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Research Center Poised to Meet Demands of Emerging Nanotechnology

The nanoelectronics industry has embarked on a quest for fundamental changes that will transform virtually everything it touches, according to Dr. Robert Doering, senior fellow and research strategy manager at Texas Inst...

20 Mar 2009

Unique Analysis of the Evolution of the MEMS Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Status of the MEMS industry" report to their offering. "Status of the MEMS industry" is providing an unique analysis of the evolution of the M...

From Research and Markets 20 Mar 2009

Specialized Motor Proteins Could Be Turned into Nanoscale Machines for Drug Delivery

Specialized motor proteins that transport cargo within cells could be turned into nanoscale machines for drug delivery, according to bioengineers. Chemical alteration of the proteins' function could also help inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors.

20 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology Shows Great Promise in Boosting Efficiency of Titania Photoanodes Used to Convert Solar to Hydrogen

Researchers at UALR -- the University of Arkansas at Little Rock -- said they have developed a process involving nanostructure that shows great promise in boosting the efficiency of titania photoanodes used to convert so...

20 Mar 2009

The Most Abundant Material on Earth Exhibits Unusual Chemical Properties when Placed Under Extreme Conditions

The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions.

20 Mar 2009

Industrial Nanotech's Patented Nansulate Coating Wins Another 2008 Building Products Award

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets: INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate® HomeProtect Clear Coat thermal insulation and mold resistant coat...

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 20 Mar 2009

New Type of Artificial Muscle based on Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers at the UT Dallas Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute have demonstrated a fundamentally new type of artificial muscle, which can operate at extreme temperatures where no other artificial muscle can be used -- from below the temperature of liquid nitrogen (-196° C) to above the melting point of iron (1538° C).

20 Mar 2009

We are Done with Metals, Engineers Prove Carbon Nanotubes are Superior to Metals for Electronics

In the quest to pack ever-smaller electronic devices more densely with integrated circuits, nanotechnology researchers keep running up against some unpleasant truths: higher current density induces electromigration and t...

20 Mar 2009

CEO of Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Outlines Main Tasks for 2009

CEO of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Anatoly Chubais has approved by his decree the Corporation's main tasks for the year of 2009.

20 Mar 2009

Laser Nanotechnology Tansforming the Image of Modern Electronics

A high-tech Photonics exhibition, which is to be held at Expocentre (Moscow) on April 20 - 23, 2009, will include a special section. It will be completely devoted to laser nanotechnologies, which are considerably transfo...

20 Mar 2009

WITec Introduces New Software Package for Advanced Data Evaluation and Chemometric Image Processing

WITec, a manufacturer of high-resolution Optical and Scanning Probe Microscopy solutions, has introduced the WITec Project Plus software package for advanced data evaluation and chemometric image processing.

From Oxford Instruments WITec 20 Mar 2009

New Materials for Electronic Devices and Sensors Operating in Extreme Conditions

A new EU-funded project is developing new materials for electronic devices and sensors that have to operate in extreme conditions. Dubbed MORGAN ('Materials for robust gallium nitride'), the three-year, EUR 9.2 m...

19 Mar 2009

NeoPhotonics Receives Top Product and Customer Support Quality Award

NeoPhotonics today announced that Huawei, the world's fastest growing manufacturer of telecommunications network equipment, has recognized the company with its 2008 "Quality Excellence Award." NeoPhoton...

From Lumentum Operations LLC 19 Mar 2009

Global Market for Nano-Enabled Batteries Expect to Reach $1.13 Billion by 2013

According to the new iRAP report, Nano-enabled Batteries for Portable and Rechargeable Applications: Types, Applications, New Developments, Industry Structure and Global Markets, the global market for nano-enabled batteries is estimated to have reached $169 million in 2008. With an AAGR (average annual growth rate) of 46.3%, this market is expected to reach $1.13 billion by 2013.

19 Mar 2009

Next Generation Multiple Sclerosis Drug Based on "Buckyballs"

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember Buckminster Fuller's distinctive "geodesic domes" - soccer-ball-shaped structures that the late futurist envisioned as ideal human domiciles. Tel Aviv University chemists remember them too - and are now putting them to use in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

19 Mar 2009

Nanotechnology News

Research Center Poised to Meet Demands of Emerging Nanotechnology

Unique Analysis of the Evolution of the MEMS Markets

Specialized Motor Proteins Could Be Turned into Nanoscale Machines for Drug Delivery

Nanotechnology Shows Great Promise in Boosting Efficiency of Titania Photoanodes Used to Convert Solar to Hydrogen

The Most Abundant Material on Earth Exhibits Unusual Chemical Properties when Placed Under Extreme Conditions

Industrial Nanotech's Patented Nansulate Coating Wins Another 2008 Building Products Award

New Type of Artificial Muscle based on Carbon Nanotubes

We are Done with Metals, Engineers Prove Carbon Nanotubes are Superior to Metals for Electronics

CEO of Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Outlines Main Tasks for 2009

Laser Nanotechnology Tansforming the Image of Modern Electronics

WITec Introduces New Software Package for Advanced Data Evaluation and Chemometric Image Processing

New Materials for Electronic Devices and Sensors Operating in Extreme Conditions

NeoPhotonics Receives Top Product and Customer Support Quality Award

Global Market for Nano-Enabled Batteries Expect to Reach $1.13 Billion by 2013

Next Generation Multiple Sclerosis Drug Based on "Buckyballs"

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