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Television Program Highlighting Growing Impact of Nanotechnology on Society

WMHT Educational Telecommunications ("WMHT") and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind segment to air ...

26 Jan 2009

Bayer MaterialScience Begins Construction of New Facility for Carbon Nanotube Production

Bayer MaterialScience has begun work on the construction of a new facility for the production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in Chempark Leverkusen. The new plant will have a capacity of 200 tons/year, making it the largest of its kind in the world. The company is to invest around EUR 22 million in the planning, development and construction of the plant, which will create 20 new jobs.

From Covestro AG 26 Jan 2009

Using Nanotechnology to Mend Serious Leg Fractures

Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are leading a multi-institution initiative to produce a bio-compatible compound designed to mend serious leg fractures. The researchers ...

26 Jan 2009

More than Two Million Nanotechnology Workers Will be Needed in U.S. by 2014

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), more than two million industry nano-tech savvy workers will be needed in the U.S. by the year 2014. But, students aren't prepared for these careers, and a skilled w...

26 Jan 2009

Graffinity Pharmaceuticals Enters into a Research Collaboration with Elan Pharmaceuticals

Graffinity Pharmaceuticals GmbH announced today that it has entered into a research collaboration with Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a subsidiary of Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE:ELN). Under the terms of the agreement, Graff...

26 Jan 2009

Using Nanotechnology to Measure Memory Formation Process

Individual nerve cells in the front part of the brain can hold traces of memories on their own for as long as a minute and possibly longer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

25 Jan 2009

New Catalyst Could Make Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells Feasible

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible.

25 Jan 2009

Einstein Research Helps Scientists See Cancer and Other Cells at the Molecular Level

Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research. Scientists at the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University ...

25 Jan 2009

Daylight Solutions Announces Availability of Two Important Laser Wavelengths for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring Research

Daylight Solutions introduces new laser wavelengths for precise monitoring of greenhouse gases, enhancing spectroscopy capabilities for environmental research.

From Daylight Solutions Inc. 23 Jan 2009

Researchers Illustrate Controlling Shape of Heterogeneous Catalysts can Promote Desired Chemical Reaction

UC Riverside researchers illustrate how controlling shape of heterogeneous catalysts can promote desired chemical reaction To prolong the shelf life of foods, manufacturers often add hydrogen to natural oils, a process called hydrogenation.

23 Jan 2009

ALN-VSP Represents Industry's First Dual Targeting RNAi Therapeutic to Advance to Clinical Studies

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that its investigational new drug (IND) application for ALN-VSP has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

23 Jan 2009

SCI Engineered Materials Enters into $1 Million Business Loan Agreement

SCI Engineered Materials, Inc. (SCI) (OTCBB: SCIA), a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry, today announced it has entered into a $1 million business loan agreement with a regional commercial bank.

23 Jan 2009

Asymtek Announces Collaborative Effort to Support Microelectronics Packaging and Encapsulation Research

Asymtek, a Nordson company (Nasdaq:NDSN) and leader in dispensing, conformal coating, and jetting technologies, and the Fraunhofer Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration (IZM) Berlin announce their ongoing collaborative effort to support microelectronics packaging and encapsulation research using Asymtek's advanced dispensing and coating technology.

23 Jan 2009

Industrial Nanotech Cancels Order from China

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company has canceled an order from Golden Horse Real Estate Co., Ltd. in China for 12,000 gallons of Ind...

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 23 Jan 2009

Report Examines High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles Should Raise Same Concerns as Asbestos Fibres

A UK consortium of scientists, led by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, has published a key report examining whether high aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN) should raise the same concerns as asbestos fibr...

23 Jan 2009

Nanotechnology News

Television Program Highlighting Growing Impact of Nanotechnology on Society

Bayer MaterialScience Begins Construction of New Facility for Carbon Nanotube Production

Using Nanotechnology to Mend Serious Leg Fractures

More than Two Million Nanotechnology Workers Will be Needed in U.S. by 2014

Graffinity Pharmaceuticals Enters into a Research Collaboration with Elan Pharmaceuticals

Using Nanotechnology to Measure Memory Formation Process

New Catalyst Could Make Ethanol-Powered Fuel Cells Feasible

Einstein Research Helps Scientists See Cancer and Other Cells at the Molecular Level

Daylight Solutions Announces Availability of Two Important Laser Wavelengths for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring Research

Researchers Illustrate Controlling Shape of Heterogeneous Catalysts can Promote Desired Chemical Reaction

ALN-VSP Represents Industry's First Dual Targeting RNAi Therapeutic to Advance to Clinical Studies

SCI Engineered Materials Enters into $1 Million Business Loan Agreement

Asymtek Announces Collaborative Effort to Support Microelectronics Packaging and Encapsulation Research

Industrial Nanotech Cancels Order from China

Report Examines High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles Should Raise Same Concerns as Asbestos Fibres

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