uses Nanosight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis for Exosome and Microvesicle Studies

NanoSight reports on how Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis, NTA, is being used to study extracellular vesicles in the research laboratories of Dr Gregory Gores of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

19 Nov 2013

JPK's NanoWizard AFM Studies Biological Nanostructures at Switzerland's EPFL

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on how the NanoWizard AFM is being applied in the study of nanostructures and nano-sized systems at the École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.

From Bruker BioAFM 19 Nov 2013

Passage of DNA Detected With Graphene Nanoribbons

One of the methods used for examining the molecules in a liquid consists in passing the fluid through a nano-sized hole so as to detect their passage. EPFL researchers have found a way to improve this technique by using a material with unique properties: graphene.

18 Nov 2013

Bionanotechnology News

Simple Mechanical Model Effectively Implements DNA Helicity and Elasticity on a Nano-Meter Scale

Long Chain DNA with Low Salt Concentration More Conducive to Nanopore Sequencing Process

High-Output Flexible Nanogenerator Fabricated Using Biotemplated Piezoelectric Material

Researchers Use Pioneering Visualization Method to Capture Inner Working of Bacterial Black Box

Researchers Develop Nanoscale Patches for Sensitizing Targeted Cell Receptors

Researchers Develop Nanotherapeutic Capable of Penetrating Blood-Brain Barrier

Naturally Occurring Nano-Material Within Cells May Lead to Engineered Bio-Composites for Drug Delivery

Mayo Clinic Uses Nanosight's Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis for Exosome and Microvesicle Studies

JPK's NanoWizard AFM Studies Biological Nanostructures at Switzerland's EPFL

Passage of DNA Detected With Graphene Nanoribbons

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

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Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

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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