Detecting and/or examining breast cancer manually can seem quite low-tech when compared to other methods such as Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI). However, scientists are now developing an read more
Australian researchers and other of their colleagues in the USA have managed to develop a light detector that could revolutionise chemical sensing and night vision technology Collaborative read more
Enhanced sputtering yields from single-ion impacts on Gold nanorods Findings at the University of Huddersfield (UoH) will provide positive encouragement for manufacturers worldwide whom read more
Please Note citable via "Synthesis and Self-assembly of large area Cu nanosheets and their application as an aqueous conductive ink on flexible electronics" - ACS Applied Materials and read more
A research team, including members from the University of Chicago (UChicago) Institute for Molecular Engineering have managed to demonstrate the unique powers of quantum technologies. The read more
Typical characteristics of a wandering tumour cells support a leading theory of cancerous metastasis Analysing breast cancer cells which were captured as they escaped from a primary tumour read more
Unfortunately, researchers worldwide are still struggling to open a band gap in Graphene at Room temperature (RT) sufficient for transistor applications . The appeal in endeavouring with read more
A revolutionary new transistor has been designed for medical imaging and security screening which has been developed by Graphene researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham read more
Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin (UoTA), Cockrell School of Engineering, have achieved a milestone in wireless and cellular telecommunications whereby they have created a read more
Ongoing progress in the innovative engineering of plasmonic structures has revealed a new kind of nanometer scale optoelectronic devices which has high resolution optical sensing. However, read more
A team of European physicists have managed to demonstrate a device that can teleport quantum information on to a solid-state quantum memory via a telecommunication fibre connection, which is read more
University of Delaware (UD) researchers have reported a new catalyst to convert greenhouse gases into chemicals UD researchers have managed to develop a highly selective catalyst capable of read more
Emitting photons at the top of a micro-pyramid Quantum dot (QD), researchers at Linköping University (LU) have managed to create a polarised light source for such things as energy read more
Lilliputian Systems Inc, USA, is an innovative developer of portable power products for consumer electronics, and Brookstone, USA, a multi-channel retailer and product development company read more
Based on decades of solar cells research - one formula has been considered very important which is the absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity. read more
Researchers at Islamic Azad University (IA), Shahreza branch, Iran, have managed to increase the efficiency for the removal of Nickel (Ni) (II) toxic ion from aqueous solutions by modifying a read more
Annually in Germany contaminated industrial plants cost billions. However, special coatings can prevent the build-up of contaminants. German researchers have managed to adapt thin film coatings read more
Unfortunately, malignant melanoma is the most potent form of skin cancer. For example, in more than 50% of affected patients the mutation plays an important role. However, life span of the read more
Innovative scientists have managed to successfully employ nanotechnology to create a contaminant resistant surface for stainless steel, which is claimed to increase production efficiency, read more
German researchers have managed to develop a new generation of image sensors, which are more sensitive to light then their Silicon (Si) counter-parts and they come with an added bonus of being read more
Flexible materials could provide new ways to manipulate sound and light Flexible and layered materials which are textured with nanoscale wrinkles could provide a new way of controlling the read more
As famously known Graphene is one of the world's thinnest electronic nanomaterials, and holds great promise as a 'wonder material' with applications ranging from flexible touch screens to super read more
Iranian researchers have managed to develop a new methodology to determine one of the drugs used in the treatment of blood pressure The Iranian researchers conducted their research at read more
An Assistant Professor in mechanical and nuclear engineering at Kansas State University (KSU), Gurpeet Singh, and his student researchers have managed to innovatively demonstrate that a read more
A novel tool is emerging in the field of combating antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases. Globally efforts in the field to limit the overuse and abuse of antibiotic drugs is ongoing, with read more
A novel technique which enables tiny sensors to monitor small changes in magnetic fields, for example, when neurons transmit electrical signals As the saying goes - diamonds may be a read more
An association between researchers from Isfahan University of Technology (IUoT) and Singapore National University (SNU) produced nano-fibers for the treatment of superficial and deep wounds. read more
Proactive USA researchers demonstrate that materials dubbed piezoelectrics , which are packaged onto flexible strips attached to animal hearts can supply power for medical devices read more
Researchers in the USA have provided an insight into how nano-devices in micro-circuits could protect themselves from heat generation as well as boosting computing power without a need for read more
Speculative Chemical engineers hope a smartphone readable micro-particles could crack down on counterfeiting Unfortunately, in modern day international trade 2-5% involves counterfeit read more
Innovative Iranian researchers employed Apoferritin protein cage to synthesise Cobalt nanoparticles (CoNPs) for designing a biosensor which can detect various compounds - including Hydrogen read more
A Carbon nanotube (CNT) sponge capable of soaking-up water contaminants, such as fertilisers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, more than three times more efficient then previous endeavours has read more
Chinese researchers in Guangdong, China at Guangdong Medical College have managed to demonstrate how SERS spectroscopy of Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with blood samples can read more
Employing magnetic fields an unique technique can detect parasite's waste products in infected blood cells In the last few decades - malaria diagnosis, unfortunately, has not changed read more
Unfortunately, waste from textile and paint industries typically contains organic dyes, such as methylene blue, which can also act as pollutants. As historically known - thankfully read more
Iranian researchers have applied a protective layer to increase the resistance of stainless steel against corrosion in corrosive media such as the human body The Iranian research results read more
Polymer scientists at The University of Akron (UoA), Ohio, USA - have managed to develop a transparent electrode that could change the face of smart phones, by making their displays read more
Self-assembled Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) can be used as an effective and low-cost substrate for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) ultra-detection. The simple clustering of colloidal read more
CelluForce is pleased to announce an investment into a company owned by Schlumberger. Schlumberger is the world's leading supplier of technology, integrated project management and read more
Please Note citable via "Direct writing on paper of foldable capacitive touch pads with Silve nanowire inks" - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Flexible electronic sensors based on paper - read more
Iranian chemists have employed nanotechnology to produce sorbents, which can easily adsorb organic pollutants created by oil derivatives Interestingly the sorbents are biocompatible and are read more
Students at University of California, Riverside - Bourns College of Engineering - have developed Titanium dioxide roof tile coating that removes up to 97% of smog-causing Nitrogen oxides The read more
Nowadays majority of touch screen devices, such as tablets and smart phones, are manufactured employing Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) which is both extremely expensive and inflexible Excitingly read more
Two-dimensional Carbon "paper" can form stretchable super-capacitors to power flexible electronic devices When someone crumples a sheet of paper, that typically means it is about to be read more
A new technique for heat-assisted magnetic recording media promises improved writeability for next-generation hard drives Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is a new process that read more
Imagine in the future how a balloon could float without using any lighter-than-air gas. Alternatively it could have all of its air sucked out while maintaining its filled space. Such an read more
Innovative technology developed at UC Berkeley could soon provide bomb-sniffing dogs some serious competition... A teams of researchers led by Xiang Zhang, UC Berkeley Professor of read more
Innovative scientists from London, UK, have designed a new self-assembling nanoparticle which targets cancerous tumours to help doctors diagnose earlier... A newly designed nanoparticle read more
At University Park, Penn State, they have managed to develop a simple, scalable method for making strong, stretchable Graphene Oxide (GO) fibers that are easily scrolled into yarns, which have read more
Anti-reflection coatings act as efficient broadband terahertz optics for applications in sensing and imaging... In everyday use anti-reflection coatings are very familiar, from optical read more
A team of innovative researchers from South Korea and the USA have recently developed a nanotechnology prototype device, which can monitor its wearer's muscle activity and administer read more
Collaborative Iranian and Romanian chemistry researchers have succeeded in the production of a highly sensitive and simple electrochemical apta-sensor to detect protein marker of breast and uterus read more
Interestingly University of Michigan (UoMi) researchers have discovered an innovative process, which enables for contact lenses to be transformed into infrared night vision lenses employing a read more
A new type of yarn has been developed by researchers in Australia and Ireland by using Graphene oxide that could be ideal in "smart" wearable textiles . Characteristically the yarn has been read more
Engineers at IBM Research have claimed to have built the world's most advanced Graphene-based chip, which could perform 10,000 times better then previous Graphene integrated chips (IC). The key read more
Interestingly researchers from Iran have managed to improve the mechanical properties of rubber by using Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles in a homogeneous annealing process. The Iranian researchers read more
Since the Nobel Committee awarded the prize in Physics for the discovery of Graphene - the'wonder material' - researchers worldwide have been trying to establish the presence of Graphene read more
Typically in modern day hardware/semiconductor manufacturing - one atom equals one bit ... According to this design principle, nano-technologist are seeking to construct innovative magnetic read more
Nanotechnology technique developed by researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) could mean existing/future read more
Researchers from Brown University (BU) have demonstrated how finely tuned Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) can do the job of recycling carbon dioxide (CO2) into a fuel and/or useful industrial read more
As researched by University of Manchester (UoM) scientists, the claimed 'wonder material' (Graphene) is being employed to investigate how light interacts with nano-antennas - potentially read more
A new methodology which can fabricate gold nano-structures quickly and efficiently could enable for the creation of highly sensitive and portable medical sensors Continual advances in read more
A concept demonstrating light scattering, finely controlled by Silicon nanoparticles works well for the future development of integrated optical circuits Nowadays optical fibers are read more
As the buzz with all aspects of nanotechnology continues on a daily basis - there still remains the problem of ensuring that Graphene "switches off" when being prompted to act like a conventional read more
Iranian researchers from Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (IRIC) have succeeded in producing anti-bacterial nano-fibrous coatings with the capability to cure the wounds of third-degree read more
Innovative researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) have demonstrated a new flexible nano-scaffold for rechargeable Lithium (Li) ion batteries that could assist to make cell read more
New MIT research enables for high-speed customisation of novel nanoparticles for drug delivery and other applications Researchers from MIT and a partnering university (University of North read more
Innovative engineers design nanoparticles that can turn the blood-clotting cascade "on or off" Exploiting the unique properties of Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) has become an increasing read more
Researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered how Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) embedded in a polymer maintain their conductivity when the material is stretched (even up to twice the read more
Theorists state Graphene-boron mix demonstrates promise for lithium-ion batteries Irate frustration led to the discovery by the Rice University (RU) scientists, when they determined how read more
For decades - electronic devices have been progressively getting smaller. It has become routine - to place millions of transistors on a single Silicon (Si) chip. However, as anticipated, such read more
It is claimed specifically sized Gold nanoparticle (AuNP) spheres can increase the sensitivity of a light/laser-based chemical detector. Essentially a sensor which relies on reflected light to read more
Bold claim by A*STAR Singapore researchers that optical computing could benefit from the development of a novel electromagnetic wave An unconventional wave which does not spread-out as it read more
Imagine accidentally drinking spoilt milk in your tea/cereal where you know the experience and you do not want to repeat it. Interestingly Chinese scientists have developed a colourful packaging read more
Unfortunately, each year approximately 3.6 million people die due to issues associated with contaminated water, poor hygiene and poor living conditions. If such house-holds at the greatest risk read more
In an 2012-13 issue of Science - researchers from Lund University, Sweden - demonstrated how nano-scale wires could spearhead the way forward for efficient and cheaper solar cells. As stated by read more
University of Manchester (UoM) researchers led by Dr Roman Gorbachev have demonstrated that when the 'wonder material' Graphene is combined with other 'Graphene-like' nanomaterials can pave the read more
The conversion of methanol (CH4O) to formaldehyde (CH2O or HCHO) is the synthesis reaction which is the starting point for many everyday plastics. Interestingly employing catalysts made from Gold read more
Scientists from The University of Manchester (UoM) and National University of Singapore - have demonstrated novel research from combining the 'wonder material' - Graphene - with another one-atom read more
Hanyang University, South Korea - in collaboration with Stanford University, USA - have succeeded in developing peel-and-stick thin film solar cells (TFSCs). Interestingly the Silicon (Si) wafer read more
Imagine in the future when you can plug in your smart phone for a mere 30 seconds, and then be able to continue for the rest of your day with a fully charged phone. Thereafter imagine plugging in read more
As an emerging market - Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) are increasingly the first choice for enabling early disease detection (as nano-sensors for medical diagnostics). Primarily due to AuNPs read more
Science Daily 19/03/2013 - Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland - scientists have combined two materials - Graphene and Molybdenite - with advantageous electronic read more
28/02/2013 - Researchers at HGST (formerly known as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies or Hitachi GST), a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC)) - announces a laboratory advancement read more
In Pune, India - a breakthrough discovery has been made by scientists at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), whereby it has been shown how Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles can be employed to read more
As stated by A*STAR researchers - as computer manufacturers cram move processing power into tiny chips - a growing problem may prevail. The so called 'connections' between electronic components read more
Recent research from IBM's Watson Research Centre in Yorktown Heights, New York, where some of the world's best physicists, chemists and nano-engineers reside are endeavouring to create the first read more
An innovative team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that by bringing Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) closer to the dots and thereafter read more
A highly flexible approach has been designed for photonic nano-sensors and is now available, which could potentially overcome practicality and reliability issues. As has been previously stated read more
It is claimed that the illuminating of Silver nanoparticles (AgNP) within a narrow-bandwidth light at or nearby the Near Infrared (NIR) region will allow them to grow uniformly, and, therefore, read more
As explained in the news article entitled "IBM nano-technique - Scientists peer within Carbon nanotubes to see atomic structure in 3-D" - the Moore's Law is well-known for doubling of a computer read more
Silica micro-wires are tiny and relatively underused cousin of optical fibers. It is claimed if the wires can be precisely manufactured, then they could enable applications and technology not read more
As stated in the news article entitled "IBM nano-technique - Scientists peer within Carbon nanotubes to see atomic structure in 3-D" - the heart of future computing will be the ease of transferring read more
A new diagnostics protocol developed at MIT and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) claims it could help doctors more accurately diagnosis between cancerous and non-cancerous tumors. The new read more
A*STAR Data Storage Institute - has as many have previously claimed that nano-scale engineering of materials, which arise in two different guises could lead to faster, smaller and more stable read more
Similar to a news article entitled "Innovative nano-sensors: Detection of trace containments in water" - on 18/12/2012 a northern Iranian university unveiled (with Iranian President Dr Mahmoud read more
Research published by teams at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Nature Biotechnology 16/12/2012 - have claimed to have found means to read more
IBM announced on Monday 10/12/2012 a major advancement in optical communications by claiming to verify a manufacturing environment in the use of light instead of electrical signals to transmit read more
Starfruit shaped Gold (Au) nano-rods synthesised at Rice University's (RU) BioScience Research Collaborative could potentially reveal nano-applications that rely on SERS. The Rice researchers read more
Low-level concentration of organic contaminants in air and drinking water is a key sensor industry. Recent research published at University of Notre Dame (UoND) by the laboratory of Professors read more
Since its first observance Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has shown potential for detection of cancerous tumors, food pathogens and bio-security threats. However, with having to meet read more
Research just published in Canada by researchers at the University of Manitoba - International Journal of Nanotechnology - have shown that Siliver nanoparticles (AgNP) when soaked or plastered read more
New York Stock Exchange: International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) researchers have demonstrated a new approach to Carbon nanotube (CNT) technology, which could open-up the path for read more
Researchers at Rice University (RU), USA, have potentially hit upon a method to produce almost transparent films of electrically conductive carbon nanotubes (CNT) - a milestone R&D step read more
Evidence has been provided by researchers from The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore - Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) of a nano-scale colour read more