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Scientists Now Understand What is Behind the Pollution Threat of Plutonium Nanoclusters

For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clu...

18 Apr 2008

Physicists Ask What Happens When You Pop a Quantum Balloon

When a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as predicted by classical mechanics" The question is deceptively complex, since quantu...

18 Apr 2008

Smaller, Faster and Cheaper Electronics the Result of Nanotechnology Research Discovering Electricity Conducting Carbon Molecules

University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or carbon-based—molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain circumstances and, in turn, conduct electricity as well as met...

18 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Researchers Use Graphene to Create the World's Smallest Transistor

Researchers have used the world’s thinnest material to create the world’s smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal S...

18 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Company pSivida Proposing to Reincorporate in the US

pSivida Limited today announced that it proposes to reincorporate in the United States. The reincorporation, which is subject to Australian Federal Court and shareholder approval, will occur in mid-2008. This reincorpora...

From EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 18 Apr 2008

Australian Team Leading the World in the Production of Single Photons

The world’s first commercial source of individual photons using diamond based quantum technology has been developed by Quantum Communications Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at The University of Melbour...

18 Apr 2008

Investors Getting Fired Up by Nanotechnology

Speakers representing university labs and exhibiting firms in the nanoTX USA’08 Conference/Trade Expo will introduce nanotechnology to a field of investors estimated to number 2000 at Money Fair sponsored by the BI...

18 Apr 2008

BioForce Nanosciences Included in the Ludlow Biotech Index

BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., a producer of integrated biological and mechanical systems for life science researchers at the micro and nano scales, today announced that the company has been added as a component o...

18 Apr 2008

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals - REACH - Report Takes Critical View of Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Risks

Based on a review of SEC filings, including detailed analysis of individual company annual reports for 2006 and 2007, major industrial and other sectors affected by product toxicity risks are doing a poor job of informin...

18 Apr 2008

Mario Resca Appointed as First Independent Senior Advisor to NanoDynamics

NanoDynamics, Inc. announced today that Mario Resca has accepted the role as the company’s first independent senior advisor. Resca currently serves on the board of directors at Eni S.p.A., a major worldwide i...

18 Apr 2008

JPK to Host First International Workshop on Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences

JPK announces that it will host the 1st International Workshop on the applications and uses of optical tweezers in life science research in Berlin on 15th May 2008.

From Bruker BioAFM 17 Apr 2008

Lockheed Martin and Rice University to Announce Strategic Partnership on Nanotechnlogy

Rice University conducts an average of $30 million per year in research on nanoscale science and technology and has one of the strongest nanotechnology patent portfolios among all academic institutions. Lockheed Ma...

17 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Research May Be Held Back Without Clear Leadership and More Transparency

A Project assessment of purported nanotechnology risk-relevant research published by the federal government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative reveals that spending on environment, health and safety-focused research projects in 2006 was substantially lower than that claimed by U.S. officials.

17 Apr 2008

TechConnect Summit ito Showcase Emerging Nanotech, Cleantech and Life Sciences Companies

The TechConnect Summit is the world’s largest forum dedicated to showcasing prescreened, advanced technologies and early stage companies specifically in nanotech, cleantech and biotech/medical devices. The Summit w...

17 Apr 2008

Municipal Solar Power Plants Goal for Nanosolar

At Nanosolar, we believe very much that meaningful scale for solar will come foremost from utility-scale solar power plants, in particular from municipal solar power plants of 2-10MW in size. These are rows of sola...

From Nanosolar, Inc. 17 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology News

Scientists Now Understand What is Behind the Pollution Threat of Plutonium Nanoclusters

Physicists Ask What Happens When You Pop a Quantum Balloon

Smaller, Faster and Cheaper Electronics the Result of Nanotechnology Research Discovering Electricity Conducting Carbon Molecules

Nanotechnology Researchers Use Graphene to Create the World's Smallest Transistor

Nanotechnology Company pSivida Proposing to Reincorporate in the US

Australian Team Leading the World in the Production of Single Photons

Investors Getting Fired Up by Nanotechnology

BioForce Nanosciences Included in the Ludlow Biotech Index

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals - REACH - Report Takes Critical View of Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Risks

Mario Resca Appointed as First Independent Senior Advisor to NanoDynamics

JPK to Host First International Workshop on Optical Tweezers in Life Sciences

Lockheed Martin and Rice University to Announce Strategic Partnership on Nanotechnlogy

Nanotechnology Research May Be Held Back Without Clear Leadership and More Transparency

TechConnect Summit ito Showcase Emerging Nanotech, Cleantech and Life Sciences Companies

Municipal Solar Power Plants Goal for Nanosolar

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