Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of atomic force microscopy technology to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of the IRIS models for Innova and BioScope Catalyst Atomic Force Microscopes (AFMs) to provide superior integration and accessibility for combined atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy research.

IQPC presents Biopharmaceutical Nanotechnology Scientific Forum taking place August 16-18 in Philadelphia, PA.

The Supervisory Council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, RUSNANO, has approved the corporation's investment in a project to develop and commercialize domestic innovative pharmaceuticals.

Agilent Technologies Inc. and SeqWright DNA Technology Services today announced that SeqWright is the first Certified Service Provider (CSP) for the Agilent SureSelect Target Enrichment System for use with the next-generation AB SOLiD sequencing platform.

The European Research Council (ERC) has again granted one of the prestigious Starting Independent Researcher Grants to a researcher of the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) at LMU Munich.

A Purdue University researcher can better retrieve specific proteins needed to study how cancer cells form by using a newly developed technique and synthetic nanopolymer.

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P -- a leading manufacturer of piezo ceramic actuators and precision motion-control equipment for semiconductor, bio-medical and nanotechnology applications -- has released a new brochure on Lever Amplified Piezo Flexure Actuators.

While those wonderful light sabers in the Star Wars films remain the figment of George Lucas' fertile imagination, light mills - rotary motors driven by light - that can power objects thousands of times greater in size are now fact. Researchers have created the first nano-sized light mill motor whose rotational speed and direction can be controlled by tuning the frequency of the incident light waves.

Both companies have signified their intention to enter into a long-term supply agreement whereby Thomas Swan will provide Vendum with R+D and production quantities of carbon nanotubes at a preferential price in return for exclusivity of supply.

Despite the growing utilisation of engineered nanomaterials in consumer products and innovative technological applications, there is at present no widely accepted definition of the term "nanomaterial" that is suitable as a basis for legislation on their safe use. Responding to a request of the European Parliament, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published today a reference report entitled 'Considerations on a definition of nanomaterial for regulatory purposes".

CERAM, a global expert in materials testing, analysis and consultancy, has published a new white paper outlining the advantages of employing a range of modern surface characterisation techniques to obtain quantitative chemical and physical information on the structure and composition of semiconductor materials.

Project will deliver good practice guidelines and reference artefacts.

Ein neues fluoreszentes Markerprotein haben Forscher um Professor Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus vom KIT entwickelt: Bei dem photoaktivierbaren Protein 'mIrisF'" laesst sich sowohl das Fluoreszenzlicht ein- und ausschalten als auch die Farbe des Lichts von Guen nach Rot veraendern.

Empa researchers have demonstrated how they can adjust process conditions to influence the properties of novel plasma polymer coatings containing silver nanoparticles.

Manufacturing Digital's July issue offers a window into the nanoscale. With comments from Russell Cowburn, Professor of nanotechnology at Imperial College London, and Piet Christof Woelcken, nanotechnology expert at the Airbus Airframe and Architecture and Integration Department, Manufacturing Digital discovers the real power of nanotechnology.

Protein-carbohydrate interactions play a crucial role in many biological processes such as cell-cell recognition and receptor-ligand interactions and catalysis. This thesis explores the possibilities of engineering the protei-carbohydrate interactions between carbohydrate-binding proteins and their ligands.

Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of state-of-the-art Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) systems highlighted today the results obtained by the Swedish nanotechnology company Nanexa, using Picosun's SUNALE ALD systems.

Researchers have made the surprising finding that graphene-based nanomaterials possess excellent antibacterial properties. Although antibacterial materials are widely used in daily life, and the antibacterial properties of nanomaterials are increasingly being explored and developed as commercial products, their cytotoxicity and biocompatibility has raised questions and concerns. Chinese researchers now found that graphene derivatives - graphene oxide, graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide - can effectively inhibit bacterial growth. This is a significant finding as previous have proven that graphene, particularly graphene oxide, is biocompatible and cells can grow well on graphene substrates. Furthermore, while silver and silver nanoparticles have been well know to be antibacterial, they and other nanomaterials are often cytotoxic.

A team of researchers at the University of South Australia have developed and patented new technology that allows for enhanced delivery of cosmetics and drugs through the skin.

AIXTRON AG announced today a new order for six CRIUS II 55x2-inch configuration deposition systems from Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd.