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Thinner, More Flexible Condoms and Better Golf Balls a Result of Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Research

Dr Martin, a materials scientist with UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, has developed a unique polyurethane coating that is thinner, stronger and more flexible than what is currently available and could lead to better golf balls and condoms.

11 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Manufacturing Technique for Bottom Up Construction of Nanowires May Diagnose Cancer and Other Diseases

Bottom-up manufacturing may hold the key to production of tiny medical devices capable of testing for multiple molecules like viruses or cancer markers, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers. ...

10 Mar 2008

EPA Cracks Down on Nanotechnology With Fines for Unregistered Nano-Pesticides

A major decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fine California technology company IOGEAR more than $200,000 for selling unregistered nano-pesticides is being applauded by David Rejeski, the director of ...

10 Mar 2008

Big Boost for Nanotechnology in Drug Development with Nanobiotechnology Set to Boom Between 2010 and 2015

Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, has now added a new report which anticipates that there will be a boom between 2010 and 2015 in the nanobiotechnology ...

10 Mar 2008

Individual Protein Membranes Can By Studied One by One With Nanosized Tool

Researchers at Rockefeller University have now created a tiny tool, more than 10,000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair, capable of encasing single membrane proteins from living cells. The new system, which resembles a nanoscale sushi roll, will allow investigators to individually stimulate these key proteins with specific molecules and signals in order to precisely define the biological reactions that result.

7 Mar 2008

Aerospace to Cosmetics Will Benefit From Harry Potter Inspired Nanotechnology Breakthrough of Invisibility Cloak for Nanoparticles

Carnegie Mellon University’s Michael Bockstaller and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski have created a version of Harry Potter’s famed “invisibility cloak” for nanoparticles. Through a collaborative effor...

7 Mar 2008

Sea Cucumbers and Nanotechnology Lead to Plastics That Can Change Softness When Exposed to Liquids

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the departments of macromolecular science and engineering and biomedical engineering at the Case School of Engineering and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans A...

7 Mar 2008

Environmentally Safe and Friendly Nanoparticles to be Launched into Solar Cells, Nanotechnology Based Lighting and Security Devices

Voxtel is set to announce its entry into the business of manufacturing
“green” semiconductor and metal-oxide nanocrystals for a wide variety customer applications, including:
photovoltaic solar cells, electro-luminescent lighting, anti-counterfeiting taggants, and security
inks.

7 Mar 2008

Nanoscopic Rings Have the Potential to Form into Nanocomposite Materials

What appear under an atomic force microscope to be tiny rings with little bits missing are actually nanoscopic rings made of double-stranded DNA with a little gap in the form of a short single-stranded fragment. As Micha...

7 Mar 2008

World's Largest Solar Conference Is Coming to America

Solar Promotion International GmbH, Freiburg Management und Marketing International GmbH (FMMI) and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) announce the debut of the Intersolar North America exhibition...

6 Mar 2008