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MSU Regents Professor Serves as Guest Editor of Microbial Ecology Journal

Anne Camper, Regents Professor in Montana State University’s Department of Civil Engineering and an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Biofilm Engineering, served as guest editor of a recent biofilm-related issue of the journal Microbial Ecology.

5 Dec 2014

Global Market for Nanotechnology Products Expected to Reach About $64.2 Billion by 2019

The global market for nanotechnology products was valued at $22.9 billion in 2013 and increased to about $26 billion in 2014. This market is expected to reach about $64.2 billion by 2019, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% from 2014 to 2019.

5 Dec 2014

Stand-Alone Nanowire Mesh System Produces Clean Hydrogen Fuel

For years, scientists have been pursuing "artificial leaf" technology, a green approach to making hydrogen fuel that copies plants' ability to convert sunlight into a form of energy they can use. Now, one team reports progress toward a stand-alone system that lends itself to large-scale, low-cost production. They describe their nanowire mesh design in the journal ACS Nano.

5 Dec 2014

Jena Scientists Successfully Produce Highly Specific Nanoparticles

Jena scientists have been successful in producing highly specific nanoparticles. Depending on the bound dye the particles are guided to the liver or to the kidney and deliver their payload of active ingredients directly to the targeted tissue.

4 Dec 2014

Novel Shapes at the Nanoscale Can Make Light Behave in Specific Ways

Stanford engineers have designed and built a prism-like device that can split a beam of light into different colors and bend the light at right angles, a development that could eventually lead to computers that use optics, rather than electricity, to carry data.

4 Dec 2014

Rewritable Paper Produced Using Redox Dyes with Titania Nanocrystals

First developed in China in about the year A.D. 150, paper has many uses, the most common being for writing and printing upon. Indeed, the development and spread of civilization owes much to paper’s use as writing material.

4 Dec 2014

New Technique for Chemical Imaging of Nanoscale Materials

A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Ohio University have devised a powerful technique that simultaneously resolves the chemical characterization and topography of nanoscale materials down to the height of a single atom.

4 Dec 2014

Nissan to Showcase Zero-Emissions LEAF Car with Self-Cleaning Nano-Paint Technology

The “world’s cleanest car” is daring its fans to get it dirty. Starting today, Nissan will launch a social media campaign that will include a series of online videos to showcase a zero-emissions Nissan LEAF with self-cleaning nano-paint technology. Created to demonstrate its potential use in future production vehicles, this LEAF is armed with Ultra-Ever Dry® paint to help repel almost any liquid that may come its way. Nissan first introduced the one-of-a-kind LEAF this past April.

3 Dec 2014

Nanotech in Foods Will Be Accepted Only if it Improves Safety, Enhances Nutrition

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota shows that the majority of consumers will accept the presence of nanotechnology or genetic modification (GM) technology in foods – but only if the technology enhances the nutrition or improves the safety of the food.

From North Carolina State University 3 Dec 2014

ACS Journal Features Modeling of Growth Morphology of Core-Shell Nanoparticles

An article co-authored by Clarkson University Professor of Physics and Robert A. Plane Endowed Chair Vladimir Privman recently made the front page of a leading journal of the American Chemical Society.

3 Dec 2014