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NJIT Scientist Develops Nanotube-Based Desalination Process

Somenath Mitra, a professor from NJIT, has developed a new desalination process using carbon nanotubes.

17 Mar 2011

Scientists Design Nanocomposite Material for High Volume Hydrogen Storage

Hydrogen has for long been an option to fossil fuels because of its clean combustion by-product, water. It is lightweight, has more energy density and is easy to procure.

16 Mar 2011

Nanostructured Metals to Enhance Efficiency of Engineering Applications

A research team at the Rutgers University has developed a category of high-strength metal alloys that can create tiny flexible springs, sensors and switches. The alloys could be used in springier blood vessel st...

14 Mar 2011

UCSB Scientists Develop Instrument to Measure Nanoparticles

A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has invented an instrument that will accurately measure single nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have diameters that measure some tens of nanometers.

10 Mar 2011

New Surface Area and Porosity Analyzer Offers Improved Isotherm Resolution and Accuracy

With its continued commitment to offering the best in material characterization instrumentation, Micromeritics introduces the new ASAP 2020 HD which includes many features that offer improved isotherm resolution and accuracy. Current ASAP 2020 users can also benefit from these new capabilities by upgrading their instrument to the new HD standard.

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Oxford Instruments' Nano Patents to be Auctioned at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Event

The Oxford Instruments patents will be auctioned off at ICAP Ocean Tomo's Spring 2011 Live IP Auction on March 31, 2011 in New York City.

5 Mar 2011

Graphene Holds Great Promise for Microelectronics

Graphene – a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure – holds great promise for microelectronics.

5 Mar 2011

KIT to Submit Proposals for Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will go into the final round of the Excellence Initiative II with three new and three follow-up proposals.

4 Mar 2011

Scientists Discover That Nanotubes Help in Bacterial Communication

A pathway whereby bacteria communicate with each other has been discovered by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has important implications for efforts to cope with the spread of harmful bac...

4 Mar 2011

Researchers Develop Gold-Coated SERS Nanosubstrates for Medical Diagnostics

Gold-coated substrates of gallium nitride with specifically formed surface, developed by researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the PAS display worldwide unique properties.

3 Mar 2011