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New ECS Professor To Develop Smaller, More Powerful Devices At Nanoscale

A new arrival at the University of Southampton will work on making smaller, more powerful computers and mobile phones a reality when the new Mountbatten Building opens next year. Professor Hiroshi Mizuta, who has join...

26 Jul 2007

Worldwide Enthusiasm Intensifies for Nanotechnology Conference/Expo in Texas

Dr. Eitan Yudilevich, world-renowned in the areas of energy, water and the environment, is the latest international authority to present at nanoTX’07 Conference and Expo at the Dallas Convention Center October 3-4,...

26 Jul 2007

Nanopoint Wins International Design Excellence Award With cellTRAY™ For Cell Culturing and Nanotechnology

Nanopoint won its first design award in the international BusinessWeek/IDSA competition this month, with the innovative Nanopoint cellTRAY taking gold in the Medical and Scientific Products category. The annual intern...

26 Jul 2007

NanoWaste Needs Attention of EPA, Industry and Investors

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must make key decisions about how to apply the two major end-of-life statutes to nanotechnology waste in order to ensure adequate oversight for these technologies, concludes a ne...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 26 Jul 2007

Graphene Oxide Paper Could Spawn a New Class of Materials

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the discovery of paper revolutionized human communication. Now researchers at Northwestern University have fabricated a new type of paper that they hope will create a revolution of its own -- and ...

26 Jul 2007

FDA Nanotechnology Task Force Takes Positive Step Forward

According to Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Director David Rejeski, “Today, FDA took a step forward in fulfilling its responsibilities for nanotechnology oversight. If nanotechnology regulation was a baseball...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 26 Jul 2007

NanoSteel Launch Super Hard Steels

The NanoSteel(R) Company, an industry leading producer of nano-structured steel alloys for industrial applications, announces the commercial availability of its latest alloy line utilizing the company's patented Supe...

From The NanoSteel Company 25 Jul 2007

Nanoscale Dots Target and Track Apoptosis

Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a hallmark effect triggered by effective anticancer drugs. Now, researchers in Korea have developed a biocompatible, fluorescent nanoparticle that could provide an early sign that ...

25 Jul 2007

Increased MEMS-Based Applications in the Automotive and Consumer Markets Drives Demand for MEMS Sensors

Demand from end-user markets such as automotive, medical and consumer electronics spurs growth in the world microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors markets. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, World MEMS Sen...

25 Jul 2007

Switchable Adhesives May Find Use in Microelectromagnetics, Microfluidics or Even Drug Carriers That Can Drop Drug Bombs on Their Targets

Two surfaces stick together, separate, and stick together again—on command. This discovery by a team of researchers from the Universities of Sheffield (UK) and Bayreuth contradicts our day-to-day experience. In the...

25 Jul 2007