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Bing Energy, FSU Partner to Develop Nano-Enhanced Fuel Cells

A Florida State University engineering professor’s innovative research with nanomaterials could one day lead to a new generation of hydrogen fuel cells that are less expensive, smaller, lighter and more durable &md...

16 Sep 2010

Researchers Win NIH Grant to Develop Nanopore DNA Sequencing Method

A team led by Boston University biomedical engineering researchers has won a $4.1 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to refine its nanoscale, low-cost, ultra-fast DNA sequencing method that could lead to individual genome sequencing for less than $1,000.

16 Sep 2010

New Business Initiatives by Shrink Nanotechnologies

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the alternative energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors, and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, issued the below update to the market regarding its commercialization efforts as well as the implementation of several new commercial initiatives.

16 Sep 2010

Scientists to Discuss Future of Nanoscale Materials

Two groups of scientists who rarely get together will jointly consider the technological future of nanoscale materials in a workshop that will meet at the University of Chicago’s Kersten Physics Teaching Center from Sept. 16-18.

16 Sep 2010

Behaviour and Properties of Nanometric-Scale Semiconductor Crystals Exmained in PhD Thesis

The PhD thesis by Carlos Echeverría Arrondo, Doctor in Physics from the Public University of Navarre and entitled "On doped semiconductor quantum dots and magnetic nanowires", studied the behaviour and pro...

15 Sep 2010

Global Market for Metal Oxide Nanopowders Reviewed in New Report

Metal oxide nanopowders can have far reaching potential in electronics, high speed computing, telecommunication and aerospace across a large variety of applications including catalysts, sensors, optoelectronic materials ...

15 Sep 2010

Construction Industry Benefits from Use of Nanomaterials

A new genre of construction materials, made with particles barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to play a big role in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures, according to the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast series, "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions."

15 Sep 2010

Platinum Anticancer Complex Photoactivated by Visible Light

Researchers continue to search for cancer treatments that effectively destroy tumor cells while protecting surrounding healthy tissue and the body. One intriguing approach involves photoactivated drugs: an inactive precursor would be administered, then the diseased tissue could be irradiated to convert the drug into its cytotoxic form locally.

14 Sep 2010