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mPhase's Smart NanoBattery to Feature in Technology Advances Section of September 2008 MRS Bulletin

Leading microfluidics and nanotechnology specialist mPhase Technologies, Inc. today announced its Smart NanoBattery has recently been featured in the Technology Advances section of the September 2008 Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin.

From CEA-Leti 14 Nov 2008

Mapping Out the Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very litt...

14 Nov 2008

UK RCEP Launches Report on Nanotechnology and the Environment

The UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) has launched a report entitled 'Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology'. The Commission explains that the underlying study was ori...

14 Nov 2008

Researchers Discovers Silicon Nanowires Ideal for Manufacturing in Future Computers and Electronics

Researchers have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because they form the same way every time.

14 Nov 2008

Sigma-Aldrich Announces Distribution Agreement with AlphaGenix

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced a distribution agreement with AlphaGenix, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of products for basic and clinical life science research. Sigma-Aldrich will now be the ex...

From Sigma Aldrich 14 Nov 2008

NaturalNano Awarded Two Patents for the Use of Naturally Occurring Nanotubes in Clean Energy Areas

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NNAN) (FWB: N3N) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Company two patents for the use of naturally occurring nanotubes (HNTTM) in clean energy ar...

13 Nov 2008

Engineers Develop SmartSPM - New Fully Automated Scanning Probe Microscope

Scanning probe microscopy approved itself the most effective technology for studying objects of nano-size and properties of surfaces with super-resolution. Today the field of nanotechnology generates tasks, which become ...

13 Nov 2008

Nanotechnology Industries Association Welcomes the RCEP Report

The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) published a full comment on the 27th Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, entitled Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology. ...

13 Nov 2008

CombiMatrix Ranked 156 on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500 in North America

CombiMatrix Corporation today announced that it ranked number 156 on Deloitte's 2008 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America.

From Invitae Corporation 13 Nov 2008

Bibliometric Report Examines R+D in Nanotechnology Across the Globe

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nanotechnology - World R&D Report 2008" report to their offering. This bibliometric report examines scientific activity in nanoscience using scien...

13 Nov 2008

Reportlinker.com Announces New Market Report Related to the Microelectronics Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Microelectronics industry is available in its catalogue. Since October 2005, when the last edition of the report "Sputtering Targets, a...

From ReportLinker 13 Nov 2008

New Market Research Report Related to the Nanotechnology Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Nanotechnology industry is available in its catalogue. Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Assessment covers nanomaterials (nanoparticles, na...

13 Nov 2008

Controlling Collagen Nanofibers for the Manufacture of Synthetic Knee Cartilage

In her final project, entitled "A Study of the Formation of Collagen Nanofibers using Electrospinning", Camila Flor, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa, reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications.

13 Nov 2008

Survey Reveals Issues Most Likely to Present Concerns for Industrial Hygiene Profession in 2009–2010

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) today announced the results of its biennial membership survey that projects the top public policy issues of concern to AIHA members and the occupational and environmenta...

13 Nov 2008

Biosensors that can Identify Disease using Nanotechnology

A team of scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK has invented a biosensor device that can identify disease using nanotechnology. The device, which may revolutionise the science of diagnosis, uses antibodies to detect biomarkers, molecules in the body used to identify disease.

13 Nov 2008