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Bacteria in Sewage Sludge Prevent Certain Nanoparticles Clumping Together

In a conventional sewage works, nanoparticles should really be bound in the sludge and should not represent a major problem in the aqueous effluent. This is not true, however, as shown by a new study of the ceramic model material cerium dioxide. An astonishing amount was able to leave an experimental sewage works and thus could possibly enter bodies of water.

28 Jul 2008

How Nanotechnology is Helping Address Growing Energy Needs

A research team from Purdue University's Discovery Park will travel to India next month to lead a joint India-United States workshop on how advancements in nanotechnology are helping address growing energy needs. ...

28 Jul 2008

Eka Set to Cater to Customers from Nanotechnology to Drug Design

From nanotechnology to weather modeling, drug design to aerospace — Eka, the super computer built by Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a subsidiary of Tata Sons, is set to cater to global customers. Af...

27 Jul 2008

Research Part of Ontario's Plan to Build an Innovation Economy

Research aimed at quickly detecting contamination in food, water and soil and improving early childhood learning for children with mathematical and reading difficulties are two of the 10 projects at The University of Wes...

27 Jul 2008

One-Step Repeatable Method for Producing Functional Nanoscale Patterns

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master "p...

26 Jul 2008

Australian Government Identifies Emerging Nanotechnology Issues

Two new documents released identify areas for further work and the way the Australian Government will address emerging nanotechnology issues. "The Government is committed to capturing the benefits of nanotechnology,...

26 Jul 2008

New Material Making Cars Even More Efficient by Turning Waste Heat into Electricity

Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material w...

25 Jul 2008

Nanoparticle-Based Assay Able to Detect Telomerase Activity

Telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from shortening when they divide, is widely suspected of playing a key role in making cancer cells immortal. Though researchers have developed a variety of methods for meas...

25 Jul 2008

Particle Sizing System Demonstrates DNA-Guided Formation of Ordered 3-D Crystalline Structures

A research team led by Dr Oleg Gang at the Brookhaven Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) in New York is using the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Instruments in ground-breaking work that has demonstrated successful DNA-guided formation of ordered 3-D crystalline structures.

25 Jul 2008

HelioVolt and NREL Wins R+D 100 Award for Work in Thin Film PV Systems

HelioVolt Corporation, a producer of highly-efficient thin film solar energy products, today announced that it has garnered an R&D 100 Award from Research & Development (R&D) Magazine for work performed in pa...

24 Jul 2008