Nanotechnology

Nanoscale Chip System Measures Light from a Single Bacterial Cell to Enable Portable Chemical Detection

September 17, 2017

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have created a nanophotonic chip system using lasers and bacteria to observe fluorescence emitted from a single bacterial cell. To fix the bacteria [more...]

Microfluidics and Nanotechnology: Biosensing to the Single Molecule Limit

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Liang-Yin Chu, Wei Wang ISBN: 978-3-527-34182-5 336 pages June 2017 Summary An increasing number of technologies are being used to detect minute quantities [more...]

IBM Scientists Use Lab-on-a-Chip Nanochannel Technology Designed to “Stretch” DNA to Help Detect Disease

May 29, 2017

IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a “lab-on-a-chip” technology that can stretch double-stranded DNA molecules with the potential to efficiently reveal biomarkers that may indicate disease. This technology complements the [more...]

Researchers of the University of Twente Using Microfluidic Chip to Separate DNA

May 29, 2017

Researchers of the University of Twente in The Netherlands developed a glass microchip for ultrafast separation and purification of DNA fragments. The chip, moreover, is easy to produce and cheap. [more...]

Leti Announces Project to Create Nanotherapy Targeting Inflammatory Bowel Disease

May 18, 2017

Leti, a technology research institute of CEA Tech, today announced a European Union project to develop a nanotherapy targeting the molecules involved in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn’s [more...]

Microfluidics Interface Helps Push Two-legged Nanobot

May 13, 2017

A team of researchers in Israel has made a bipedal motor from DNA that can be controlled using a computer-based microfluidics-based interface. The molecular machine, which can “walk” on a [more...]

Feeling the Heat in Cells

April 17, 2017

The gallium nitride nanomembrane (GaN NM) is shown attached to a cell. When a pulsed laser is directed onto the nanomembrane, heat is transferred to the cell via a gold [more...]

International MicroNanoConference, 12 & 13 December 2017 Call for Abstract

April 12, 2017

The international MicroNanoConference has an established track record in bringing together the value chain of the different micro and nano fields of endeavour. The active involvement of the industry, science [more...]

WPI Researchers Build “Liquid Biopsy” Chip that Detects Metastatic Cancer Cells in a Drop of Blood

December 18, 2016

A chip developed by mechanical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) can trap and identify metastatic cancer cells in a small amount of blood drawn from a cancer patient. The [more...]

MicroTAS 2017

December 14, 2016

The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2017) will be held at the Savannah International Trade and Conference Center in Savannah, Georgia, USA from [more...]

3D Laser Technology Designs Microscopy Tips at Nanoscale

September 6, 2016

Mechanically stable atomic force microscopy (AFM) tips with arbitrary shapes can now be added to existing AFM cantilevers using 3D direct laser writing technology based on two-photon polymerization (TPP). TPP, [more...]

Stanford Engineers Develop a Plastic Clothing Material That Cools the Skin

September 5, 2016

Stanford researchers began with a sheet of polyethylene and modified it with a series of chemical treatments, resulting in a cooling fabric. (Image credit: L.A. Cicero) Stanford engineers have developed [more...]

Real Life Brain Studies: 3D Brain-on-a-chip

July 20, 2016

Micro sieve electrode array(Image credit: University of Twente) To study brain cell’s operation and test the effect of medication on individual cells, the conventional Petri dish with flat electrodes is [more...]

Nanoprint Lithography Solution for Microfluidics and Photonics Applications

March 25, 2016

EVG Nanoimprint lithography system (Image credit: EVG) EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, and Joanneum Research (JR), a [more...]

Scientists Develop a Light-Driven 3D Plasmonic Nanosystem

March 1, 2016

This scissor-like nanosystem consisting of bundles of coiled up DNA (grey) measures only a few nanometers. In visible light, the two DNA ends (red) sticking out of the bundles are [more...]

FluidFM Micro Metal 3D Printing Firm Spun Off by ETH Zurich

February 5, 2016

ETH Zurich has developed some of the most exciting 3D printing research we’ve covered on 3DPI and, today, they’ve announced the spin off of at least one of those research [more...]

Microscope Creates Near-real-time Videos of Nanoscale Processes

January 1, 2016

A new high-speed microscope produces images of chemical processes taking place at the nanoscale, at a rate that is close to real-time video. This closeup shot of the microscope shows [more...]

Measuring Nanoscale Features with Fractions of Light

December 6, 2015

Drawing illustrates how tiny changes in wavy images scattered from lines in a grid-like array can be reconstructed when paired with advanced optical and computational techniques. Lines are 15 nanometers [more...]

Here’s Why Nobody’s Talking About Nanotech Anymore

October 11, 2015

A micro reactor from glass of the iX-factory GmbH for cost-efficient and danger-reduced mixing of chemicals in the chemical industry (Credit: Kevin Kelleher, Time) Of all the investment fads and manias [more...]

Google Wants to Cure Diseases

August 21, 2015

Google’s smart contract lens When Google Co-Founder Larry Page dropped his now-famous blog post revealing that Google was reorganizing itself as Alphabet, one of the most striking things was what he chose [more...]