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Nanotechnology Innovator mPhase Technologies Joins SEMA

mPhase Technologies, Inc. announced today, that as part of its marketing efforts to bring the mPower Jump "Wherever You Go You're In Charge" to the automotive aftermarket, the Company has become a member of SEMA, Specialty Equipment Market Association.

From MyPebble 1 Dec 2012

Tunable Plasmonic Nanobubbles Help Advance Medical Applications

Researchers at Rice University have found a way to kill some diseased cells and treat others in the same sample at the same time. The process activated by a pulse of laser light leaves neighboring healthy cells untouched.

1 Dec 2012

Researchers Develop New Blood Flow Visualization Technique Using Carbon Nanotubes and Lasers

Stanford scientists have developed a fluorescence imaging technique that allows them to view the pulsing blood vessels of living animals with unprecedented clarity. Compared with conventional imaging techniques, the increase in sharpness is akin to wiping fog off your glasses.

1 Dec 2012

Nanocrystals Detect Internal Damages of Composite Materials

The scientists of Kiel University, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Technische Universität München (TUM) have published their results in the current issue of the journal Advanced Materials.

30 Nov 2012

AAAS Recognizes Stanford Professor for Printed and Flexible Materials Work

Professor Zhenan Bao was one of six Stanford scholars to be named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon members of the association by their peers.

30 Nov 2012

Methode Electronics to Participate in ID Tech Printed Electronics USA 2012 Tradeshow

Methode Electronics, Inc. (Methode), a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices and a leader in conductive inks for printed electronics, will exhibit at the ID Tech Printed Electronics USA 2012 tradeshow, Booth # G04, on December 5&6, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.

30 Nov 2012

Microfabrication Inspired Design Technique to Create 3-D Brain Tissues

Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to create three-dimensional brain tissues in a lab dish.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 30 Nov 2012

AAAS Honors Nano-Photonics Expert Shawn Yu-Lin

Nano-photonics expert Shawn Yu-Lin, professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a member of the university's Future Chips Constellation and Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lin is one of 702 newly selected fellows recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. The announcement will be made in the Nov. 30, 2012, issue of the journal Science.

30 Nov 2012

New DNA-Brick Self-Assembly Technique Helps Advance Nanobiotechnology Applications

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created more than 100 three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures using DNA building blocks that function like Lego® bricks — a major advance from the two-dimensional (2D) structures the same team built a few months ago.

30 Nov 2012

AAAS Recognizes North Carolina State University Professor for Nanotechnology Work

Dr. Yuntian T. Zhu, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

30 Nov 2012

Researchers Use Gold Nanoparticles for Low-Cost Semiconductors Production

A completely new method of manufacturing the smallest structures in electronics could make their manufacture thousands of times quicker, allowing for cheaper semiconductors. The findings have been published in the latest issue of Nature.

30 Nov 2012

University of Minnesota Awarded DOE ARPA-E Grant to Develop Nanosheet Membranes

The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $1.8 million grant over three years from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) to develop revolutionary membrane technology that will enable energy-efficient separations in the chemical, petrochemical, water, fossil fuel, and renewable energy industries. When fully implemented, the technology could reduce U.S. energy consumption by as much as 3 percent.

30 Nov 2012

Magnolia Solar Presents Paper on Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxides for PV Applications

Magnolia Solar Corporation ("Magnolia Solar"), developer of revolutionary thin-film solar cell technologies employing nanostructured materials and designs, announced that Dr. Roger E. Welser, the Chief Technology Officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., presented a paper at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, MA titled "Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxides for Photovoltaic Applications," as part of a special session on Photovoltaic Technologies.

29 Nov 2012

Nanoscale Study on Plant Architecture Helps Improve Sugar Yields for Biofuels

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) combined different microscopic imaging methods to gain a greater understanding of the relationships between biomass cell wall structure and enzyme digestibility, a breakthrough that could lead to optimizing sugar yields and lowering the costs of making biofuels.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 29 Nov 2012

New Document Urges European Nanoelectronics Industry to Increase Research Efforts

The AENEAS and CATRENE organisations announced today the publication of a new positioning document ‘Innovation for the future of Europe: Nanoelectronics beyond 2020’.

29 Nov 2012

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Nanotechnology Innovator mPhase Technologies Joins SEMA

Tunable Plasmonic Nanobubbles Help Advance Medical Applications

Researchers Develop New Blood Flow Visualization Technique Using Carbon Nanotubes and Lasers

Nanocrystals Detect Internal Damages of Composite Materials

AAAS Recognizes Stanford Professor for Printed and Flexible Materials Work

Methode Electronics to Participate in ID Tech Printed Electronics USA 2012 Tradeshow

Microfabrication Inspired Design Technique to Create 3-D Brain Tissues

AAAS Honors Nano-Photonics Expert Shawn Yu-Lin

New DNA-Brick Self-Assembly Technique Helps Advance Nanobiotechnology Applications

AAAS Recognizes North Carolina State University Professor for Nanotechnology Work

Researchers Use Gold Nanoparticles for Low-Cost Semiconductors Production

University of Minnesota Awarded DOE ARPA-E Grant to Develop Nanosheet Membranes

Magnolia Solar Presents Paper on Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxides for PV Applications

Nanoscale Study on Plant Architecture Helps Improve Sugar Yields for Biofuels

New Document Urges European Nanoelectronics Industry to Increase Research Efforts

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