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Bilayer Clusters of Atoms Less Than a Nanometer in Dimension Found to be Responsible for Vital Oxidation Reaction

Few materials have exercised as much of a hold on the human imagination, or on human history, as has gold. But for all of its popular uses - money, medals, jewelry and more - gold's potential as a catalyst lay hid...

5 Sep 2008

Navy Contract Aims for Real-Time Laboratory-Quality Capabilities in Rugged Battlefield Instrument

Fairway Medical Technologies, Inc. has received a $900,000, 3-year contract from the Department of the Navy to apply its optoacoustic technology to the real-time detection of blood borne pathogens and biological warfare ...

5 Sep 2008

Paving the Way for Commercialization of Nanocrystal-Based LEDs

Evident Technologies, Inc. and Philips Electronics signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement paving the way for commercialization of nanocrystal-based LEDs. Evident Technologies intends to immediately launch a new line ...

4 Sep 2008

Nanoparticles for Therapy and Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Today, the NAD (Nanoparticles for therapy and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease) Project is being launched. This is a multidisciplinary project with the goal of early diagnosis and effective treatment of Alzheimer&#39...

4 Sep 2008

Better Organic Semiconductors for Printable Electronics

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend. Their recent results-how to move the top to the bottom-could enable the design of practical, large-scale manufacturing techniques for a wide range of printable, flexible electronic displays and other devices.

4 Sep 2008

Workshop Bringing Nanotechnology from Laboratory to Manufacturing Floor

Northeastern University's Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN), the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the University of New Hampshire will hold the 6th New England International Nanomanufacturing Worksho...

4 Sep 2008

Health Impact of Inhaled NanoMetals to be Studied by Multidisciplinary Team

Every day, everywhere we go, whether we know it or not, we are exposed to nanomaterials-particles with one dimension no bigger than 1/100,000th the width of a human hair. They can be found in cosmetics, sunscreens, pharm...

4 Sep 2008

Researchers Want to Know if Nanoparticles can be Transported Through Food Chain

Working to ensure the safe use of nanomaterials is the basis of a new Rice study funded by the National Science Foundation. Led by Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor and chair of the Civil and Environmental...

4 Sep 2008

Nanophotonics Pioneer Honored for Contributions to Nanoparticle Synthesis

Rice University nanophotonics pioneer Naomi Halas has won one of nanotechnology's top academic honors, the Research Excellence Award from the University of Pennsylvania's Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC). Hala...

4 Sep 2008

Next-Generation Nanotechnology Coatings for JSF Program

The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, today announced federal government support for the research and development (R+D) of next-generation nanotechnology-based coatings for the multinational Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

4 Sep 2008