University of Rochester officials joined U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter yesterday to mark the opening of the Integrated Nanosystems Center (URnano), dedicated to researching and fabricating materials on a microscopic level.

The ability to control how magnetic vortices gyrate together has potential application in magnetic devices

A new imaging method called spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM) can measure cell mass using two beams of light.

Previously, synthetic molecular machines have been used to perform mechanical tasks collectively, such as move liquid droplets uphill against the force of gravity, rotate microscale objects using liquid crystals doped with synthetic motor-molecules, and bend cantilevers. However, all these tasks are achieved by the collective action of billions and billions of molecular machines. Observing the mechanical behavior of an individual molecule is much more difficult. Synthetic molecular machines are often ten times smaller in each dimension than motor proteins and previously no one has managed to use single molecule techniques to look at how the components move in synthetic molecular machines. By using very sensitive atomic force microscopy experiments, researchers now were able to address the movement of the ring in individual rotaxane molecules.

Scientists entangle ions using microwaves.

Australians are increasingly positive about nanotechnology, in particular its potential to improve our lives, according to a new study.

The Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN) will host post-conference delegation tours for registered COMS (Commercialization of Micro-Nano Systems conference) international attendees on September 1, 2011. These tours will showcase some of North Carolina's finest technology-related talent, companies, institutions and programs.

The factory in Vladimir will produce membranes and membrane separating modules for industrial and domestic water purification systems.

Eden Energy Limited through its wholly-owned US, Colorado-based subsidiary, Hythane Company LL, in its specially developed production laboratory in Denver has in 2011 made major breakthroughs in the time and costs associated with the production processes used in the manufacture from natural gas of both hydrogen and super-strong, superlight, and highly conductive nano-carbon products.

Nanosurf, a leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFM) and scanning tunneling microscopes (STM), and Suzhou Haizisi Nano Technology Co. Ltd., a high-tech company specialized in system solutions for nanodetection, nanofabrication and nanometrology, today announced the founding of a Sino-foreign Joint Venture, Hzs-Nanosurf, which after a preparation period of several months received its Chinese business license in the first half of August, 2011.

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) has initiated the study "Survey on basic knowledge about exposure and potential environmental and health risks for selected nanomaterials". The objective of the study is to provide an overview of the applications of the most commonly used or widespread nanomaterials and to identify areas most likely to have health or environmental problems associated with their use.

he theme of the symposium is "Green Tribology" which emphasizes the importance of tribology on energy saving and emission reduction.

CEA-Leti announced today that the 2nd Maskless Lithography IMAGINE Workshop will be held Sept. 6 at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo.

With the new Leica SR GSD from Leica Microsystems, scientists can now achieve resolutions far below the limit of diffraction that have never been attained before in widefield fluorescence microscopy. The system is capable of resolving details as small as 20 nanometers.

A delicate balance of atomic forces can be exploited to make nanoparticle superclusters that are uniform in size - an attribute that's important for many nanotechnology applications but hard to accomplish, University of Michigan researchers say.

New medicines containing nanoparticles are proven to have clear curative value, but complications can sometimes arise. Researchers at the Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo have shown how nanoparticles can interfere with the transport of vital substances in cells.

NANOTEC and Flinders University in Australia signed a research collaboration agreement to focus on target drug delivery, bacterial detection, organic conjugated material and testing services.

Magnolia Solar Corporation announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., has demonstrated high-voltage InGaAs quantum well waveguide solar cells, a unique structure capable of improving the performance of photovoltaic modules.