• Putting The Squeeze On Cells

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  • Angewandte Chemie 27/2012: Always an Inspiration

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:40
    An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

  • Graphene and graphite nanoribbons: Morphology, properties, synthesis, defects and applications • Review article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Nano Today, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2010, Pages 351-372 | Terrones, M.; Botello-Mendez, A.R.; Campos-Delgado, J.; Lopez-Urias, F.; Vega-Cantu, Y.I.; Rodriguez-Macias, F.J.; Elias, A.L.; Munoz-Sandoval, E.; Cano-Marquez, A.G.; Charlier, J.C.; Terrones, H.

  • Pretreatment technologies for an efficient bioethanol production process based on enzymatic hydrolysis: A review • Article

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    Bioresource Technology, Volume 101, Issue 13, July 2010, Pages 4851-4861 | Alvira, P.; Tomas-Pejo, E.; Ballesteros, M.; Negro, M.J.

  • A review on the application of inorganic nano-structured materials in the modification of textiles: Focus on anti-microbial properties • Review article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Volume 79, Issue 1, August 2010, Pages 5-18 | Dastjerdi, R.; Montazer, M.

  • Recent developments in cathode materials for lithium ion batteries • Review article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Journal of Power Sources, Volume 195, Issue 4, February 2010, Pages 939-954 | Fergus, J.W.

  • Mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites under fatigue loading • Article

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    Composites Science and Technology, Volume 57, Issue 5, May 1997, Pages 597-605 | Kenane, M.; Benzeggagh, M.L.

  • TiO"2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena • Review article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Surface Science Reports, Volume 63, Issue 12, December 2008, Pages 515-582 | Fujishima, A.; Zhang, X.; Tryk, D.A.

  • Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications • Review article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Biomaterials, Volume 26, Issue 18, June 2005, Pages 3995-4021 | Gupta, A.K.; Gupta, M.

  • Measurement of mixed-mode delamination fracture toughness of unidirectional glass/epoxy composites with mixed-mode bending apparatus • Article

    Updated: 2012-06-30 20:00:36
    Composites Science and Technology, Volume 56, Issue 4, April 1996, Pages 439-449 | Benzeggagh, M.L.; Kenane, M.

  • Abound Solar: Another Solar Casualty

    Updated: 2012-06-29 19:20:00
    : Published by MIT English en Español auf Deutsch in Italiano 中文 em Português Subscribe Login Home Computing Web Communications Energy Biomedicine Business Views Video Events Magazine Search View Energy Abound Solar : Another Solar Casualty The thin-film photovoltaic maker has announced it is going out of business . 3 comments David Rotman Friday , June 29, 2012 In a decision that will surprise few energy observers , Abound Solar , a Loveland , Colorado-based maker of thin-film cadmium telluride solar modules has announced it will file for bankruptcy protection and suspend its operation It’s the latest failure of an energy company that had received funding under the Department of Energy’s loan program Although Abound had received a 400 million DOE loan guarantee for building solar-panel

  • Review Process

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    Dear Amir:Thank you for your information. Please let us know on average how long the review process will take in IJCMSE. Thanks, 

  • How to Make Anything Disappear | DISCOVER Magazine

    Updated: 2012-06-29 16:30:00
    Back in 2006 Harry Potter was all the rage in the engineering world. That year a team at Duke University built the first rudimentary device for hiding objects, akin to the boy wizard’s invisibility cloak. But in technology as in the movies, Harry Potter is now old news. Over the past six years, scientists have moved beyond mere invisibility: If they could build cloaks for light waves, then why not design materials to conceal sound and even ocean waves? A whole suite of invisibility cloaks are now under development, all building on the same basic principle as the first prototype. When we perceive an object, we are actually detecting the disturbances it creates as energy waves bounce off it. The Duke cloak, constructed from a synthetic structure called a metamaterial, prevented those disturbances by bending light waves around the object, allowing them to continue flowing like water in a stream around a rock (concept shown at right). Sure enough, that technology is not limited to light. In the latest designs it is being applied to mask all kinds of other waves, with the potential for zeroing out sound pollution and protecting cities from earthquakes. Meanwhile, scientists continue to pursue the original invisibility concept—work that is sparking a lot of interest in military surveillance circles... Image: Invisibility cloaks are made of engineered materials that bend light and other waves around an object. Because no waves bounce back to the observer, the cloaked object (or person) becomes undetectable. Illustration by Trevor Johnston

  • Hot Review: Volume of polymer gels coupled to deformation

    Updated: 2012-06-29 11:18:28
    Polymer gels are soft solids with thermodynamically semi-open features which enables the solvents to flow in and out of the gels. The gel volume, therefore, can be coupled to other types of mechanical stimulus such as solvent flow and centrifugal force. This Hot Review focuses on experimental and theoretical studies on a rich variety of phenomena [...]

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  • Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design

    Updated: 2012-06-28 23:43:47
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home Federal Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design Registration Open for Workshop on Safe Nano Design Posted on June 28, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH Prevention through Design Program and Nanotechnology Research Center will hold an August 14-16, 2012 workshop entitled Safe Nano Design : nbsp Molecule Manufacturing Market NIOSH states that participants will provide input into the safe

  • New Lithium-Ion Battery Design Stores 7X More Energy

    Updated: 2012-06-28 15:04:05
    Researchers designed a new lithium-ion battery system that uses nanoparticles that swell to store more energy without increasing the size of the battery.

  • NT-MDT Announce 2012 AFM ProImage Contest and Format Change

    Updated: 2012-06-28 15:01:11
    NT-MDT Co. is pleased to announce the beginning of the annual international competition of AFM-images - ProIMAGE Contest 2012! The mission of the contest is to show the beauty of the world around us...

  • Nanosurf Introduce New STM for Nanoeducation

    Updated: 2012-06-27 14:52:05
    Nanosurf is happy to announce the availability of the NaioSTM, Nanosurf's All-in-One STM for nanoeducation. The new scanning tunneling microscope integrates scan head, controller and vibration...

  • Impatient Futurist: High-Tech Soaps Just Might Clean Up the Planet | DISCOVER Magazine

    Updated: 2012-06-27 12:15:00
    Between freak Arctic melting, Japanese nuclear melting, and antibiotic resistance popping up everywhere, I can’t help but see the world as tiptoeing into pre-apocalypse. If there is some sort of crapstorm coming and I’m lucky enough to survive it, there’s one thing I know for sure: I’m going to need a really good hand-cleaner for the aftermath. When I come in from a hard day of zombie hunting, it won’t be just dirt that I’ll need to get out from under my fingernails. Actually, I could use that doomsday soap now—or rather, we all could. That’s because most of the human race has no intention of patiently waiting for an unspecified apocalypse and has already gotten a head start on mass despoiling. So far the tides of toxic waste and exploded-oil-rig crude haven’t made it as far as my sleepy burb. But right now somebody somewhere is facing a mess that Softsoap won’t make a dent in. Hold that last thought—soap is, in fact, exactly what some of the world’s smartest cleanup experts are now touting for the next big spill. You might suppose that scrubbing bubbles would be a poor choice of weapon against giant blobs of crude, especially compared with giant oil-corralling booms and high-tech oil-skimming robots. But soap has some important advantages... Image: New-age soaps can respond to light, acidity, temperature, pressure, or magnetism—so they clean up just the right nasty atoms. Illustration by David Plunkert

  • Solid state synthetic molecular machine points to advanced nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-06-26 20:16:25
    Interlocking organic molecules held between copper atoms have been assembled in a void inside a solid state material to create a very simple molecular machine, a wheel that spins around an axle.

  • High-speed imaging for dynamic testing of materials and structures

    Updated: 2012-06-26 00:00:00
    Conference: 16 Sep 2013 - 20 Sep 2013, Institute of Physics, London, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Applied Physics and Technology Division.

  • EuroDisplay 2013 (33rd International Display of Research Conference)

    Updated: 2012-06-26 00:00:00
    Conference: 16 Sep 2013 - 19 Sep 2013, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Optical Group and Society for Information Display.

  • Physical Aspects of Polymer Science

    Updated: 2012-06-26 00:00:00
    Conference: 9 Sep 2013 - 11 Sep 2013, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Polymer Physics Group.

  • Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference 2013 (EMAG)

    Updated: 2012-06-26 00:00:00
    Conference/exhibition: 3 Sep 2013 - 6 Sep 2013, University of York, York, United Kingdom. Organized by IOP Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group.

  • MIT Creates an Implantable Glucose Fuel Cell

    Updated: 2012-06-22 16:44:21
    Engineers at MIT have created a fuel cell. Okay so you’ve heard that before. But this fuel cell is a bit different. More and more electronic devices are being implanted into the body and this trend shows no signs of abating. As electronics get smaller and our knowledge of the body grows, such devices will [...]

  • Bruker Launch Turnkey EC-AFM Solution for Lithium Battery Research

    Updated: 2012-06-21 01:18:53
    Bruker today announced the release of the first turnkey solution for Li battery electrochemical atomic force microscopy (EC-AFM) research. The new EC-AFM accessory adds a sealed electrochemical cell...

  • Less is More: Innovations in Forensic Science Nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-06-21 00:00:00
    Conference: 10 Nov 2012, Coventry, United Kingdom. Organized by The Forensic Science Society.

  • Individual atoms resolved within nanoparticle comprising several grains

    Updated: 2012-06-20 20:26:51
    Current methods can image individual atoms in complex structures if the structures are crystalline, comprising many identical structures in a regular array. A new method resolves individual atoms in nanoparticles comprising several irregularly arranged crystalline grains.

  • Highlight on aqueous two-phase polymer solution-loaded vesicles

    Updated: 2012-06-20 14:03:41
    This Hot Highlight describes recent developments in lipid vesicles encapsulating aqueous two-phase polymer solutions (ATPS). Aqueous phase separation in the closed environment of a lipid vesicles can be a model system for biological microcompartments within a cell. Studying ATPS-loaded vesicles may lead to a deeper understanding of membrane behavior and membrane processes in vivo. Read for free for a [...]

  • “Getting to space on a thread…”

    Updated: 2012-06-18 03:57:10
    While reviewing some of the older Space Elevator Conference programs and trying to see if some of the presenters were still active in the SE arena, I ran across this 2007 paper by Major Jason Kent. This paper, entitled “Getting to Space on a Thread - Space Elevator as an Alternative Access to Space” was a [...]

  • Nanotechnology: Exploring Practical Solutions in Agriculture, Food and Biological Systems

    Updated: 2012-06-18 00:00:00
    Workshop: 15 Jul 2012 - 18 Jul 2012, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Organized by Canadian Society for Bioengineering.

  • Regenerative Medicine: Using Stem Cells to Create Veins and Bone

    Updated: 2012-06-16 17:36:59
    Two recent studies have highlighted both the progress and potential of regenerative medicine in improving human health. The first, a study published in the Lancet, reports that scientists were able to use a 10-year-old girl’s own stem cells (taken from her bone marrow) to create a vein for her, to overcome a blockage in a [...]

  • Results of a pilot study on non-human primates and quantum dots

    Updated: 2012-06-15 21:28:19
    Nanotechnology Lawyer Attorney Porter Wright Morris Arthur Nanotechnology Law Report Germanium nanobead image provided by UT-Battelle , which manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Department of Energy Published By Porter Wright Legal Issues Surrounding Nanotechnology General Nanotechnology News Events Events Publications Newsletter About Contact Archives Home Articles Results of a pilot study on non-human primates and quantum dots Results of a pilot study on non-human primates and quantum dots Posted on June 15, 2012 by Robert Oszakiewski Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link Several studies of possible toxic effects of quantum dots on humans have been done using cell cultures in petri dishes or rodents , usually white lab rats . But lab rats are related to humans only in

  • Small-Scale Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System is Viable Option for Localized Power Generation

    Updated: 2012-06-15 18:05:11
    A new solid oxide fuel cell system scaled to power individual homes (or neighborhoods) has achieved efficiency levels as high as 57%, demonstrating the possibilities for clean localized power generation.

  • Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Brain Cells

    Updated: 2012-06-15 17:35:23
    Researchers at the Gladstone Institute in San Francisco have recently been able to transform human skin cells into neural stem cells. Scientists did this by transfecting (or inserting) a single gene, Sox2, into rat and human skin cells. Shortly thereafter, the cells with the Sox2 gene began transforming into induced neural stem cells (iNSCs). The cells [...]

  • The Brain: Bottles Full of Brain-Boosters | DISCOVER Magazine

    Updated: 2012-06-15 16:30:00
    Neuro sells psychoactive drinks to boost mood, concentration, memory, and sleep.Neuro I dig a knife into a cardboard box, slit it open, and lift a plastic bottle of bright red fluid from inside. I set it down on my kitchen table, next to my coffee and eggs. The drink, called NeuroSonic, is labeled with a cartoon silhouette of a head, with a red circle where its brain should be. A jagged line—presumably the trace of an ekg—crosses the circle. And down at the very bottom of the bottle, it reads, “Mental performance in every bottle.” My office is full of similar boxes: Dream Water (“Dream Responsibly”), Brain Toniq (“The clean and intelligent think drink”), iChill (“helps you relax, reduce stress, sleep better”), and Nawgan (“What to Drink When You Want to Think”). These products contain mixtures of neurotransmitters, hormones, and neuroactive amino acids, but you don’t need a prescription to buy them. I ordered mine on Amazon, and you can even find them in many convenience stores. I unscrew the cap from one of them and take a gulp. NeuroSonic tastes like cherry and aluminum. I wait for my neurons to light up... <iImage:

  • Wound dressing helps healing cells to do their job

    Updated: 2012-06-14 09:36:38
    A wound dressing that guides cells close to the wound has been designed by scientists in Switzerland. The dressing is made from polydimethylsiloxane and is etched with grooves, which enhance cell polarisatrion, migration speed and directionality. The dressing makes wound healing faster and may prevent scar tissue forming. The dressing is also non-adhesive and controls cells in a ‘top [...]

  • Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles

    Updated: 2012-06-13 22:53:42
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Health Council of the Netherlands Proposes Registry for Worker Exposure to Engineered Nanoparticles Posted on June 13, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The Health Council of the Netherlands announced on May 22, 2012 the availability of a draft report proposing the implementation of an exposure registry and a system of health monitoring when working with

  • JPK Instruments Reports on Use of AFM in Life Science Research at the University of Wollongong

    Updated: 2012-06-13 10:07:01
    JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, reports on the use of AFM to study the nanoscale interactions of biological...

  • ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-06-12 23:28:29
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials ECHA Will Create Working Group on Nanomaterials Posted on June 12, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link The European Chemicals Agency ECHA recently held a two-day workshop concerning its first experiences with nanomaterials under the Registration , Evaluation , Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals REACH program , with an emphasis on the evaluation process . nbsp ECHA , Member State Competent Authorities

  • Editor's Note: Two Small Steps | DISCOVER Magazine

    Updated: 2012-06-11 22:25:00
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  • Polymer gel provides focus

    Updated: 2012-06-11 15:32:56
    An injectable nanocomposite gel for replacing the eye lens could eliminate the need for complicated cataract surgery, say Japanese and Danish researchers. Cataracts are caused by optical defects of the natural lens that develop with age and can lead to increasingly blurred vision and blindness. Currently, plastic lenses can be used to surgically replace the natural [...]

  • Top 10 most-read Soft Matter articles in April

    Updated: 2012-06-11 12:02:16
    This month sees the following articles in Soft Matter that are in the top ten most accessed for April: Beyond the lipid-bilayer: interaction of polymers and nanoparticles with membranes  Matthias Schulz, Adekunle Olubummo and Wolfgang H. Binder   Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 4849-4864  DOI: 10.1039/C2SM06999G   Multilayer vesicles, tubes, various porous structures and organo gels through the solvent-assisted self-assembly of two [...]

  • ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials

    Updated: 2012-06-08 23:38:17
    Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Law Blog : Lawyer Attorney Bergeson Campbell Law Firm Nanotech and Chemical Legal Developments Published By Bergeson Campbell , . P.C Regulatory legal developments involving nanotechnologies nanomaterials About Contact Services Archives Home International ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials ECHA Updates Additional Guidance for Nanomaterials Posted on June 8, 2012 by Lynn L . Bergeson Email This Print Comments Trackbacks Share Link On May 25, 2012, the European Chemicals Agency ECHA published three new appendices updating Chapters R.8 , R.10, and R.14 of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment . ECHA updated the guidance based on the outcome of the Registration , Evaluation , Authorization and

  • Oscillatory settling in wormlike-micelle solutions

    Updated: 2012-06-08 09:24:31
    The authors of this Hot paper model a steel ball falling freely through a solution of entangled wormlike-micelles. In non-Newtonian fluids such as this, objects are known to settle unsteadily. They report for the first time that spheres larger than a critical size undergo unsteady motion and show sustained, repeated bursts of oscillations superposed on a constant baseline [...]

  • Targeting organs with therapeutic carbon monoxide

    Updated: 2012-06-07 11:52:20
    Scientists in the US have created a gel that can be used to deliver therapeutic carbon monoxide gas to selected organs in the body.   CO has a role in the body as a biological signalling molecule (as a neurotransmitter and a blood vessel relaxant, for example) and its delivery to tissues for therapeutic use for conditions [...]

  • The Return of the Kansas City Space Pirates

    Updated: 2012-06-07 05:30:27
    Followers of this blog and/or the Space Elevator Games are very familiar with the Kansas City Space Pirates.  Captain Brian Turner and his fellow team members competed in several of the Space Elevator Games - Power Beaming competitions and acquitted themselves very well. They have a new challenge they want to meet and that is to [...]

  • Asylum Research Appoint Exclusive Distributor in Canada

    Updated: 2012-06-07 02:09:49
    As part of its ongoing expansion, Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe and atomic force microscopy (SPM/AFM), announced today that it has appointed Spectra Research Corporation...

  • The Solar System's Lost Planet | DISCOVER Magazine

    Updated: 2012-06-07 01:30:00
    Four and a half billion years ago, the place we now call the solar system was a vast cloud of gas and dust enshrouding a newborn star. Gradually those dust grains cohered and formed pebbles, which then collided and coalesced into boulders. Over the course of about 100 million years, most of the material in that nebulous cloud accreted into the existing eight planets—four rocky (including Earth) and four gaseous. Or at least that’s how astronomers thought the story went. Last November astronomer David Nesvorny of the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado added a new character to the tale... Illustration by Elisabeth Roen Kelly

  • Space Elevator conference registration now open!

    Updated: 2012-06-03 04:54:58
    Registration is now open to attend the 2012 Space Elevator Conference.  Register prior to July 9th to take advantage of the “Early Bird Special” pricing! As noted earlier, the conference this year will be held from August 25th through the 27th at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, the first time in this venue and the [...]

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