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Silver and Calcium Phosphate Nano-Particles Proves Deadly to Bacteria

Chemical Engineers in Switzerland have created a plastic film that’s up to 1000 times more effective at killing E. coli bacteria cells than conventional methods. The team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Tech...

15 Aug 2008

Additional Sales and Expenditures Further Broaden First Nano and CVD Product Lines

CVD Equipment Corporation today announced that it has achieved record 3 and 6 month revenues and its fifteenth consecutive profitable quarter. Revenue for the three and six months ending June 30, 2008 was approximately $...

14 Aug 2008

Leading Fuel Cell Developer Creates Strategic Partnership with IceMOS Technology

Neah Power Systems, Inc., a leading developer of fuel cells for military, industrial and consumer portable electronic devices, announced today that it has created a strategic partnership with IceMOS Technology Ltd. to ut...

14 Aug 2008

Scientists Developing New Storage Modules for Hybrid Vehicles

Hybrid technology combines the advantages of combustion engines and electric motors. Scientists are developing high-performance energy storage units, a prerequisite for effective hybrid motors. The vehicle is powered...

14 Aug 2008

Anasys Instruments Wins Prestigious R+D 100 Award for VESTA Product

Anasys Instruments has won the prestigious R+D 100 award for its new VESTA product, a tool which revolutionizes thermal analysis with its ability to perform “point & click” micro and nano thermal analysis...

14 Aug 2008

Metal Carbide Set to Make Biofuel Production Economically Viable

A new metal carbide Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalyst developed by Oxford Catalysts looks set to make second-generation biofuel production using small-scale FT microchannel reactors environmentally and economically viable. ...

14 Aug 2008

Remove Bacteria and Other Contaminants from Water using Nanoparticles

UniSA scientists have discovered a simple way to remove bacteria and other contaminants from water using tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active nano-material.

14 Aug 2008

Cell's Recognition of Danger Through Protein Response

In joint experimental work, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories and biologists at the University of New Mexico’s Cancer Research and Treatment Center have combined unusual techniques to make real-time movies that show exactly how a 50-nanometer-thick membrane notifies the cell it encloses that a hostile alien presence — an antigen — has made a landing.

14 Aug 2008

Promoting New Paradigm Unifying the Art-Science-Technology Intersections at Nanoscale

Children learn by exploring their world and will now be able to see a tiny version of our world that looks quite different with powerful microscopes to challenge their imaginations

14 Aug 2008

Konica Minolta and Universal Display Corporation Signs OLED Technology License Agreement

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., a company that leads the way in creating new value in the field of imaging, and Universal Display Corporation, a major force behind today's evolving displays and lighting with its Unive...

14 Aug 2008

Silicon Photonics Fast Becoming Commercial Reality

First-generation silicon photonics products are now available from a handful of suppliers, a development that promises to have major implications for a wide range of telecom and networking technologies, according to the ...

14 Aug 2008

Purchase Bolsters Nanotechnology Pursuits

Lockheed Martin Corporation has acquired the government business unit of Nantero, Inc. Nantero is a privately-held, Massachusetts-based company that has developed methods and processes for incorporating carbon nanotubes ...

14 Aug 2008

Nanoscale Catalysts Could Tap Syngas as Cheap Source of Ethanol

Say the word "biofuels" and most people think of grain ethanol and biodiesel. But there's another, older technology called gasification that's getting a new look from researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University.

14 Aug 2008

Alternative Energy Technology to Purchase Nanotechnology-Based Companies

Alternative Energy Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce the submission of Information Disclosure Document (Form 15c2-11) dated August 12, 2008 to market makers. Approval of Form 15c-211 allows ATNE.PK to be listed on ...

14 Aug 2008

New Facility to House Shocking's Nanotechnology R+D Labs

Shocking Technologies, Inc. announced today that they are moving to their new location at 5870 Hellyer Ave, San Jose, CA. The new facility, which is 51,000 square ft, will house Shocking¡¦s nanotechnology re...

14 Aug 2008