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Carbon Nanotube By-product Analysis Helping Nanotechnology Industry Not Make Mistakes of The Past

A new analysis of by-products discharged to the environment during production of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) - expected to become the basis of multibillion-dollar industries in the 21st Century - has identified cancer-causin...

21 Aug 2007

Nanoparticles Give 60-70% Increase In Solar Cell Power

Octillion Corp. today announces that a published research study has demonstrated, among other achievements, that the same silicon nanoparticles used in development of the Company’s first-of-its-kind transparent gla...

21 Aug 2007

Portable Biosensor Distinguish Between The Truly Sick and The Worried But Well

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a way to increase the sensitivity of test strips that will enable creation of a portable biosensor that can address a major concern associated with inci...

21 Aug 2007

Boston To Host 2008 Micro & Nanomanufacturing Conferences

The Boston area will play host to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers' annual MicroManufacturing and NanoManufacturing Conferences in 2008. Scheduled April 22-23 at the Sheraton in Framingham, Mass., the events br...

21 Aug 2007

Drug Delivery With Nanogels

Carnegie Mellon University scientists have developed tiny, spherical nanogels that uniformly release encapsulated carbohydrate-based drugs. The scientists created the nanogels using atom transfer radical polymerization (...

21 Aug 2007

Nanoparticles Could be Used to Detect Early Stage Diseases

Most people think of hydrogen peroxide as a topical germ killer, but the medicine cabinet staple is gaining steam in the medical community as an early indicator of disease in the body. Georgia Institute of Technology ...

21 Aug 2007

Nanowire Coating Increases Effectiveness of Titanium as a Biomaterial

University of Arkansas researchers have found a simple, inexpensive way to create a nanowire coating on the surface of biocompatible titanium that can be used to create more effective surfaces for hip replacement, dental...

20 Aug 2007

Nanotoxicology Study Shows No Pulmonary Toxicity Issues For Type of Carbon Nanotube

Findings by a team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee bode well for using single-walled carbon nanohorns, a particular form of engineered carbon-based nanoparticles, for dru...

20 Aug 2007

Update On Advance Nanotech ULTRATUBE collaboration

Advance Nanotech, Inc., a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology-related products for homeland security and display technologies, today provided an update on i...

From Owlstone Nanotech 17 Aug 2007

Capsulution Nanoscience and NascaCell Technologies form Joint Venture

Munich-based NascaCell Technologies AG and Capsulution Nanoscience AG, Berlin, signed a joint development and license option agreement. As part of this joint development program, NascaCell as leading provider of customiz...

16 Aug 2007