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Metal Nanoparticles, Sterioids for Solar Cells

Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society&...

29 Dec 2008

Nanotech Food Sensor to Ensure Food safety and Security

A microscopic biological sensor that detects Salmonella bacteria in lab tests
has been developed by an Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) scientist and university colleagues. The sensor could
be adapted to detect other foodborne pathogens as well.

29 Dec 2008

S Korea Government Announce Plans to be Global Leader in Nanotechnology

South Korean government announced Tuesday its goal of becoming one of the top three nanotechnology industry leaders by capturing 15 percent of the global market by 2015. According to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy,...

23 Dec 2008

Nanosurf Introduce New Atomic Force Microscope - The easyScan 2 FlexAFM

With its electromagnetically actuated, flexure-based XY-scanner technology combined with a piezo-based Z-scanner, the FlexAFM offers highly linear, ultra-flat, and fast scanning performance, while at the same time providing Lateral Force and liquid measuring capabilities to its users.

23 Dec 2008

Princeton Engineers Develop New Type of Laser for Medical Applications

A Princeton-led team of researchers has discovered an entirely new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. The finding could lead to lasers that operate more efficiently and at higher temperatures than existing devices, and find applications in environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics.

23 Dec 2008

Standard Researchers Develop New Nanoscale Cancer Detection System for the Human Body

Using the same type of nanotechnology that enables hard drives to read and write data, researchers at Stanford University have developed a system that should be able to detect cancer in the human body. The blood scanner,...

23 Dec 2008

New Market Overview on Applications Nanomaterials

Research and Markets (www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3b4a2b/smart_materials) has announced the addition of the "Smart Materials" report to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd Int...

23 Dec 2008

Scientists Turning to Nature and Nanotechnology for Revolutionary Cancer Diagnostics

Scientists from the EU-funded RECEPTRONICS project are turning to nature, and combining what they learn with the latest in nanotechnology, to find new ways of diagnosing cancer. The project, funded by the EU with EUR 1.99 million under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), brings together experts from four European countries in the fields of biochemistry, bioengineering, nanotechnology and information technology.

23 Dec 2008

New Generation of Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging and Tumor Targeting Treatments

Researchers have developed a new generation of microscopic particles for molecular imaging, constituting one of the first promising nanoparticle platforms that may be readily adapted for tumor targeting and treatment in ...

23 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology Brings Molecular Computing Closer to Reality

Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing...

23 Dec 2008

Nanoscientists Demonstrate Breakthrough with Control Growth of Nanowires

Nanoscience researchers at Lund University in Sweden have shown that they can control the growth and crystal structure of nanowires down to the single atom level. How this can be done is described in an article to appear...

23 Dec 2008

ANL Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Assistant chemist Yugang Sun and physicist Robin Santra of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory today received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to recognize their contribution to the advancement of science

23 Dec 2008