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Quantum Dance Draws Unexpected Guests

It was always thought to be restricted to everyday types, with no magnetic sorts allowed in the door. But the quantum dance party’s guest list just got bigger. In a paper that appeared Friday in the online editi...

31 Jul 2007

Graphene Sensors Can Detect Single Molecules of Toxic Gas

Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas. The development of graphene-based devices – whic...

31 Jul 2007

Does EPA Have an Adequate Strategy to Oversee Nanotechnologies?

Does the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have an adequate strategy to ensure that nanotechnology is being safely commercialized? Can it get needed information through a proposed program where companies voluntarily ...

31 Jul 2007

Department of Defense Awards $1.6 Million for Implantable Biochip Research

The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health informa...

31 Jul 2007

Nano-Proprietary Announces Extension Of Mitsui & Co Relationship For Carbon Nanotube Lighting

Nano-Proprietary, Inc., through its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (“ANI”), today announced that Japan based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has extended its exclusive option to extend royalty bearing licenses on ...

30 Jul 2007

Veeco Receives Orders for Multiple New ALD Systems for Next Generation Thin Film Magnetic Heads

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that it has received multiple orders for the new NEXUS Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) System from global thin film magnetic head manufacturers. The next generation NEXUS ALD tool is ...

30 Jul 2007

Nissan Develops New Nano-Technology Catalyst Using Half Conventional Systems’ Precious Metals

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd has developed as part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance a new catalyst for petrol cars that uses only half the precious metal components versus conventional catalyst currently available, and will launc...

30 Jul 2007

Abraxis BioScience and the California NanoSystems Institute Announce Partnership for Collaborative Research in the Development of New Nanobiotechnologies

Abraxis BioScience, Inc., an integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, and the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have announced a partnership designed to collaborate on early research in nanobiotechnology for ...

30 Jul 2007

Industrial Nanotech Energy Saving Coating Featured in Textile Industry Magazine

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, is featured in the July 2007 issue of Tekstil & Teknik, which covers the Turkish textile industry. The feature story spotlights Turkish texti...

30 Jul 2007

Concentris Introduces the First Measurement Kits for Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors

Concentris GmbH, leading provider of cantilever sensor instruments and tools for research applications, releases the first measurement and training kits for nanomechanical cantilever sensors. These kits include all chemi...

30 Jul 2007

IBS Launches PULSION, its Brand New Nano Plasma Immersion Ion Implanter

PULSION® is the new robust and versatile Plasma Immersion Equipment designed by IBS. This low or very low energy ion implanter which is a digest of the whole technological know-how of ION BEAM SERVICES allows achievi...

30 Jul 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Receives Second Half of a $400,000 NIH Grant

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today the receipt of the second year of funding under a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovat...

30 Jul 2007

QuantumClean Upgrades All U.S. Advanced Technology Cleaning Centers

QuantumClean, the leading provider of outsourced parts cleaning, process tool part restoration and surface treatment to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has upgraded all of its U.S. Advanced Technology...

30 Jul 2007

Nalco and Keystone Nano Announce Joint Nanotechnology Development Venture

Nalco and Keystone Nano, a nanotechnology development company in State College, Pennsylvania, have formed a joint venture company, NanoSpecialties, LLC. The venture will conduct research and development of nanotechnology...

30 Jul 2007

Unidym’s “Tiniest Carbon Wires” are Making a Big Impact

It’s made from carbon and it’s one atom thick. It has a diameter of about a nanometer – approximately 50,000 times as small as the width of a human hair, and the same diameter as that of DNA. It’s...

30 Jul 2007