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Nanotechnology Paves the Way for Advances in Genome Sequencing

The first human genome sequencing was accomplished after 13 painstaking years of research at the cost of $3 billion. But recent advances in sequencing technology holds promise of rapid increase in speed of sequencing at the rate of 6 billion nucleotide bases every 6 h at a cost below $1000.

24 May 2012

New Nanotechnology Can Detect Chemicals at High Contamination and Ultra-Low Concentrations

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have demonstrated a new technique capable of accurately detecting a single chemical at high contamination and ultra-low concentration.

23 May 2012

U.S. Army Funds Purdue University Research in Nanotechnology for Brain Treatment

The U.S. Army has provided a $1.5 million grant over a three-year period to fund research carried out by Purdue University in collaboration with neurosurgeons from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the area of brain treatment using nanotechnology.

23 May 2012

Study Findings Help Design Next-Generation Nanocarriers

Researchers believe that atomic-scale design of pharmaceuticals will be instrumental in producing more accurate and efficient drugs. Computer simulations developed by a team headed by Ravi Radhakrishnan from the University of Pennsylvania will be helpful in optimizing these designs.

19 May 2012

New Polymer Allows Improved Method for Preparation of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

Ainhoa Lejardi, an engineer at the UPV/EHU, has created a new polymer material which could improve the preparation of nanospheres for their use as a method of controlling the release of pharmaceuticals, research which is currently ongoing at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid.

18 May 2012

New Report Sheds Light on Global Nanobiotechnology Industry

Reportlinker.com has announced the addition of a new market research report titled ‘Global Nanobiotechnology Industry’ to its offering.

18 May 2012

New M-687 Motorized Microscope Stage From PI Employs Self-Locking Ceramic Motors For Ultra-High Accuracy

PI’s new M-687 motorized microscope XY stage for inverted microscopes is more compact and stable than traditional computer controllable microscope stages, due to its fully integrated, miniaturized ceramic linear drives. The M-687 is delivered as a complete system including a controller, joystick and software.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 17 May 2012

JPK Instruments Reports on Use of NanoWizard AFM for Dr Jochen Guck's Biological Research

JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the multi-faceted research projects of Dr Jochen Guck who runs simultaneous research at the Universities of Dresden and Cambridge.

From Bruker BioAFM 15 May 2012

Piezoelectric Viruses Power Thin-Film Generator

New approach is a promising first step toward the development of tiny devices that harvest electrical energy from everyday tasks

14 May 2012

Founder of MiniFAB Awarded Enabling Technology Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 by Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame

MiniFAB Pty Ltd Founder and CEO, Erol Harvey, was named the 2012 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame's Enabling Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.

From Schott AG 8 May 2012

Bionanotechnology News

Nanotechnology Paves the Way for Advances in Genome Sequencing

New Nanotechnology Can Detect Chemicals at High Contamination and Ultra-Low Concentrations

U.S. Army Funds Purdue University Research in Nanotechnology for Brain Treatment

Study Findings Help Design Next-Generation Nanocarriers

New Polymer Allows Improved Method for Preparation of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

New Report Sheds Light on Global Nanobiotechnology Industry

New M-687 Motorized Microscope Stage From PI Employs Self-Locking Ceramic Motors For Ultra-High Accuracy

JPK Instruments Reports on Use of NanoWizard AFM for Dr Jochen Guck's Biological Research

Piezoelectric Viruses Power Thin-Film Generator

Founder of MiniFAB Awarded Enabling Technology Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 by Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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

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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