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New Methods Required to Measure Airborne Nanoparticles

New methods and tools for measuring exposure to airborne engineered nanomaterials will be required to protect the health of workers in nanotechnology-related jobs - estimated to total 10 million people by 2014 - accordin...

18 Apr 2007

mPhase Technologies to Establish Nanotech Subsidiary

mPhase Technologies, Inc. today announced that it is creating a new 100% wholly owned subsidiary called, AlwaysReady, Inc. to potentially unlock the value to shareholders of its leading edge nanotechnology and MEMS based...

From MyPebble 18 Apr 2007

New Report Explores Where Nanotechnology is Heading

Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale - in effect, “domesticating atoms” - can help to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how di...

17 Apr 2007

Zeptoliter Pipette Helps Reveal Freezing "Dance" of Nanoscale Drops

Using what is thought to be the world's smallest pipette, two researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that tiny droplets of liquid metal freeze much differently th...

17 Apr 2007

Dielectric Response of Aligned Semiconducting Single-Wall Nanotubes

Stretching a carbon nanotube composite like taffy, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) have made some of the first measurements of how ...

17 Apr 2007

Microscopic "Nanolamps" - Light-Emitting Nanofibers

To help light up the nanoworld, a Cornell interdisciplinary team of researchers has produced microscopic "nanolamps" -- light-emitting nanofibers about the size of a virus or the tiniest of bacteria. In a c...

17 Apr 2007

3D Solar Cells Could Boost Efficiency of Photovoltaics

Unique three-dimensional solar cells that capture nearly all of the light that strikes them could boost the efficiency of photovoltaic (PV) systems while reducing their size, weight and mechanical complexity. The new...

17 Apr 2007

Micrometer-Sized Solid-State Lasers

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford and Northwestern Universities have built micrometer-sized solid-state lasers in which a single quantum dot can play a dominant role in ...

17 Apr 2007

Lowest-Density Crystals for Use in Clean Energy

Chemists at UCLA have designed new organic structures for the storage of voluminous amounts of gases for use in alternative energy technologies. The research, to be published on April 13 in the journal Science, demons...

17 Apr 2007

New World Record in Generation of High-Frequency Submillimeter Waves

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have achieved a new world record in high-frequency submillimeter waves. The record-setting 324-gigahertz frequency was accomplished using a ...

17 Apr 2007

Nanostellar Introduces Gold in Oxidation Catalyst

Nanostellar, Inc. has announced a first in diesel emissions technology: the introduction of gold as an oxidation catalyst. Nanostellar's NS Gold catalyst enables manufacturers of light- and heavy-duty diesel engines ...

17 Apr 2007

Public Consultation on Nanomaterials Risk Assessment

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on whether current EU chemical risk assessment methodologies are appropriate for evaluating the risks associated with nanomaterials. Stakeholders are invited...

17 Apr 2007

NanoFrontiers: Visions for the Future of Nanotechnology

Controlling the properties and behavior of matter at the smallest scale -- in effect, "domesticating atoms" -- can help to overcome some of the world's biggest challenges, concludes a new report on how dive...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 17 Apr 2007

Lab-on-a-Chip Microreactor Chips Show Promise for Monitoring Reactions Under High Pressures

Small, clever process technology is essential for the future, but is it possible? Dutch-sponsored researcher Fernando Benito López from The University of Twente investigated the possibilities of the so-called lab-on...

16 Apr 2007

Belarussion and Indian Scientists Devise New Carbon Nanotube Production Technology

Scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in partnership with Indian counterparts have developed a new production technology of carbon nanotubes, BelTA learnt in the state committee for science and techno...

16 Apr 2007