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Analyzing the Worldwide Market for Nanocatalysts

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report "World Nanocatalysts Market" is available in its catalogue. Nanocatalysts are finding an increased adoption in wide range of industries such as re...

18 May 2009

New Technique for Real-Time Detection of Freely Moving Individual Neutral Atoms

Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) in College Park, MD, and the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, have devised a new technique for real-time detection of freely moving individual neutral atoms that is more than 99.7% accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less than one-millionth of a second.

17 May 2009

Northwestern University Researchers Identify Conditions for Chemically Functionalizing Graphene

Researchers at Northwestern University have identified conditions for chemically functionalizing graphene with the organic semiconductor perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-dianhydride (PTCDA). Graphene is an atomically th...

17 May 2009

Micromeritics Announces Number of Additional Stimulus Options Available for USA Customers

Besides being a leading materials characterization instrument manufacturer, Micromeritics also operates Micromeritics Analytical Services (MAS) which provides sample analysis on a contract basis. MAS performs a variety o...

From Micromeritics International Sales 17 May 2009

An Efficient System for Delivering siRNA into Primary Cells

In technology that promises to one day allow drug delivery to be tailored to an individual patient and a particular cancer tumor, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have developed an efficient system for delivering siRNA into primary cells. The work will be published in the May 17 in the advance on-line edition of Nature Biotechnology.

17 May 2009

Producing High Strength and Light Weight Magnesium Sheet using Innovative Nanotechnology

Thixomat, Inc., an Ann Arbor, MI based technology development company, is introducing its new Nanomag technology for the production and marketing of high strength, light weight magnesium sheet with nanometer microstructu...

16 May 2009

Rice Professor Earns Special Achievement Award for Nanotechnology Research

Rice Professor James Tour, the Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of computer science, was one of six high-profile Houstonians honored at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Houston Technology Center (HTC) this week, earning a special achievement award for his advances in nanotechnology.

16 May 2009

Scientists Wins 2009 Arthur H. Compton Award for X-ray Science Discoveries

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory and the APS Users Organization announced the 2009 Arthur H. Compton Award was awarded jointly to Simon Mochrie, Mark Sutton, and Gerhard Grübel for their pioneering efforts in X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS).

15 May 2009

Comprehensive Review of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells from History to Applications to Materials and Fabrication Techniques

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new report "Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology: Principles, Performance and Operations" to their offering. This Report: p...

15 May 2009

Report Examines Portable and Micro Fuel Cells for Commercial and Military Applications

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Small Fuel Cells 2009: Portable and Micro Fuel Cells for Commercial & Military Applications - 11th Edition Conference Documentation" report to their o...

15 May 2009

Shrink to Commercialize Revolutionary Material and Fabrication Process Designed to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

Shrink Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, has agreed to be acquired in a stock-for-stock transaction by AudioStocks, Inc. (OTCBB: AUIO). The companies have executed a binding letter of intent and expect to conclude the transaction by the end of May.

15 May 2009

Could Antimatter Really Destroy the Vatican? Brookhaven Scientist will Discuss Science Myths and Facts in Movie

During a free and public event, a physicist from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory will separate the science facts from the science fiction of "Angels + Demons," a major motion ...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 15 May 2009

Rice University to Lead the Development of New Graphene Nanodevices and High-Temperature Superconductors

Rice University is challenging Texans' notion that bigger is better. The elite private university led all Texas top-tier research universities in awards this month from the Department of Defense's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program.

15 May 2009

Polycarbonate Nanocomposites Could Soon Improve Integrity of Electronics in Aircraft, Computers and iPhones

If one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics in aircraft, computers and iPhone...

15 May 2009

Scientist Discover New Superconductor Element

James S. Schilling, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts + Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and Mathew Debessai, Ph.D., - his doctoral student at the time - discovered that europium becomes superconducting at 1.8 K and 80 GPa of pressure, making it the 53rd known elemental superconductor and the 23rd at high pressure.

15 May 2009

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Analyzing the Worldwide Market for Nanocatalysts

New Technique for Real-Time Detection of Freely Moving Individual Neutral Atoms

Northwestern University Researchers Identify Conditions for Chemically Functionalizing Graphene

Micromeritics Announces Number of Additional Stimulus Options Available for USA Customers

An Efficient System for Delivering siRNA into Primary Cells

Producing High Strength and Light Weight Magnesium Sheet using Innovative Nanotechnology

Rice Professor Earns Special Achievement Award for Nanotechnology Research

Scientists Wins 2009 Arthur H. Compton Award for X-ray Science Discoveries

Comprehensive Review of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells from History to Applications to Materials and Fabrication Techniques

Report Examines Portable and Micro Fuel Cells for Commercial and Military Applications

Shrink to Commercialize Revolutionary Material and Fabrication Process Designed to Improve Solar Cell Efficiency

Could Antimatter Really Destroy the Vatican? Brookhaven Scientist will Discuss Science Myths and Facts in Movie

Rice University to Lead the Development of New Graphene Nanodevices and High-Temperature Superconductors

Polycarbonate Nanocomposites Could Soon Improve Integrity of Electronics in Aircraft, Computers and iPhones

Scientist Discover New Superconductor Element

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