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ASU Hosts Nanotechnology Regulation Conference on March 21, 2011

Twenty-eleven is the year that regulation of nanotechnology will move from a hypothetical possibility to a real issue for companies in virtually every industry sector that are benefitting from the new science of nanotechnology.

From Arizona State University 25 Feb 2011

Global Market Report on Atomic Force Microscopes and AFM Probes

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The World Market for Atomic Force Microscopes and AFM Probes: Revised and Updated to 2011" report to their offering. World market sales for AFMs in 20...

25 Feb 2011

McGill Researchers Develop Filter Coated with Silver Nanoparticles to Clean Water

Disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes often result in the spread of diseases like gastroenteritis, giardiasis and even cholera because of an immediate shortage of clean drinking water.

24 Feb 2011

New Method to Create Short Protein Chains with Helical Nanostructures

Researchers have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together. Such structures could have applications as building blocks for self-assembling nanostructures and as agents for drug and gene delivery.

From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 24 Feb 2011

New Nanomedicine to Improve Survival After Massive Human Blood Loss

In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening blood loss.

24 Feb 2011

New Way to Fabricate Metal Nanoparticles in Catalysts

Tiny metal nanoparticles are used as catalysts in many reactions, from refining chemicals to producing polymers and biofuels. How well these nanoparticles perform as catalysts for these reactions depend on which of their crystal faces are exposed.

23 Feb 2011

Scientists Discover That Super-Thin Membranes Play Vital Role in Living Beings

Plant photosynthesis depends on membranes, and human beings would be unable to hear without the membrane we call the eardrum. Could yet another membrane help rescue us from a climatic catastrophe?

23 Feb 2011

New Research Report on Global Nanobiotechnology Market

Given the current pace of nanotechnology infusion in medical sciences, giant strides will be taken, in the upcoming years, in the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, diabetes, orthopedic ...

From Global Industry Analysts 23 Feb 2011

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Invites Magnolia Solar for Panel Discussions

Magnolia Solar Corporation ("Magnolia Solar") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., has been invited by the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and CNSE's Incubators for Collaborating & Leveraging Energy and Nanotechnology (iCLEAN) to participate in an invitation-only, roundtable discussion on Tuesday, February 22, 2011.

23 Feb 2011

Solar Rainbow to Install Thin-Film Laminates on JORDACHE Rooftop in New Jersey

Solar Bawabeh, president and co-founder of Solar Rainbow Services and Kirk Roller, vice president and general manager of Carlisle Energy Services (CES), announce their strategic joint venture to install 400,000 square feet of thin-film UNI-SOLAR® laminates by United Solar on the rooftop of the New Jersey distribution center and warehouse for JORDACHE Enterprises.

23 Feb 2011