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Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalyst 2x to 5x More Effective than Commercial Catalysts

Material scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for a bimetallic fuel cell catalyst that is efficient, robust and two to five times more effective than commercial catalysts. The novel...

14 May 2009

Researchers Directly Measured the Unusual Energy Spectrum of Graphene

Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have directly measured the unusual energy spectrum of graphen...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 14 May 2009

Oxford Instruments Introduces CrystalFlex Multi-Wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy Reactor

Oxford Instruments excited to announce the launch of CrystalFlex. This multi-wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) reactor provides superb epitaxial growth control, and offers a cost effective route for the production of high quality, crack free epitaxial GaN, AlGaN and AlN single crystal materials.

From Oxford Instruments plc 14 May 2009

Green Sulphur Bacteria Might Prove Useful in Development of a New Generation of Solar Cells

A new discovery concerning the properties of green sulphur bacteria might prove useful in the development of a new generation of solar cells. Chlorosomes, nature's largest and most efficient light-harvesting antennae...

14 May 2009

Nanogen Executes Asset Purchase Agreement with The Elitech Group

Nanogen, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NGEN), developer of molecular and rapid diagnostic products, today announced that it has executed an asset purchase agreement with The Elitech Group ("Elitech"), a privately held diagnostics company, to acquire substantially all of the assets of Nanogen.

From Nanogen 14 May 2009

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology Reveals the Earliest Stages in Biomineralisation

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) for the first time have shown the earliest stages in biomineralisation, the process that leads to the formation of bones, teeth and sea shells. They used the world...

14 May 2009

Provider of DNA-Based Security Solutions Files Patent for Embedment of DNA in Cyanoacrylate

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: APDN), a provider of DNA-based security solutions, announced today that it has filed a patent for the embedment of DNA in cyanoacrylate, adding to its extensive intellectual property portfolio, and SigNature® DNA product line.

14 May 2009

Bringing the Construction of Artificial Supramolecular Structures a Step Closer

Nature has long perfected the construction of nanomachines, but David González and his fellow researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and Utrecht University under the leadership of Spinoza Award winner B...

14 May 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Successfully Capture Single Electron in a Highly Tunable CNT Double Quantum Dot

Researchers from the Kavli Institute of NanoScience in Delft are the first to have successfully captured a single electron in a highly tunable carbon nanotube double quantum dot. This was made possible by a new approach for producing ultraclean nanotubes.

14 May 2009

Driving Single DNA Molecule Through Nanopore

Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyse the DNA. A team of researchers under the leadership of Vici winner Serge Lema...

14 May 2009

Agreement Broadens use of Qdot Nanocrystals to Enhance In Vivo imaging and Biomarker Discovery

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE), a provider of innovative life science solutions, and Zymera, Inc., today announced a licensing and supply agreement that gives Zymera rights to Life Technologies' extensive intellectual property estate related to quantum dots.

14 May 2009

University of Ulster Engineers Create Diamond Nanorods with a Diameter as Thin as 2 nm

Engineers at the University of Ulster are the first researchers to create diamond nanorods with a diameter as thin as 2.1 nm, which is not only smaller than all the currently reported diamond 1D nanostructures (4-300 nm) but also smaller than the theoretical calculated value (2.7-9 nm) for energetically stable diamond nanorods.

14 May 2009

Nanotechnology News

Bimetallic Fuel Cell Catalyst 2x to 5x More Effective than Commercial Catalysts

Researchers Directly Measured the Unusual Energy Spectrum of Graphene

Oxford Instruments Introduces CrystalFlex Multi-Wafer Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy Reactor

Green Sulphur Bacteria Might Prove Useful in Development of a New Generation of Solar Cells

Nanogen Executes Asset Purchase Agreement with The Elitech Group

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology Reveals the Earliest Stages in Biomineralisation

Provider of DNA-Based Security Solutions Files Patent for Embedment of DNA in Cyanoacrylate

Bringing the Construction of Artificial Supramolecular Structures a Step Closer

Nanotechnology Researchers Successfully Capture Single Electron in a Highly Tunable CNT Double Quantum Dot

Driving Single DNA Molecule Through Nanopore

Agreement Broadens use of Qdot Nanocrystals to Enhance In Vivo imaging and Biomarker Discovery

University of Ulster Engineers Create Diamond Nanorods with a Diameter as Thin as 2 nm

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces European Launch of Thermo Scientific OMNIC Specta Software for Raman Applications

Thermo Fisher Scientific to Sponsor 2009 Shanghai Symposium of Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine

Microelectronics Students' Group of University of Porto Wins Second EMEA Student Design Contest

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