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Nanotechnology Based Sensor Developed by NASA for the Detection of Bacteria, Viruses and Parasites

NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources

21 May 2008

The Scripps Research Institute Awarded Patent that May Lead to Drugs, Bioactive Nanomaterials, Anti-Bacterial Coatings and Responsive Nanomaterials

The Scripps Research Institute has been awarded U.S. Patent No. US 7,375,234 B2, which covers a broad class of chemical reactions that mimic biological efficiency and opens the door to a new world of chemistry. The paten...

21 May 2008

Graphene Addition to Polymer Makes Nanocomposite Material That May Change Everything from Solar Cells to Aeroplanes

Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar...

20 May 2008

Room Temperature Semiconductor Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source to Enhance Applications From Security Screening to Chemical Sensing

Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz (THz) radiation, also known as T-rays. The breakthrough in laser technology, based upon commercially available nanotechnology, has the potential to become a standard Terahertz source to support applications ranging from security screening to chemical sensing.

19 May 2008

Unidym to Demonstrate Nanotube Based Electrodes for Use in Advanced Displays

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that it will participate in the upcoming Society for Information Display (SID) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition a...

19 May 2008

Nano-Proprietary and NanoReady Team Up to Commercialize Metallic Nanoparticles

Nano-Proprietary, Inc., through its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc., and NanoReady Ltd. of Israel announced a strategic alliance for the manufacturing in volume metallic nanoparticles using NanoReady's wet chemist...

16 May 2008

Unidym Announces New Asia Pacific Vice President

Unidym Incorporated, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced today that Mr. Takashi Murayama has been appointed its Vice President for the Asia Pacific Geography. Unidym Inc. is a leader ...

16 May 2008

MIT Researchers Create New Fuel Cell Material With 50 Percent Increase in Power Output

MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particula...

16 May 2008

Student Creates Nanomaterial That Could Vastly Improve Magnetic Data Storage and Sense Extremely Low Level Magnetic Fields

Paul Morrow, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 17, has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother’s cassette player. The talented young phys...

15 May 2008

Experimental Solar Cells Spiked with Nanowires Could Be The Super Efficient Thin FIlm Solar Cells of the Future

University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.

15 May 2008

Nanomaterials News

Nanotechnology Based Sensor Developed by NASA for the Detection of Bacteria, Viruses and Parasites

The Scripps Research Institute Awarded Patent that May Lead to Drugs, Bioactive Nanomaterials, Anti-Bacterial Coatings and Responsive Nanomaterials

Graphene Addition to Polymer Makes Nanocomposite Material That May Change Everything from Solar Cells to Aeroplanes

Room Temperature Semiconductor Coherent Terahertz Radiation Source to Enhance Applications From Security Screening to Chemical Sensing

Unidym to Demonstrate Nanotube Based Electrodes for Use in Advanced Displays

Nano-Proprietary and NanoReady Team Up to Commercialize Metallic Nanoparticles

Unidym Announces New Asia Pacific Vice President

MIT Researchers Create New Fuel Cell Material With 50 Percent Increase in Power Output

Student Creates Nanomaterial That Could Vastly Improve Magnetic Data Storage and Sense Extremely Low Level Magnetic Fields

Experimental Solar Cells Spiked with Nanowires Could Be The Super Efficient Thin FIlm Solar Cells of the Future

Graphene Oxide in Concrete: How the Nano-Scale is Revolutionizing the Macro-scale

Precision Gantry Systems, Built to Your Specs

Style Over Substance: Nanofiber Morphology Drives Lung Toxicity

Scientists Develop Rapid, Low-Cost Method to Assess Graphene Oxide Quality

Silver Nanoparticles Get a Green Makeover: An Eco-Friendly Way to Target Diabetes

Enhancing Slurry Stability in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Turbiscan Technology

PiFM and its Role in Nanoscale Chemical Imaging

Conversations on AFM: How AI is Automating Scanning Probe Microscopy

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