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Unique Nanostructures Paving the Way for Safer and More Efficient Chemical Reactors

Unique nanostructures which respond to stimuli, such as pH, heat and light will pave the way for safer, greener and more efficient chemical reactors. Being developed by a consortium of UK universities, the nanostructu...

19 Sep 2008

Finetex Technology and Awa Paper Jointly Develop Nano Filter Media

Awa Paper Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of various specialty paper products in Tokushima, Japan, announced that they have jointly developed a new filter media with Finetex Technology Global Limited from Hong Kong. The new fil...

19 Sep 2008

Teaching an Old Chemical Reaction New Tricks

A new twist on a common chemical reaction has enabled RIKEN scientists to create molecules that are useful building blocks for making new pharmaceuticals.

19 Sep 2008

Model May Advance Our Understanding of Fundamental Concept in Particle Physics

From a recent theoretical study, Japanese high-energy particle physicists have provided an important new method to apply to a fundamental concept known as supersymmetry.

19 Sep 2008

Transport Properties of Organic Conductors Strictly Connected to Internal Geometry of Crystals

Recent findings by a team of researchers from Japan and the United Kingdom could prove essential in explaining the origin of superconductivity in organic materials*, and pave the way for the development of new organic materials. The origin of superconductivity has been attributed to magnetic interactions, but this has never been fully accepted because some non-magnetic insulators can become superconducting.

19 Sep 2008

Researchers Uncovered Fundamentals of Insulating Behavior of Nickel Oxide

Owing to its simplicity in chemical composition and crystal structure, nickel oxide (NiO) is a model system for the understanding of a whole family of oxide compounds. However, even for such as basic two-atom compound the physics governing its physical properties can be rather complex. Indeed, a detailed fundamental understanding as to why this basic oxide is insulating rather than conductive has eluded physicists since the 1930s. Now researchers from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima have uncovered the fundamentals of the material's insulating behavior.

19 Sep 2008

Nanotechnology Drug Delivery Market Expected to Garner $700-$800 Billion by 2015

Combating losses due to patent expiries has become a high priority for pharmaceutical companies. Investing in new drug delivery technologies is becoming a critical strategy for them to maintain a strong presence in this ...

19 Sep 2008

Mycelium Coated with Nanoparticles - An Approach to New Catalytic Systems

When fungi, such as penicillium, grow, they form a thread-like network, the mycelium. If the fungus is grown in a medium containing nanoscopic particles of a noble metal, the resulting mycelium is coated with the nanopar...

19 Sep 2008

Scientists Produces First High-Density Gas of Ultracold Molecules

Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder), have applied their expertise in ultracold atoms and lasers to produce the first high-density gas of ultracold molecules-two different atoms bonded together-that are both stable and capable of strong interactions.

19 Sep 2008

Physicists Discover New Subatomic Particle

It's not every day that scientists discover a new particle of matter. Florida State University physicists were part of just such a historic event recently while collaborating with researchers from 18 countries at Fer...

19 Sep 2008

IBM to Create Nanotechnology Research Center in Egypt

IBM today launched a Global Service Delivery Center based in Egypt and signed agreements with the government to create a nanotechnology research center and develop a services science university curriculum. Samuel J. P...

19 Sep 2008

Researcher Suggests Buckyballs Have High Potential of Being Accumulated in Animal Tissue

Research at Purdue University suggests synthetic carbon molecules called fullerenes, or buckyballs, have a high potential of being accumulated in animal tissue, but the molecules also appear to break down in sunlight, perhaps reducing their possible environmental dangers.

19 Sep 2008