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Carbon Nanotubes Key to Super Sensitive Chemical Detector

Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin

10 Jun 2008

Unidym and Battelle Expand Relationship to Develop Carbon Nanotube Composites for Aerospace and Automotive Applications

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, and Battelle have extended their existing relationship to include an alliance focused on multi-functional nanocomposites for aerospace and trans...

6 Jun 2008

Funding Green Light for Nanostructured Materials Research Program

The European Commission today has given its green light for the funding by OSEO, amounting to € 46 M out of a total cost of € 107 M, of the Genesis program, coordinated by Arkema, which is opening the way for t...

5 Jun 2008

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Regenerate Cartilage in the Body

Scientists have long wrestled with how to aid those who suffer cartilage damage and loss. One popular way is to inject an artificial gel that can imitate cartilage's natural ability to act as the body's shock abs...

4 Jun 2008

longated Nanoparticles Called Nanobatons Self Assemble Around Oil Droplets for Cleaning Oils Spills and Polluted Water

In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplet...

3 Jun 2008

El-Mul Discovery Will Allow Commercial Development of E-Beam On-a-Chip Carbon Nanotube Based Field Emission Device

El-Mul Technologies announced that it has gained critical knowledge that will allow commercial manufacture of its proprietary E-Beam On-a-Chip™ carbon nanotube (CNT) based field emission device.

30 May 2008

Nanomanufacturing Center Develops Revolutionary Technology for Nanoscale Assembly at Wafer Level

Researchers at the NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) at Northeastern University, with partners UMass Lowell and University of New Hampshire, have discovered an innovative ...

30 May 2008

Japanese Nanotechnology Researchers Create World's Smallest Noodle Bowl

Using carbon nanotube fabrication technology for manufacturing advanced circuitry, University of Tokyo professor Masayuki Nakao, created a 1 micron wide bowl filled with 20 nanometer thick noodles

30 May 2008

Nanoscience, Neuroscience and Astrophysics Pioneers Win Inaugural Kavli Prize

Seven pioneering scientists who have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics have become the first recipients of the million-dollar Kavli prizes. The laureates were sele...

29 May 2008

Smaller and Faster Computers From Carbon Nanoribbons

Stanford chemists have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nanoribbons. The devices could someday be integrated into high-performance computer chips to increase their speed and generate less heat, which...

29 May 2008