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Airborne Sensor Technology Assists Emergency Responders - New Technology

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and emergency first-responders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have developed airborne infrared sensor technology that can aid emergency crews by detecting and mapping hazardous and toxic chemical plumes. Posted August 27 2003

From Los Alamos National Laboratory 13 Nov 2003

Gold-silver Bimetallic Nanoparticles Used To Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - New Product

Scientists at the National Taiwan University (NTU) have developed a catalyst that can be used in masks to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning due to fire. Posted November 11 2003

13 Nov 2003

Worlds Fastest Transistor Built At The University of Illinois, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory

University of Illinois researchers have built the world’s fastest transistor and broken their own record in the process. Posted November 8 2003

12 Nov 2003

Nanotechnology Park Under Construction In China - News Item

Construction of a nano sci-tech industrial park has begun in Xi'an, capital China's Shaanxi Province. Posted November 11 2003

12 Nov 2003

Single Crystal Piezoelectric Nanosprings Developed - New Product

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, have made single-crystal zinc oxide helical structures or nanosprings. They have piezoelectric properties and show promise for biomedical applications and in microsystems. Posted August 19 2003

From Georgia Institute of Technology 7 Nov 2003

Buckyballs Used To Make More Efficient Fibre Optics - New Product

A joint team from the University of Toronto and Carleton University has used buckyballs to create a new material for processing information using light. Posted September 15 2003

From Dept. of Chemistry Carlton University 7 Nov 2003

Nanotech Breakthrough Shows How Brain Cells Communicate - New Technology

French scientists using an innovative microscopic scanning technique say they have discovered that nerve cells almost buzz with molecular agitation when they communicate with each other. Posted October 16 2003

From Inserm 7 Nov 2003

Novel Self-Assembly Processes For Nanotech Applications - New Technology

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a series of techniques that hold promise for applications from highly targeted pharmaceutical therapies, to development of nutrition-enhanced foods and nanoscopic sensors. Posted January 10 2003

From Department of Polymer Science and Engineering 7 Nov 2003

Prediction Of Nanophotonic Behaviour By Quantum Methods - New Technology

According to new research from Rice University, scientists studying the way light interacts with metallic nanostructures should throw out their old optics textbooks and bone up on their quantum mechanics instead. Posted Ocotber 16 2003

From Dept. of Chemistry Rice University 7 Nov 2003

Purdue researchers stretch DNA on chip, lay track for future computers - New Technology

Researchers at Purdue University have placed strands of DNA on a silicon chip and then stretched out the strands so that their encoded information might be read more clearly. These are two steps critical to possibly using DNA for future electronic devices and computers. Posted October 12 2003

From Birck Nanotechnology Center 7 Nov 2003