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VIB Teams up with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to Develop Nanopore Sensing Technology

VIB is proud to announce that the lab of Han Remaut (VIB/Vrije Universiteit Brussels) has teamed up with Oxford Nanopore Technologies for the development of nanopore sensing technology. VIB pioneered work on a protein nanopore, CsgG, which was developed into a sensing nanopore by Oxford Nanopore and the latest version will soon feature as ‘R9’ in the MinIONTM handheld DNA sequencer and the PromethIONTM system.

9 Mar 2016

Breakthrough Nanoparticle Technology to Study Structure of Membrane Proteins in Lipid Environment

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a nanoparticle technology that can be used to stabilise membrane proteins so that their structure can be studied in a lipid environment. The method, described in Nature Methods, makes it possible to access drug targets that previously could not be investigated and therefore potentially allows for the development of novel drugs, therapeutic antibodies and vaccines.

9 Mar 2016

Researchers Demonstrate High-Efficient Energy Transfer Between Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Luciferase Enzymes

Chemists in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences have made a transformational advance in an alternate lighting source—one that doesn’t require a battery or a plug.

1 Mar 2016

Researchers Study Infection Mechanisms of Coronavirus Using High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy

The infection mechanisms of coronaviruses can now be examined in detail by using supercomputing processes and high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy. These viruses are known for attacking the respiratory tract of animals and humans.

1 Mar 2016

$Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals$

Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals

A team of researchers from several European countries has used a low-dose electron diffraction technique to determine the structures of nanocrystalline pharmaceuticals.

1 Mar 2016

Researchers Develop New Parallel-Computing Approach by Combining Nanotechnology and Biology

A study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports a new parallel-computing approach based on a combination of nanotechnology and biology that can solve combinatorial problems. The approach is scalable, error-tolerant, energy-efficient, and can be implemented with existing technologies. The pioneering achievement was developed by researchers from the Technische Universität Dresden and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden in collaboration with international partners from Canada, England, Sweden, the US, and the Netherlands.

29 Feb 2016

Researchers Develop Scissor-Like Nanoplasmonic System that can be Opened Using UV Light

Nanomachines could take over a variety of tasks in future. Some day they may be able to perform medical precision work in the human body or help analyze pathogens and pollutants in mobile laboratories.

25 Feb 2016

Scientists Find Some Carbon Nanomaterials can Enter Immune Cell Membranes and Go Undetected

Scientists at the University of Michigan have found evidence that some carbon nanomaterials can enter into immune cell membranes, seemingly going undetected by the cell's built-in mechanisms for engulfing and disposing of foreign material, and then escape through some unidentified pathway.

25 Feb 2016

Nanotechnology and Biosensors Expert Samir Iqbal Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Samir Iqbal, a University of Texas at Arlington associate professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry, the United Kingdom-based association representing more than 50,000 the world’s leading chemical scientists.

24 Feb 2016

Haemoglobin Influences Aggregation of Individual Gold Nanoparticles to Form Clumps

According to researchers working at the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM), individual gold particles are aggregated to form clumps under the influence of haemoglobin.

16 Feb 2016

Bionanotechnology News

VIB Teams up with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to Develop Nanopore Sensing Technology

Breakthrough Nanoparticle Technology to Study Structure of Membrane Proteins in Lipid Environment

Researchers Demonstrate High-Efficient Energy Transfer Between Semiconductor Quantum Rods and Luciferase Enzymes

Researchers Study Infection Mechanisms of Coronavirus Using High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Low-Dose Electron Diffraction Helps Study Structures of Nanocrystalline Pharmaceuticals

Researchers Develop New Parallel-Computing Approach by Combining Nanotechnology and Biology

Researchers Develop Scissor-Like Nanoplasmonic System that can be Opened Using UV Light

Scientists Find Some Carbon Nanomaterials can Enter Immune Cell Membranes and Go Undetected

Nanotechnology and Biosensors Expert Samir Iqbal Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Haemoglobin Influences Aggregation of Individual Gold Nanoparticles to Form Clumps

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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