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Researchers Developed New Method for Producing GOld Nanorods for Biomedical Applications

Gold nanoparticles are under consideration for a number of biomedical applications, such as tumor treatment. A German-American research team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Hunter College in New York, and the RWTH Aachen has now developed a new method for the production of nanoscopic gold rods.

8 Sep 2008

Bosch Establishes Regional Headquarters for Research and Advance Engineering in Singapore

The Bosch Group, a leading German global supplier of technology and services, establishes their Asia-Pacific regional headquarters for Research and Advance Engineering in Singapore. This "Research and Technology Cen...

8 Sep 2008

Brookhaven's Center for Functional Nanomaterials Awarded LEED Silver Rating by USGBC

Two buildings on the 5,300-acre site of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have each been awarded a LEED silver rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The two buildings - the 94,500 square-foot Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) and the 65,000 square-foot Research Support Building (RSB) - are the newest on the Brookhaven Lab site.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 8 Sep 2008

Scientists Studying Arsenic Pollution Discovered Living Sensor

Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination. They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas, microb...

8 Sep 2008

Researchers Developed New Method to Fabricate Borosilicate Glass Nanoparticles

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature fluctuations and harsh chemical environments than currently used nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. Their introduction could extend the range of potential nanoparticle applications in biomedical, optical and electronic fields.

8 Sep 2008

High Court Rules Oxonica Breached Patent License

Neuftec Limited, the proprietor of a new, highly successful technology producing greener fuel (the original nano-particulate cerium oxide fuel catalyst previously sold by Oxonica as Envirox), announced today that the Hig...

From Oxonica Inc. 6 Sep 2008

Senior Attorney Analyzes Need For Nanotechnology Regulation

Although analysts forecast that more than 15 percent of all products will incorporate some form of nanotechnology by 2014, there is very little federal regulation or oversight on this burgeoning sector. The challenge, as...

6 Sep 2008

NSF Funds Danville Community College Nanotechnology Program

Danville Community College and Luna Innovations Incorporated have entered into a partnership to provide nanotechnology technician training to Southside Virginia residents. The partnership is being funded through a three-year, $638,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, which the NSF announced award of recently to DCC.

6 Sep 2008

Thinking Big at the Small Scale

The dedication ceremony, which takes place at 11:30 a.m., celebrates the completion of an $18 million, state-funded expansion of one of the nation's premier and largest research laboratories in academia for micro and nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and optoelectronics, nanomedicine and bionanotechnology, and MEMS/NEMS and integrated systems research. The expansion added new lab, research, classroom and meeting space.

6 Sep 2008

Urgent Action is Needed to Cut Red Tape for High-Tech Research

Urgent action is needed to cut red tape and create a more risk-tolerant environment for high-tech research in the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) sector, the European Commission has said. In a Communic...

6 Sep 2008

CNRS Releases "Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies" DVD

At the scale of a billionth of a meter, the nanoworld is taking shape. CNRS Images has just released "Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies", its second thematic DVD, to answer all our questions about the infinitesimally small. Aimed at both experts in the field and non-specialists, this bilingual DVD (English and French) is an open invitation to discover an awe-inspiring world.

6 Sep 2008

Cleanfield Energy Receives Grant to Further Nanowire Photovoltaics Research

Cleanfield Energy Corp a subsidiary of Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. announces that its project partner, McMaster University, has been awarded a Collaborative Research and Development grant from the Natural Sciences...

6 Sep 2008

Visualizing Individual Gold Nanoclusters on Iron Oxide Surfaces

For most of us, gold is only valuable if we possess it in large-sized pieces. However, the "bigger is better" rule isn't the case for those interested in exploiting gold's exceptional ability to catalyze a wide variety of chemical reactions, including the oxidation of poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) into harmless carbon dioxide at room temperatures.

6 Sep 2008

Harvard Researchers Awarded Grant to Further Develop Electronic Sequencing in Nanopores

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $6.5 (over 4 years) grant to a team of Harvard University researchers to further develop electronic sequenc...

6 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology and Industry Set to Meet at Top Industry Event

With more than 60 specialist presentations and a comprehensive exhibition, MiNaT will attract specialist visitors from many areas of industry from 7th to 9th October. The trade fair for precision engineering, ultra preci...

5 Sep 2008