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New Report on Nanocomposites and Nanoporous Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanocomposites and Nanoporous Materials VIII" report to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 8th International Symposium on Nanocom...

From Research and Markets 8 Dec 2008

New Project to Discover Organic Materials to Create More Efficient and Lower Cost Solar Cell

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and researchers from Harvard University are launching a new World Community Grid project to discover organic materials to create a more efficient and lower cost solar cell. The path-breaking effort will u...

8 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology Research Paving Way for New Data Storage Devices and Drug Delivery Systems

A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a meter. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit interesting and potentially beneficial new properties.

8 Dec 2008

Research Shed Light on Llife Cycle of Membrane-Bound Viruses Like HIV

Cells are filled with membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticula. Over the years, scientists have made much progress in understanding the biomolecular details of how these organelle...

8 Dec 2008

CNSE to Develop Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors and Controls Designed to Reduce Power Plant Emissions

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany has been selected to receive a prestigious grant from the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") for pioneering research and education that will support the development of nanotechnology-enabled sensors and controls designed to sharply reduce emissions from fossil fuel-based power plants.

8 Dec 2008

Researchers Develop Anti-Cancer Agent using Precious Metal

A precious metal which has never before been used in a clinical setting is being developed as an anti-cancer agent by University of Warwick researchers. The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is wide...

8 Dec 2008

First International Forum on Nanotechnology is Over

The basic subjects of discussions held during the Forum were nanotechnology development perspectives both in Russia and world, foreign experience in forming the national innovative systems, role of the government and business in creating the scientific development commercialization mechanisms in the sphere of nanotechnologies.

8 Dec 2008

Industrial Nanotech Receives Major Order from China

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (PINK SHEETS: INTK), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that the Company has received an order for 12,000 gallons of its patented Nansulate® nanotechology-based coa...

8 Dec 2008

Nanotechnology: To Know It Is Not Necessarily To Love It

Public opinion surveys report that the small fraction of people who know about nanotechnology have a favorable view of it. This finding has led many to assume that the public at large will respond favorably to nanotechno...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 8 Dec 2008

Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis Provides Invaluable Information for Virus Detection

Virus particle detection and counting using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
is providing essential information for researchers at the University of Strathclyde's
Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS). This team develops methods
to employ naturally-occurring bacteriophages to combat MRSA and other bacteria.

8 Dec 2008

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Announces First 45-Nanometer Silicon Success

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation today announced its first 45-nanometer yield lot, signifying a working 45nm process. This first silicon success comes less than one year after SMIC signed an agreement with International Business Machines ("IBM") to license its low- power and high-performance bulk CMOS technologies in December 2007.

From Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) 8 Dec 2008

Company Increases Precious Metal Tubing Production Capacity by 50 Percent

Medical Device Contract Manufacturer, Johnson Matthey Medical has announced the expansion of its Precious Metal tubing production capacity due to increasing demand for its Platinum and Platinum-Iridium electrodes and mar...

8 Dec 2008

MEMSCAP Steps into the Nanoworld by Offerring Breakthrough Nano-Plaftorm with MUMPs Services

MEMSCAP (Paris:MEMS), the leading provider of innovative solutions based on MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) technology, announced today it has stepped into the Nanoworld by offerring a breakthrough Nano-plaftorm ...

From MEMSCAP 8 Dec 2008

eBioscience Announces Commercial Launch of eFluor Organic Dyes

eBioscience Corporation, a leading global provider of innovative, high-quality cell analysis reagents, announced today the expansion of its eFluor(TM) brand with the commercial launch of the eFluor(TM) Organic Dye produc...

8 Dec 2008

Electronic Textiles Capable of Detecting Diseases and Monitoring Heart Rates

Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other vital signs. A report on these straight-out-of-science-fiction-fibers, made of carbon nanotubes, is scheduled for the December 10 issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly publication.

8 Dec 2008