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Researchers Invent New Flexible, Lightweight, Impact-Resistant Composite Material

Not quite body armour made out of cornstarch but scientists from Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and the National University o...

28 Jul 2010

Air Products Unveils New Etching Gas for MEMS Market

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the addition of xenon difluoride (XeF2) to its portfolio of electronic materials. XeF2 is used as an etching gas, primarily in the Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) market. ...

28 Jul 2010

Controlling Nanoscale Paths Help to Create Cheaper Electronics

Imagine building cheaper electronics on a variety of substrates -- materials like plastic, paper, or fabric. Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens this door, allow...

28 Jul 2010

Five Companies Receive Grant to Commercialize Nanomaterials for Energy Applications

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center recently announced that it has provided $450,000 in funding to five companies located throughout the state of Pennsylvania in its seventh round of awards. This r...

28 Jul 2010

UW Researchers Develop New Nanoparticle to Solve Medical Imaging Problem

Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new imaging technique from the University of Washington is a first step toward making this possible.

28 Jul 2010

Engineers Use Nanotechnology to Develop Coatings for Nuclear Reactors

Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings capable of withstanding the grueling conditions inside the reactors.

28 Jul 2010

New Laser-Activated Carbon Nanoparticle System for Intracellular Drug Delivery

Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells.

28 Jul 2010

Abraxis Receives Approval to Sell ABRAXANE in Japan

Abraxis BioScience, Inc., a fully integrated, global biotechnology company, today announced that Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has received approval from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to market ABRAXANE® IV Infusion 100 mg, Paclitaxel Injection (Suspension with Albumin), for use in the treatment of breast cancer.

27 Jul 2010

Analysis on Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanostructured Solids

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/189a6c/functionalized_ino) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Functionalized Inorganic Fluorides: Synthesis, Characterizatio...

27 Jul 2010

Gold-Linked Quantum Dots Enhance Photoluminescence

By linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to enhance the intensity of light emitted by individual quantum dots by up to 20 times.

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 27 Jul 2010