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Carbon Nanotubes to be Replaced by MoSIx Nanowires in High Tech Devices Says New Study

Carbon nanotubes have long been touted as the wonder material of the future. Applications cited for carbon nanotubes range from super fast computers and ultra small electronics through to materials that are lightweight y...

21 Nov 2007

FEI Supply World's Most Powerful S/TEM to Swedish University

Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden is the first institute in that country to have installed an FEI Titan™ scanning/transmission election microscope (S/TEM), the world’s most powerful c...

16 Nov 2007

NASA Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Technology Wins Nano 50 Award

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. proudly announces that its method for manufacturing high-quality carbon nanotubes (CNT) has been named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards in the...

15 Nov 2007

Demand for Surrey Nanosystems Carbon Nanotube Fabrication Technology

Surrey NanoSystems is currently building its third NanoGrowth system for fabricating carbon nanotube structures, and is rapidly commercialising its technology. Two aspects of the company's unique intellectual propert...

From Surrey Nanosystems 13 Nov 2007

Risks of Nanotechnology Addressed in New Blog

Are nanoparticles safe to breathe? Do carbon nanotubes behave like asbestos? What does the public think about nanotechnology's risk-benefit trade-offs? You can find the answers to these questions and more in an exciti...

9 Nov 2007

RASIRC Selected as CONNECT Finalist for the 2007 Most Innovative New Product “MIP” Awards

RASIRC, the steam purification company, announces it has been selected by CONNECT as a Finalist for the 2007 Most Innovative New Product “MIP” Awards for its RainMaker Humidification System (RHS). Now in its ...

7 Nov 2007

Nanoanalysis Project for Next Generation Seminconductor Chip Development Opened

The companies AMD, Carl Zeiss SMT and Qimonda are launching a cooperation within the framework of the joint “Nanoanalysis“ project which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMB...

7 Nov 2007

Nanotech Knowledge Gap Needs to be Bridged Sooner Rather than Later

Want to buy a bag of carbon nanotubes-in quantities from a few grams to hundreds of kilograms (100 kilograms = approximately 220 pounds)? With a credit card and Internet access, you can. But is the U.S. government doing ...

2 Nov 2007

Carbon Nanotubes May Lead to Ballistic Protection and Bullet Proof Vests that Bullets Bounce from Leaving No Damage

Bulletproof jackets do not turn security guards, police officers and armed forces into Robocops, repelling the force of bullets in their stride. New research in carbon nanotechnology however could give those in the line ...

1 Nov 2007

Nanotech Safety Measures Delayed by US Government Amid Industry Criticism

Want to buy a bag of carbon nanotubes—in quantities from a few grams to hundreds of kilograms (100 kilograms = approximately 220 pounds)? With a credit card and Internet access, you can. But is the U.S. governme...

1 Nov 2007