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NanoBusiness Alliance Announces Continuation of its NanoBusiness Talent Program

The NanoBusiness Alliance today announced the continuation of its NanoBusiness Talent program, which connects future scientists and high-tech companies by arranging summer internships for local high school students at Ch...

From Nanobusiness Alliance 11 Mar 2009

New Battery Material Could Allow Quick Charging of Portable Devices

MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other devices -- that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.

11 Mar 2009

World's Most Precise Measurement of Mass of the W Boson by a Single Experiment

Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have achieved the world's most precise measurement of the mass of the W boson by a single experiment. Comb...

11 Mar 2009

Argonne National Laboratory Names New Director

Eric D. Isaacs, a prominent University of Chicago physicist and senior administrator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, has been selected to become the next director of Argonne. The appointment will be effective May 1, 2009.

From Argonne National Laboratory 11 Mar 2009

Eleven Leading European Ion-Beam Facilities Joined Together in the SPIRIT Network

Eleven leading European ion-beam facilities joined together in the SPIRIT* network. The network was officially launched at a kickoff-meeting on March 6, 2009, held at the research center Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) in Dresden/ Germany.

11 Mar 2009

Nanofluids that can Act as Smart Materials to Dissipate Heat Efficiently or Poorly

Department of Physics of the University of Milan shows that nanofluids can act as smart materials that can be switched on and off to dissipate heat efficiently or poorly. Heating and cooling are of cardinal importance to...

11 Mar 2009

Stanford University Breaks "World's Smallest Letters" Record Set in 1991

A novel technique that enables researchers to push individual molecules into specifically arranged patterns recently allowed researchers at Stanford University to shatter the long held belief that one bit per atom is the limit for encoding information and reclaim the title of producers of the world's smallest letters.

11 Mar 2009

Team Put in Place to Serve Future Requirements of Stem Cell Researchers

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced the launch of an online web portal that provides researchers with immediate access to its extensive portfolio of industry-leading products developed specifically for advanced ...

11 Mar 2009

Platinum Nanowires May Soon Lead to Better Fuel Cells

The creation of long platinum nanowires at the University of Rochester could soon lead to the development of commercially viable fuel cells. Described in a paper published today in the journal Nano Letters, the new wi...

11 Mar 2009

Events to Draw Hundreds of Leading Scientists and Researchers to CNSE's Albany NanoTech

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany announced today that it will host three prestigious global nanotechnology conferences this year that will bring hundreds of ...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 11 Mar 2009

Discovery 'Proof of Principle' of the Existence of 'Spin Battery'

Researchers at the University of Miami and at the Universities of Tokyo and Tohoku, Japan, have been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery," a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ).

11 Mar 2009

Long Platinum Nanowires Could Speed Development of Fuel Cells for Cars

Researchers from New York are reporting production of the longest platinum nanowires ever made - an advance that they say could speed development of fuel cells for cars, trucks, and other everyday uses. The wires, 1/50,0...

11 Mar 2009

Workshop Takes Aim at Obstacles to Nanotechnology-Based Energy Technologies

Most processes governing the generation, conversion, and transport of energy occur at the nanoscale. Exploring the new measurement and materials' characterization techniques needed to apply nanotechnology effectively...

11 Mar 2009

Nano Drug Company Submits Investigational New Drug Application with FDA for NanoBUP

Nanotherapeutics, Inc., a privately held specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced that it has it has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the FDA for a Phase I clinical studies to assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of NanoBUP™ buprenorphine / naloxone capsule for the treatment of opiate addiction.

From Nanotherapeutics Inc. 11 Mar 2009

Collection Comprises 175 Peer-Reviewed Articles on "Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation"

Research and Markets has announced the addition of our guide to "Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation" to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from The 4th International Conference on Nanomat...

11 Mar 2009