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Archaeal Gas Vesicle Nanoparticles Hold Potential to Develop Powerful Malaria Vaccine

In a recent breakthrough to combat malaria, a collaboration of Indian and American scientists have identified a malarial parasite protein that can be used to develop antibodies when displayed on novel nanoparticles.

20 Oct 2015

New Method for Manipulating Folding of Membrane Proteins Using Magnetic Tweezer

Proteins are huge molecules containing hundreds to thousands of atoms that adopt a unique three dimensional structure, placing chemical groups in just the right place to catalyze reactions or build cellular structures.

20 Oct 2015

Researchers Visualize Whole Telomerase at Sub-Nanometer Resolution

An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspects of the enzyme's structure could not be clearly seen.

From University of California, Los Angeles 16 Oct 2015

International Consortium Evaluates Oxford Nanopore’s MinION, a Handheld DNA-Sequencing Device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The innovative device opens up new possibilities for using sequencing technology in the field, for example in tracking disease outbreaks, testing packaged food or the trafficking of protected species.

16 Oct 2015

Unique, Optics-Based Tracking Sensor Created for Harmonica-Like Device

Demonstrating the life changing technologies being developed as a result of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s leadership in fostering public-private partnership opportunities, SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Poly CNSE) today announced a team of SUNY Poly CNSE researchers, including two graduate students, has developed a unique, optics-based tracking sensor for the “Jamboxx,” a harmonica-like device created by My Music Machines, Inc., based in Scotia, New York. The Jamboxx was originally designed for people with disabilities and enables individual creative expression by allowing users to control a number of music and art-based software programs with their breath.

14 Oct 2015

Computational Modeling Enables Design of Sturdier Liposome

Using computational modeling, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the Colorado School of Mines and the University of California, Davis have come up with a design for a better liposome. Their findings, while theoretical, could provide the basis for efficiently constructing new vehicles for nanodrug delivery.

14 Oct 2015

NC Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop Organ-on-a-Chip Technology for Microbiota Research

A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NC State University has received a $5.3 million, five-year Transformative Research (R01) Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create fully functioning versions of the human gut that fit on a chip the size of a dime.

12 Oct 2015

Researchers Develop Controllable Protein Gates for Artificial Nanovesicles

Researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in building protein gates for artificial nano-vesicles that become transparent only under specific conditions.

12 Oct 2015

PI Releases Ultrasonic Piezo Motors Catalog for Photonics and Microscopy Applications

PI (Physik Instrumente), a leader and solution provider in motion control and precision positioning components and systems, is releasing a catalog of its ultrasonic piezo motors, stages and positioners for precision motion and automation applications. The products range includes compact, high speed, or cost effective customized OEM designs.

From PI (Physik Instrumente) LP 12 Oct 2015

NIH/ NIGMS Awards Circulomics $1.5M Phase II SBIR Grant to Expand Nanobind DNA/RNA Extraction Technology

Circulomics has been awarded a $1.5M Phase II SBIR grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to create a portfolio of DNA/RNA extraction products based on Nanobind technology.

8 Oct 2015