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Discovery of New Nanoparticles to Reduce Friction in Automobile Engines

Guojun Liu has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines. "The technology should be useful in a wide range of machineries other than automobile engines," sa...

3 Mar 2011

New Research Shows Nanoparticle Surface Coating Has Great Influence on Immune System

Researchers have over time been able to show that medicine designed at nanoscale offers unprecedented opportunities for targeted treatment of serious diseases such as cancer. However, now research also shows that the ...

3 Mar 2011

Research Team Develops Metal Alloys That Can be Molded into Nanoscale Shapes

Imagine a material that's stronger than steel, but just as versatile as plastic, able to take on a seemingly endless variety of forms.

3 Mar 2011

Scientists Design Nano-Based Artificial Protocells to Inactivate Deadly Viruses

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College have designed artificial "protocells" that can lure, entrap and inactivate a class of deadly huma...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 3 Mar 2011

Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System to be Unveiled at Pittcon

Micromeritics, will not only display a variety of its own products at Pittcon, but also material characterization instrumentation represented by its Particulate Systems brand. With the addition of this brand, Micromeritics currently offers one of broadest ranges of particle characterization instruments and services on the market.

From Micromeritics International Sales 2 Mar 2011

Researchers Engineer Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Aerogel

A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianhua Zou have engineered th...

2 Mar 2011

Quebec Scientists Develop Nanoparticle Coatings Using Malvern’s Viscotek System

Researchers working at NanoQAM, the nanotechnology research centre of the University of Quebec (Montreal, Canada), are successfully innovating novel polymer coatings on the basis of data measured using a Viscotek high temperature gel permeation chromatography (HT-GPC) system from Malvern Panalytical.

From Malvern Panalytical 2 Mar 2011

Michigan Researchers Develop New Nanopore That Enables Study of Single Molecules

By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore---a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Alzheimer's.

1 Mar 2011

K-State Professor Wins Sloan Research Fellowship for Contributions in Nanoparticle Research

A Kansas State University chemistry professor has been selected as a Sloan Research Fellow for her success as a promising young scholar, particularly in the research areas of sustainable energy and gold nanoparticles. ...

1 Mar 2011

Research Team Wins More Than $2 Million to Test Biomimetic Patch in Shoulder Surgery

Two Washington University in St. Louis scientists are imitating nature as they attempt to solve one of the most difficult problems in orthopedic surgery: reattaching tendon to bone.

1 Mar 2011