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Institute Focuses on Bioimaging, Bioengineering, Biophysics and Nano-Biotechnology

Waseda University today opened the Waseda Bioscience Research Institute in Singapore (WABIOS) in Biopolis. WABIOS will focus its research in the areas of bioimaging, bioengineering, biophysics and nano-biotechnology. It ...

14 Sep 2009

Investigation Reveals Shape-Shifting Atomic Interactions

How much difference can a tenth of a nanometer make? When it comes to figuring out how proteins work, an improvement in resolution of that miniscule amount can mean the difference between seeing where atoms are and understanding how they interact.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 13 Sep 2009

Strain on Nanowires Could Yield Colossal Results

In finally answering an elusive scientific question, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the selective placement of strain can alter the electronic phase and its spatial arrangement in correlated electron materials.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 13 Sep 2009

Artificial Nose for General Detection of Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Kenneth Suslick and his team at the University of Illinois have developed an artificial nose for the general detection of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) that is simple, fast and inexpensive – and works by visualizing odors.

13 Sep 2009

New Look at the Way Nanoparticles are Selected When Studying Impacts on Human Health and Environment

A new analysis by an international team of researchers from the Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), based at Duke University, argues for a new look at the way nanoparticles are selected when studying the potential impacts on human health and the environment.

13 Sep 2009

New Light on Operational Principles of Polymer Solar Cells

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance.

13 Sep 2009

Emerging Global Leader in Nanotechnology Solutions Receives Orders from India

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, today announced that the company has received an order of a pallet of product from a client of Independent Sales Representative, P.R. Ramanathan.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 11 Sep 2009

SEMATECH to Host 2009 SEMATECH/ISMI Symposia

SEMATECH and its subsidiary, the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI), will host their annual 2009 SEMATECH/ISMI Symposia in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, on 15 September, and in Tokyo, Japan, on 17 September. &...

11 Sep 2009

NIU Physicist Awarded $486,000 to Investigate Superconductivity at the Nanoscale

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded NIU Physicist Zhili Xiao a three-year grant totaling $486,000 to continue his investigations of superconductivity at the nanoscale.

11 Sep 2009

Conference Focuses on Production and Effects of Airborne Nanoparticles

Aerosols influence both our climate and human health. They also open up new avenues for materials research, medicine, and pharmaceuticals. All these positive as well as negative aspects of suspended particles are in the focus of international experts currently attending the European Aerosol Conference at the KIT.

11 Sep 2009

Cavitation Technologies Enters into Agreement to Evaluate Nano Cavitation Reactor Technology

Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (CTI) (OTC Bulletin Board: CVAT; Berlin: WTC) commented today that it has entered into an agreement with Desmet Ballestra Group to evaluate CTI's Nano Cavitation Reactor technology and i...

11 Sep 2009

A*STAR's SERC Awarded S$12.2m to Fund 17 Research Projects Including Nanotechnology

A*STAR's Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) awarded S$12.2m to fund 17 research projects in the areas of media + entertainment, medical technologies, education, water, infocomm, chemicals, energy and ele...

10 Sep 2009

Professor's "Metamaterials" Research Featured on Cover of Nature Physics

Dr. Dentcho Genov, an assistant professor of physics and electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University and a Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) Institute fellow, is featured on the cover of the most recent issue of Nature Physics, one of the most respected and prestigious physics journals in the world.

10 Sep 2009

Institute for NanoBioTechnology to Sponsor 'At-Risk' Summer Scholars

A stable home and a good education are keys to success that many children take for granted. Two Johns Hopkins faculty members have teamed up with a local nonprofit to make sure two academically capable but life-challenged teens from Baltimore can have these same opportunities.

10 Sep 2009

Nanosolar Completes European Panel-Assembly Factory

Today Nanosolar demonstrated the completion of its European panel-assembly factory as part of an inauguration event attended by Germany's Minister of the Environment, the Governor of the State of Brandenburg, and a h...

From Nanosolar, Inc. 10 Sep 2009