G.P. Thomas

Gary graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class honours degree in Geochemistry and a Masters in Earth Sciences. After working in the Australian mining industry, Gary decided to hang up his geology boots and turn his hand to writing.

When he isn't developing topical and informative content, Gary can usually be found playing his beloved guitar, or watching Aston Villa FC snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Articles from G.P.

New Report Analyzes Technology, Markets and Players in Graphene Industry

Research and Markets has included IDTechEx’s new report titled ‘Graphene: Analysis of Technology, Markets and Players 2013-2018’ in its catalogue.

11 Sep 2012

Harris Interactive Releases Results of Nanotechnology Awareness Survey

Harris Interactive has released the results of The Harris Poll on awareness of nanotechnology conducted online from June 18 to 25, 2012.

10 Sep 2012

NIST Issues a Brand New Reference Material that Helps in Toxicological Study

The NIST has introduced a new nanoscale reference material that is actually a commercial titanium oxide popularly known as “P25.” After some careful modifications to the titanium oxide, the product is offered in its nanocrystalline form and available as a dry powder. This new form of nanomaterial in white pigment can be used as a sterilizing agent, photocatalyst, and as an ultraviolet blocker in sunscreen lotions.

7 Sep 2012

Synopsys Announces 100th Successful DesignWare IP for 28-nm Processes

Synopsys announced its 100th successful DesignWare IP designed for 28-nm processes used in leading foundries. The complete 28-nm DesignWare IP line consists of PHYs for MIPI, DDR, HDMI, SATA, PCI Express, USB, and also logic libraries, embedded memories, audio codecs and data converters. In order to provide design robustness, the 28-nm DesignWare IP has been silicon-characterized in both PolySiON and High-K Metal Gate technologies across temperature, process and voltage variations.

7 Sep 2012

Lenseless Imaging - the Future of Microscopy

A recent research study at the University of California in Los Angeles indicates lenseless imaging to be the future direction of high resolution microscopy. There have been significant advances made in the realm of lens-free computation imaging at the University of California over the years.

6 Sep 2012

Researchers Create Anode Material from Waste Silicon Using Nanotechnology

Pulickel Ajayan, Rice University’s M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of Chemistry, has used high-value but hard-to-recycle silicon to fabricate forests of nanowires, paving the way to develop flexible components from waste silicon for use in rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries.

5 Sep 2012

New Nanotechnology Approach to Fabricate Ultrastable RNA Nanoparticles

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have developed a technique to fabricate ultrastable RNA nanoparticles that are capable of treating viral infections and cancer by controlling cell functions and fastening to cancer cells without causing damage to surrounding tissues.

4 Sep 2012

Silicon-Based Quantum Chips

In a significant step towards practical realization of quantum computing, scientists who are part of a collaborative team led by University of Bristol in UK have developed silicon-based quantum circuits that could lead the way to mass production of new quantum technologies.

4 Sep 2012

NDSU Assistant Professor Receives Prestigious Award for Research on Quantum Dots

North Dakota State University’s assistant professor for chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Svetlana Kilina, has received the prestigious Early Career Research Program award from the United States Department of Energy for her research on quantum dots titled “Modeling of Photoexcited Process at Interfaces of Functionalized Quantum Dots.”

1 Sep 2012

Researchers Measure Properties of Light at Atomic Scale

Researchers from the Duke University and Imperial College have devised a method to measure photonic interactions at the atomic scale using which the upper performance limit of light enhancing metal devices can be determined.

1 Sep 2012