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Breakthrough Catalyst Halves the Use of Precious Metals

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced it will introduce its ultra-low precious metal catalyst on the new Cube, to be launched on Nov. 19. The breakthrough catalyst, a world's first, utilizes half the amount of precious metals compared with conventional catalysts.

15 Nov 2008

Deputy Director General Gave Speech at Japanese Business Club About Nanotechnology in Russia

During his address, Alexander Losyukov spoke about the potential and prospects for the development of nanotechnologies in Russia and the role of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies in developing innovation business.

15 Nov 2008

NPL Unveils New Equipment Making Cancer Treatment Safer

New piece of medical technology unveiled at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) today will help improve the success rates of radiotherapy cancer treatments. The new clinical electron linear accelerator (linac) will he...

15 Nov 2008

Cambridge University to Showcase Latest Material and Nanotechnology Research

The latest research from Cambridge University on Material Technologies will be showcased at a Horizon seminar taking place at Magdalene College next month.

15 Nov 2008

Event Draws 300 Students to CNSE as Part of "NANOvember" Initiative

Building on the highly popular event that introduces elementary, middle- and high-school students to nanotechnology, more than 300 students received an up-close look at nanobioscience and nanomedicine while attending Nan...

15 Nov 2008

Surface Plasmon Resonances of Metal Nanoparticles Could Improve Sensitivity of Detecting Molecules at Low Concentrations

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic array can have cons...

15 Nov 2008

Nanobamas - 3-D Portraits of the President-Elect Smaller than a Grain of Salt

A University of Michigan professor has created 3-D portraits of the president-elect that are smaller than a grain of salt. He calls them "nanobamas."

15 Nov 2008

Oxford Instruments to Supply 6 Systems to Nanoscience Center of Excellence at LBNL

Oxford Instruments
has just won an order for 6 systems to equip the Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), California, USA, a DOE user facility
for nanoscience and a centre of excellence in scientific research. The Oxford
Instruments systems ordered comprise 6 tools - 3 ICP Plasma etch systems,
2 Plasmalab 80Plus tools, and a FlexAL atomic layer deposition tool.

From Oxford Instruments plc 15 Nov 2008

Organic Nanotubes - New Approach to Nanoelectronics and Biomedicine

Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily varied and modified building blocks. Researchers led by Chulh...

14 Nov 2008

How Nanotechnology Will Revolutionize the Consumer Products Market

Nanomaterials have already been incorporated into a number of consumer products including golf clubs and sunscreens. However, these are relatively unimpressive applications when put in the context of the wave of products...

14 Nov 2008

Research and Markets Announces Availability of Worldwide Nanomaterials Report

Over the past two years, scale up of multi-wall carbon nanotube production has led to a dramatic price decrease (Arkema, Bayer Material Sciences, Showa Denko.), down to $150/kg for semi-industrial applications. The run f...

From Research and Markets 14 Nov 2008

Report Provides Detailed Market Analysis and Key Players in Nanotechnology

"Nanomaterials and Markets" report provides detailed market analysis, commercial information and key players in nanotechnology. This report presents a clear picture of the scale of opportunity in nanotechno...

14 Nov 2008

Scattering Data Suggests Gluons Making only a Small Contribution to Spin of Protons and Neutrons

Scientists have acquired more clues in the mystery of how the spin, or intrinsic angular momentum of a nucleon (proton or neutron), results from its constituent parts, quarks and gluons. Marco Stratmann at RIKEN's Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Wako and co-workers* have used new scattering data to determine that the contribution from gluons is likely to be small.

14 Nov 2008

Researchers Succeeded in Developing a High-Sensitivity THz Detector on a Chip

Now Yukio Kawano and Koji Ishibashi from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako have succeeded in developing a high-resolution and high-sensitivity THz detector on a chip.

14 Nov 2008

Setting Record for the Longest Fuel-Cell-Powered Flight of a Radio-Controlled Aerial Vehicle

The longest fuel-cell-powered flight of a radio-controlled aerial vehicle has been achieved by students at the University of Michigan and engineers at Ann Arbor-based fuel-cell manufacturer Adaptive Materials Inc. The...

14 Nov 2008