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New Way to Greatly Increase Luminescence Efficiency of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical imaging and ot...

6 Mar 2009

Studying Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles

Studying potential health and environmental effects of tiny industrial building blocks, called nanoparticles, is the goal of a $389,303 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Vicki Grassian, directo...

5 Mar 2009

New Theory Predicts Unusual Excitation Spectrum for Chain of Ultracold Gas Atoms

Theoretical physicists from Argonne National Laboratory, US, and RIKEN's Advanced Science Institute, Wako, have constructed a general theory for describing the characteristics of an unusual and newly discovered system of particles, a chain of "spin-1/2 bosons".

4 Mar 2009

New Method for Harnessing the Enormous Potential of Nanoparticles

A student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for harnessing the enormous potential of nanoparticles, which could lead to a new generation of medical devices, drug delivery technologies, and other applications.

4 Mar 2009

Engineers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Stitch Together Aerospace Materials

MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in c...

4 Mar 2009

Global Market and Applications for Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Global Market and Applications for Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes is a 125 page report providing a comprehensive market assess...

3 Mar 2009

Leading Research University Orders Nanomaterial Growth Tool from Surrey NanoSystems

The leading research university, Georgia Institute of Technology, has ordered a nanomaterial growth tool from Surrey NanoSystems.

From Surrey Nanosystems 2 Mar 2009

Nanosensors Detecting Possible Mutations in DNA

Researchers at the Cidetec-IK4 technological centre have developed electrochemical sensors that, amongst other functions, enable the detection of possible mutations in DNA in a more rapid manner that has been achieved to...

2 Mar 2009

Novel Techniques to Measure Distribution of Energy and Heat in Powered Carbon Nanotube Devices

IBM (NYSE: IBM) Research scientists today announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy and heat in powered carbon nanotube devices.

2 Mar 2009

Applications of Micro and Nanosensors in Security, Health and Environmental Monitoring

Advances in micro and nanotechnology has significantly influenced the growth of next generation sensors which are small in size, consume less power, have better specificity and low weight. The availability of novel tools and techniques and the ability to develop new materials with unique properties have facilitated the development of novel sensors.

26 Feb 2009