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Nanotechnology - The Source of Some Very Big Capital Investment in North America

Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Nanotechnology -- the science of the small -- is the source of some very big capital investment in North America, primarily on college campuse...

25 Nov 2009

Greater Transparency and Public Engagement About Opportunities and Risks Presented by Nanotechnology is Required

Greater transparency and public engagement about the potential opportunities and risks presented by nanotechnology is required, according to a new report by The Australia Institute.

25 Nov 2009

New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in nearly all soil...

25 Nov 2009

World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes

Research and Markets () has announced the addition of the "The World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes" report to their offering. The electron and scanning probe microscopes market typicall...

25 Nov 2009

High-Performance MEMS Microphones Enable Improved Sound Quality at Reduced Size and Cost

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) , the leading supplier of MEMS(1) for consumer and portable applications and the third largest MEMS manufacturer overall(2), has expanded its portfolio with next-generation micro-machined acoustic devices.

From STMicroelectronics 25 Nov 2009

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Using a small boron-based molecule, glucagon-a hormone that plays a key role in pancreatic diseases-can now be imaged in live pancreatic cells. This breakthrough discovery was made by a team led by Young-Tae Chang from the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium of A*STAR*.

24 Nov 2009

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Now, such natural wonders have inspired Hong Yee Low and colleagues at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of A*STAR, Singapore*, to make polymer structures similar to butterfly wings. Their structures produce optical effects that could prove useful in various electronic devices.

24 Nov 2009

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

At the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A*STAR, in Singapore, Jun Yang and Jackie Ying* have developed a new protocol for the synthesis of tiny metal and semiconductor crystals that are a few billionths of a meter in size.

24 Nov 2009

Narrow-Width Graphene Ribbons Having Strong Effect on Elastic Properties

Graphene sheets are strong and stable, and have highly mobile charge carriers that could make them prime components in nanometer-scale electronics. In particular, very narrow graphene ribbons could act as excellent circuit connectors.

24 Nov 2009

5th Annual Livingston Nanotechnology Conference Will Return to New York City

Livingston Securities LLC today announced that its 5th annual Livingston Nanotechnology Conference will return to New York City, being held at the Lighthouse Center on Monday, December 7th. Since 2005, the Livingston Nan...

24 Nov 2009

Getting Custom-Shaped Microparticles to Interact and Self-Assemble in a Controlled Way

Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped microparticles to interact and self-assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.

24 Nov 2009

HRL Laboratories Issued Its 500th Patent

HRL Laboratories, LLC, announced today that it has obtained its 500th patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. An independent research and development company located in Malibu, CA, HRL reached this milestone in...

24 Nov 2009

Understanding the Chemical Analysis and Biological Sensing on the Molecular Scale

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences lead by Prof. Yuanhua Shao's group have recently studied the kinetics of several ion transfer (IT) reactions at the water/1,2-dichloroethane (W/DCE) interface by nanopipette voltammetry collaborated with Prof. Hubert H. Girault (EPFL, Switzerland).

24 Nov 2009

Carl Zeiss Performs Initial Installations of Platform Shuttle+Find

Together with several pilot customers, Carl Zeiss has started application development for correlative microscopy in materials analysis and performed the initial installations of the platform Shuttle+Find.

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 24 Nov 2009

Suspect Nano-Ingredients Found in Big Name Cosmetics

Testing commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found nanoparticles in foundations and concealers sold by big name brands, including Revlon, Clarins, Clinique, Max Factor, the Body Shop, L'Oréal, By Terry and Lancôme Pa...

24 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology News

Nanotechnology - The Source of Some Very Big Capital Investment in North America

Greater Transparency and Public Engagement About Opportunities and Risks Presented by Nanotechnology is Required

New Approach for a Rapid, Easy, and Highly Sensitive Arsenic Test using Nanotechnology

World Market for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopes

High-Performance MEMS Microphones Enable Improved Sound Quality at Reduced Size and Cost

Discovery Could Shed Light on Pancreatic Diseases

Patterned Surfaces Mimicking Nano-Scale Structure of Butterfly Wings Can Produce Impressive Optical Effects

Nanocrystal Synthesis: Breaking Down Barriers

Narrow-Width Graphene Ribbons Having Strong Effect on Elastic Properties

5th Annual Livingston Nanotechnology Conference Will Return to New York City

Getting Custom-Shaped Microparticles to Interact and Self-Assemble in a Controlled Way

HRL Laboratories Issued Its 500th Patent

Understanding the Chemical Analysis and Biological Sensing on the Molecular Scale

Carl Zeiss Performs Initial Installations of Platform Shuttle+Find

Suspect Nano-Ingredients Found in Big Name Cosmetics

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