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Researchers Find Mixing Different Metals in Catalyst Determine Structure and Function of Carbon Nanotubes

Nanoscopic tubes made of a lattice of carbon just a single atom deep hold promise for delivering medicines directly to a tumor, sensors so keen they detect the arrival or departure of a single electron, a replacement for...

20 Sep 2009

Berkeley Lab Scientist Nominated by White House to Head Key DOE Agency

The White House announced its intention to nominate Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley engineer and scientist Arun Majumdar to become the first director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 19 Sep 2009

Halocarbon Products Enters into Licensing Agreement with IBM

Halocarbon Products Corporation, a leading worldwide producer of specialty fluorochemicals, has entered into a licensing agreement with IBM to access IBM's industry-leading portfolio of patents related to hexafluoroisopropanol-based photoresists for semiconductor manufacturing.

19 Sep 2009

Book Provides Exhaustive Account of Carbon Nanotubes Toxicity

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the book "Carbon Nanotubes: Angels or Demons?" to their offering. The field of C-nan...

From Research and Markets 18 Sep 2009

Colonising Textile Implant with Human Stem Cells

Researchers at the Institute for Hygiene and Biotechnology (IHB) at the Hohenstein Institute have successfully devised a special, optimised textile coating that allows adult human stem cells to colonise the surface fibres of textile implants. A molecular layer of natural biomaterials from the human extra-cellular matrix has been developed for this purpose.

18 Sep 2009

Applied Materials Reorganizes Certain Members of its Executive Staff

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT), the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products, announced today a reorganization of certain members of its executive staff, effective immediately.

From Applied Materials Inc. 18 Sep 2009

Combining Magnetism with Nanotechnology

Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time. A few delivery tec...

18 Sep 2009

Nanotechnology Shows Promise for Topical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction

An innovative drug-delivery system – nanoparticles encapsulating nitric oxide or prescription drugs - shows promise for topical treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new study by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

18 Sep 2009

32-Nanometer SOI Technology Enables Improved Speed, Power Savings and Reliability

IBM (NYSE:IBM) has successfully developed a prototype of the semiconductor industry's smallest, densest and fastest on-chip dynamic memory device in next-generation, 32-nanometer, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technolog...

18 Sep 2009

Synthesis And Applications of Diamond Nanotechnology

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the book"Diamond Nanotechnology: Synthesis And Applications" to their offering. This...

From Research and Markets 18 Sep 2009

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies and Microbor Technology to Launch Production of CBN Cutting Tools

RUSNANO Supervisory Council has approved RUSNANO's participation in a project that would launch a commercial production of cutting tools using the cubic boron nitride nanopowder (CBN) which is the second hardest known material after diamond.

18 Sep 2009

Researchers Develop New Class of Sensors for Detecting Neurotoxins

Soman, Tabun, and Sarin (which has already been used in terrorist attacks) are chemical weapons that attack the nervous system. When inhaled, these extremely toxic organophosphates can lead to death within minutes.

18 Sep 2009

SEMATECH Selects Okamoto's GDM300 Backgrinder for Processing Through Silicon Via

The System, a High-Precision wafer thinning tool, will be installed in SEMATECH's 3D R and D Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) world-class Albany NanoTech Complex.

17 Sep 2009

Retired Computational Pioneer Wins National Medal of Science

Retired Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory lab physicist and computational pioneer Berni Alder has received the National Medal of Science.

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 17 Sep 2009

Nanotechnology Company Issues Corporate Update

Nano Mask, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NANM), the inventor of the NanoMask, a disposable anti-microbial facemask currently under development in partnership with Intrinsiq Materials USA, Inc. of Menlo Park, California, today issued...

17 Sep 2009

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Find Mixing Different Metals in Catalyst Determine Structure and Function of Carbon Nanotubes

Berkeley Lab Scientist Nominated by White House to Head Key DOE Agency

Halocarbon Products Enters into Licensing Agreement with IBM

Book Provides Exhaustive Account of Carbon Nanotubes Toxicity

Colonising Textile Implant with Human Stem Cells

Applied Materials Reorganizes Certain Members of its Executive Staff

Combining Magnetism with Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Shows Promise for Topical Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction

32-Nanometer SOI Technology Enables Improved Speed, Power Savings and Reliability

Synthesis And Applications of Diamond Nanotechnology

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies and Microbor Technology to Launch Production of CBN Cutting Tools

Researchers Develop New Class of Sensors for Detecting Neurotoxins

SEMATECH Selects Okamoto's GDM300 Backgrinder for Processing Through Silicon Via

Retired Computational Pioneer Wins National Medal of Science

Nanotechnology Company Issues Corporate Update

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