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Carbon Nanotubes May Be a Base Material for Future Computers as Electrons are Over 100 Times Faster in Graphene than Silicon

University of Maryland physicists have shown that in graphene the intrinsic limit to the mobility, a measure of how well a material conducts electricity, is higher than any other known material at room temperature. Graph...

25 Mar 2008

Air Force Contract Awarded to Nanotechnology Company, Nanocomp Technologies, to Develop Light Weight Carbon Nanotube Electrical Wires

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of energy-saving performance materials and component products, today announced it has been awarded a Phase One contract by the United States Air Force under the Department of Defe...

From Nanocomp Technologies Inc 25 Mar 2008

PPG Volunteers for U.S. EPA Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program

PPG Industries has volunteered to participate in the basic program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP). The EPA launched the voluntary progr...

From PPG Industries Inc. 25 Mar 2008

Nanomedicine Workshop to be Held by Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University’s Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials will host a gathering of scientists, engineers and medical researchers at a workshop that will explore both the science and the emerging bu...

25 Mar 2008

Buckyballs Shown To Hold Hydrogen at Similar Densities to the Centre of Jupiter

Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buc...

25 Mar 2008

Natural Nanotechnology With Nanominerals or Mineral Nanoparticles Influencing the Earth's Complex Biosystems and Atmosphere

The ubiquity of tiny particles of minerals--mineral nanoparticles--in oceans and rivers, atmosphere and soils, and in living cells are providing scientists with new ways of understanding Earth's workings. Our planet's physical, chemical, and biological processes are influenced or driven by the properties of these minerals.

25 Mar 2008

Using Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles to Improve Hearing

Officials of NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., (NBMI) have announced the issuance of its first patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, titled “Method and Apparatus for Improving Hearing,” is based on the use of magnetically responsive nanoparticles implanted in the organs of the middle ear to drive tissue vibrations in the amplification of sound.

25 Mar 2008