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Growing Carbon Nanotubes without Metal Catalyst

Carbon nanotubes - tiny, rolled-up tubes of graphite - promise to add speed to electronic circuits and strength to materials like carbon composites, used in airplanes and racecars. A major problem, however, is that the m...

10 Aug 2009

Clemson Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Study New Class of Materials

Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.

10 Aug 2009

Nanoscale Organic Particles Improving Material Properties of Elastomers and Thermoplastics

Specialty chemicals group LANXESS AG has developed a polymer additive for plastics and rubber that is now available for industrial application. These microgels, which consist of nanoscale organic particles, can be used to improve the material properties of elastomer and thermoplastic materials.

10 Aug 2009

New Suite of Reports Covering the Rapidly Growing Solar and Photovoltaics Markets

Building upon its expertise in providing market research within the flat panel display market for more than 13 years, DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research, today announced that it will roll out ...

10 Aug 2009

NanoViricides Announces Drug Candidate Reduces Herpes Simplex Viral Load by 99.99 Percent

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), announced today that the herpes simplex viral load was reduced by 99.99% or 10,000 fold in in-vitro studies by nanoviricides™ drug candidates.

From NanoViricides, Inc 10 Aug 2009

GC Research Whitepaper Addressing Five Nanotechnology Market

GC Research Ltd. ("GCR"), a boutique equity research firm that specializes in the technology industry, with a focus on emerging technologies, announced that it has reinitiated coverage of the nanotechnology ind...

10 Aug 2009

Nanotechnology and Its Impact on the Energy Sector

ChinaCCM.com, China's leading industry consultancy expert offering industry intelligence and research solution, has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnolgies for the Energy Market 2009" report to their...

10 Aug 2009

CMOSIS Raises 3 Million Euros in Additional Capital for Corporate Expansion

CMOS image sensor start-up CMOSIS NV has successfully concluded a round of private equity financing from several highly regarded Belgian high-tech investment firms totalling 3 million euros. Lead investor is ING Corporate Investments of Brussels, Belgium, acting as strategic financial partner.

10 Aug 2009

"Molecular Condom" Protecting Women from AIDS in Africa and Other Impoverished Areas

University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of "molecular condom" to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal gel that turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can't infect vaginal cells.

10 Aug 2009

New Technology Improving Cancer Research

A QUT researcher who has come up with a three-dimensional (3D) technology platform for biomedical research has received early-stage funding to accelerate the process of development to commercialisation.

9 Aug 2009

Next Alternative Introduces Carbon Nanotube Technology with Car Battery

Next Alternative Inc. wants to steer the future of the electric car and the U.S. auto industry itself into greener, and much more distant, pastures. Destinations that were once unattainable by the most efficient battery-...

9 Aug 2009

Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Having Huge Potential in Electrical and Electronic Applications

Carbon nanotubes and graphene exhibit extraordinary electrical properties for organic materials, and have a huge potential in electrical and electronic applications such as sensors, microelectronic and semi-conductor devices, field emission displays (FEDs), nanoelectrodes and energy conversion devices (e.g., fuel cells and batteries).

9 Aug 2009

Researchers Model the Nano World

Modelling the fabrication processes for integrated circuits can slash production development time and costs by up to 40%. But as transistors, already at nano-scales, become ever smaller, researchers are modelling new wor...

9 Aug 2009

Tool Dedicated to Help Decision Makers Evaluate MEMS Companies' Corporate Value and Growth Strategies

Research and Markets, the leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of the "MEMS Players: An Analysis of Financial Performance" report to their offering. Th...

From Research and Markets 7 Aug 2009

Seminar of Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

Stork Climax Research Services, Inc. (Stork CRS) of Wixom, Michigan is presenting "Aspects of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis," on Friday, August 21. The free technical presentation will be offered in either a morning (9:00 AM to 12:00PM) or afternoon (1:30 PM to 4:30 PM) session.

7 Aug 2009