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Nanosurf Atomic Force Microscope Headed For Mars

Switzerland’s Liestal-based Nanosurf AG is proud to make their own contribution to NASA’s recent Mars Mission named Phoenix. The Phoenix probe is expected to study the history of water and the habitability of...

15 Aug 2007

Nanotechnology Based Cancer Treatment Shows How Academic Research Can Make a Difference in Real Life

If a new approach to cancer therapy, still experimental and in a phase I clinical trial, turns out as well as hoped, the credit will go as much to technology transfer as to scientific acumen. That's the opinion of...

15 Aug 2007

MEMS and Nanotechnology Play Integral Role in Modern Must Have Products.

Bourne Research LLC today announced publication of the book titled, A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology. Written by Marlene Bourne, an industry analyst with more than a decade of expertise covering emergi...

15 Aug 2007

Sunscreens Guide Reveals Which Sun Protection Products Contain Nanoparticles

A nonprofit organization is stepping up where the government has failed, equipping consumers to protect themselves and their families from potentially harmful substances lurking in their sunscreens. Friends of the Ear...

15 Aug 2007

Advanced Research Fellowship May Lead To DNA Being Used as a Building Block For Self Assembling Nanostructures

Dr Glenn Burley, from the University of Leicester, has been awarded one of only 8 coveted Advanced Research Fellowships in Chemistry worth £922 K, given annually by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Co...

15 Aug 2007

Plastics Electronics Technology Centre Set To Establish North East England as a Global Leader in the Plastic Electronics

Cenamps, in partnership with the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for PETeC on 27th July 2007. PETeC, a unique plastics electronics technology centre, is set to establish North East E...

15 Aug 2007

Consumers Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology

Bourne Research LLC today announced publication of the book titled, ‘A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology.’ Written by Marlene Bourne, an industry analyst with more than a decade of expertise c...

15 Aug 2007

Advanced Oxidation Catalyst Info To Be Presented By Nanoscientist at Conference on Diesel Emissions Research

Media, industry analysts and others are invited to hear Kyle Fujdala, Ph.D., Direct of Product Research and Development for Nanostellar, address the topic "Rational Catalyst Design Applied to Development of Advanced...

14 Aug 2007

New Director of Technology For Polymer Chemistry Innovations

Polymer Chemistry Innovations (PCI), a leading manufacturer of specialty and custom polymers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Linda Shekhawat (born Harris) to the position of Director of Technology, effective J...

14 Aug 2007

Antimicrobial Nanotech Product Set To Protect Homes In Hurricane Areas

BioQuest Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of innovative, environmentally safe antimicrobial products, today announced it will focus personnel on applications of the Company’s existing and developing nano-tec...

14 Aug 2007

Ionic Wind Engines To Dramatically Cool Computer Chips

Researchers have demonstrated a new technology using tiny "ionic wind engines" that might dramatically improve computer chip cooling, possibly addressing a looming threat to future advances in computers and ele...

14 Aug 2007

HYPER Research Goes Global To Make Hydrogen a Dominant Energy Carrier

The Department of Energy’s domestic FreedomCAR and Fuels presidential initiative has now gone global, and researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are playing a key role in that worldwide effort. Late last ye...

14 Aug 2007

Lateral Shaking of Nanoresonators Removes Impurities

Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a ...

14 Aug 2007

Carbon Nanotube Based NanoComposite Paper Energy Storage May Replace Batteries

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin, co...

14 Aug 2007

EPA Looking for Improved Understanding of Nanotechnology Risks and Benefits

EPA will hold a public meeting, Thurs., Sept. 6 and Fri., Sept. 7, 2007 in Arlington, Va., in line with its continuing effort to better understand the potential risks and benefits of nanotechnology. The meeting is to...

14 Aug 2007