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Polyurethane Nanofoams Double Insulating Performance

Bayer MaterialScience is working on the development of polyurethane nanofoams that could lead to a quantum leap in thermal insulation performance several years down the road.

15 Oct 2010

Moving Toward More Efficient Devices by Studying ‘Noise’ in Graphene Nanoribbons

In last week’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences lauded graphene’s “exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world of quantum physics.” If it weren’t hot enough before, this atomically thin sheet of carbon is now officially in the global spotlight.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 15 Oct 2010

Industrial Nanotech Announces Increase in Nansulate Coating Exports

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology based energy saving solutions, today announced that the Company has experienced an increase in exports of their patented Nansulate...

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 15 Oct 2010

Mediomics Wins Phase I SBIR Contract to Develop Hand-Held Biosensor and Assay Reagents

Mediomics, LLC has been awarded an $185,000 Phase I SBIR contract (HHSN261201000040C) from the National Cancer Institute. The major goal of this project is to develop a hand-held biosensor and PINCER™-based assay reagents for in-process analysis of biologics production.

15 Oct 2010

NIH Funding Supports Development of Lipid Nanoparticle Technology-Based Candidate for Ebola Treatment

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced today that, together with collaborators at The University of Texas Medical Branch, it has been awarded a new United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research to develop RNAi therapeutics to treat Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever viral infections using Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology.

15 Oct 2010

Coventor Unveils New Version of MEMS+ Design Suite

Coventor, Inc., the leading supplier of software for developing micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), today announced the release of the latest version of its MEMS+ design suite. The new release, MEMS + 2.0, includes t...

15 Oct 2010

Stony Brook University Professor Receives NIH Grant for Groundbreaking Work in Nanomedicine

Balaji Sitharaman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University, is a 2010 recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.

15 Oct 2010

Nanoparticles-Based Coating Can Reduce Wear on Engine Parts

Engine friction — the force that wastes almost 1.4 million barrels of oil per day in cars and trucks in the United States alone — could become less of a problem for fuel-conscious consumers thanks to promisin...

From American Chemical Society 15 Oct 2010

B-CARS Chemical Imaging Technique Enables Wider Use of Vibrational Spectroscopy

A paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerful -- but tricky -- diagnostic technique for cell biology.

15 Oct 2010

NIST’s Magnetic Mini-Sensor Measures Weak Heartbeat Signals

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NIST's miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully track a human heartbeat, confirming the device's potential for biomedical applications.

15 Oct 2010

Advancement in Quantum Information Processing

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the conversion of near-infrared 1,300 nm wavelength single photons emitted from a true quantum source, a semiconductor quantum dot, to a near-visible wavelength of 710 nm.

15 Oct 2010

Tunnel Barrier Improves Electron Spin Lifetimes in Graphene

Physicists at the University of California, Riverside have taken an important step forward in developing a "spin computer" by successfully achieving "tunneling spin injection" into graphene.

15 Oct 2010

NSF Grants $6.5 Million to Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $6.5 million to the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU) to continue its work regarding the societal aspects of nanotechnology for another five years. CNS-ASU was founded in 2005 when NSF made its first five-year award of $6.2 million to Arizona State University to create the center.

15 Oct 2010

Quantum State Measurement of Electrons in Diamond

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have succeeded in combining laser light with trapped electrons to detect and control the electrons' fragile quantum state without erasing it. This is an important step toward using quan...

15 Oct 2010

Novel Nanowire Technique Leads to Development of Low-Cost Biosensors

Scientists at the University of Leeds have perfected a new technique that allows them to make molecular nanowires out of thin strips of ring-shaped molecules known as discotic liquid crystals (DLCs). The findings coul...

15 Oct 2010