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Coupling Advanced Neutron Scattering with High-Performance Computing Could Enable Better Understanding of Protein Function

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Whether inside algae converting biomass to fuels or human cells responding to radiation exposure, proteins change their shape via atomic motions to perform a specific function. Today these shape-changing processes are still difficult to measure and understand. Scientists recently determined three classes of atomic motion using neutron scattering coupled with computational simulations.

14 May 2015

Researchers Build Nano Memory Cell That Mimicks the Way Human Brain Processes Information

Researchers at the MicroNano Research Facility (MNRF) have built the one of the world’s first electronic multi-state memory cell which mirrors the brain’s ability to simultaneously process and store multiple strands of information.

13 May 2015

Nanotechnology-Based Wearable E-Skin to Measure Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

Wearable E-skin that can measure heart rate and blood pressure, and paper diagnostic machines the size of a credit card that can give instant readings on blood and saliva samples are two new bio-sensing technologies presented at Elsevier's 4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology in Lisbon, Portugal on 12 May 2015.

13 May 2015

Magnetic Particles at Room Temperature Can Detect Nuclear Spins of Single Biomolecules

Physicists of the University of Basel and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute were able to show for the first time that the nuclear spins of single molecules can be detected with the help of magnetic particles at room temperature. In Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers describe a novel experimental setup with which the tiny magnetic fields of the nuclear spins of single biomolecules - undetectable so far - could be registered for the first time. The proposed concept would improve medical diagnostics as well as analyses of biological and chemical samples in a decisive step forward.

12 May 2015

Artificial Synaptic Circuit Performs Simple Version of Image Classification

In what marks a significant step forward for artificial intelligence, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have demonstrated the functionality of a simple artificial neural circuit. For the first time, a circuit of about 100 artificial synapses was proved to perform a simple version of a typical human task: image classification.

12 May 2015

New Commercially Viable Technique to Create Longer Custom-Designed Strands of DNA

Imagine taking strands of DNA – the material in our cells that determines how we look and function – and using it to build tiny structures that can deliver drugs to targets within the body or take electronic miniaturization to a whole new level.

7 May 2015

LGC Workshop in Teddington to Mark End of Three-Year NanoChOp Project

LGC is inviting nanotechnology manufacturers, standardisation organisations, regulators, research institutes and academia to a special workshop to mark the end of a three-year project to develop methods to characterise nanomaterials in complex matrices.

4 May 2015

NJHF Grant for Studies Evaluating Effects of Nanofiber Coating on Soft Tissue Regeneration

Hongjun Wang, PhD, associate professor of chemistry, chemical biology & biomedical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has received a $50,000 Innovation Grant from New Jersey Health Foundation to advance research that may improve the quality and efficacy of dental implants, announced James M. Golubieski, president of NJHF.

30 Apr 2015

Biocompatible, Biodegradable EPL/PCL Nanoparticles with Effective Antibacterial Activity

Many experimental and clinical data have demonstrated that antibiotic-resistance pathogens, such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), may play a vital role in priming chronic inflammation. There is thus a great need to develop novel antibacterial materials, and particularly those that are less likely to lead to bacterial resistance.

29 Apr 2015

Revolutionary Microscopic Tool to Instantly Identify Single Virus Particle or Protein

A microscopic tool, more than 1000 times thinner than the width of a single human hair, uses vibrations to simultaneously reveal the mass and the shape of a single molecule - a feat which has not been possible until now.

29 Apr 2015

Bionanotechnology News

Coupling Advanced Neutron Scattering with High-Performance Computing Could Enable Better Understanding of Protein Function

Researchers Build Nano Memory Cell That Mimicks the Way Human Brain Processes Information

Nanotechnology-Based Wearable E-Skin to Measure Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

Magnetic Particles at Room Temperature Can Detect Nuclear Spins of Single Biomolecules

Artificial Synaptic Circuit Performs Simple Version of Image Classification

New Commercially Viable Technique to Create Longer Custom-Designed Strands of DNA

LGC Workshop in Teddington to Mark End of Three-Year NanoChOp Project

NJHF Grant for Studies Evaluating Effects of Nanofiber Coating on Soft Tissue Regeneration

Biocompatible, Biodegradable EPL/PCL Nanoparticles with Effective Antibacterial Activity

Revolutionary Microscopic Tool to Instantly Identify Single Virus Particle or Protein

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

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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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