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Physicists Show How Fundamental Particles Lose Quantum Mechanical Properties Through Environmental Interactions

In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics prob...

14 Mar 2008

The Winner is Nanotechnology as Quantum Tests Prove Carbon Nanotubes Beat Copper Wires as Interconnects

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottlene...

14 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Delivered Anti Cancer Drug Submitted to US FDA for Trials

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that its majority owned subsidiary, Calando Pharmaceuticals, a leading siRNA therapeutics company, submitted an investigational new drug application (IND) to the U.S. Food a...

14 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Comes to Paper Production With NanoTope Technology Using Malvern Nanoparticle Sizer to Improve Paper Properties Without Coatings

Researchers at TopChim, a developer of materials and technology solutions for the paper industry, have integrated the Zetasizer Nano particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical into the company’s nanoscience development program.

From Malvern Panalytical 13 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Researchers Surprised to Find Unusual Strength Properties of Nanomaterials and May Expolit Them in Future Nanomachines

In yet another twist on the strangeness of the nanoworld, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland-College Park have discovered that materials such as silica that are quite brittle in bulk form behave as ductile as gold at the nanoscale. Their results may affect the design of future nanomachines.

13 Mar 2008

Copolymers Set to Be the Driving Force Behind Microelectronics Revolution of the Future

In response to the electronics industry’s rallying cry of “smaller and faster,” the next breakthroughs in the electronics size barrier are likely to come from microchips and data storage devices created out of novel materials such as organic molecules and polymers.

13 Mar 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to be Incorporated into Thin Film Solar Cells

Unidym, Inc, a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research Corporation, announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Nippon Kayaku, to integrate Unidym's printable transparent electrodes ...

13 Mar 2008

Preventing Infection With Nanotechnology By Using Silver Nanoparticles as Medical Equipment Coating

I-Flow Corporation is leading and helping to define a rapidly emerging trend of using silver as an antimicrobial agent to help reduce infections with its ON-Q® PainBuster® with ON-Q SilverSoaker® Antimicrobia...

12 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology Used in Binder for Anti Ageing Exterior Building Paints

A novel nanobinder from BASF for facade coatings combines elastic organic material and hard minerals to create a coating with outstanding properties

12 Mar 2008

Unregulated and Unlabelled Food Full of Nanotechnology Poses Risks to Human Health Claims New Report into Nanofood Safety

Food, packaging and agricultural products containing manufactured nanomaterials pose a toxic health risk and should be suspended from sale until new safety testing, laws and appropriate labelling are created, a new report says.

11 Mar 2008

Nanomaterials News

Physicists Show How Fundamental Particles Lose Quantum Mechanical Properties Through Environmental Interactions

The Winner is Nanotechnology as Quantum Tests Prove Carbon Nanotubes Beat Copper Wires as Interconnects

Nanotechnology Delivered Anti Cancer Drug Submitted to US FDA for Trials

Nanotechnology Comes to Paper Production With NanoTope Technology Using Malvern Nanoparticle Sizer to Improve Paper Properties Without Coatings

Nanotechnology Researchers Surprised to Find Unusual Strength Properties of Nanomaterials and May Expolit Them in Future Nanomachines

Copolymers Set to Be the Driving Force Behind Microelectronics Revolution of the Future

Carbon Nanotubes to be Incorporated into Thin Film Solar Cells

Preventing Infection With Nanotechnology By Using Silver Nanoparticles as Medical Equipment Coating

Nanotechnology Used in Binder for Anti Ageing Exterior Building Paints

Unregulated and Unlabelled Food Full of Nanotechnology Poses Risks to Human Health Claims New Report into Nanofood Safety

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

Style Over Substance: Nanofiber Morphology Drives Lung Toxicity

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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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