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EU Research Grants Increased for Proposals Including FP7 Nano-Materials-Production

The EU research & development programme started off in 2007 with a yearly budget of € 6 billion. From 2010 this budget will drastically increase to over € 10 billion per year until 2013. The SusChem-info-day for...

7 Jun 2010

Green Earth Technologies Announces Distribution Deals for Nanotechnology-Based Motor Oil

Green Earth Technologies, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly automotive products, today announced quick-lubes retail distribution deals across the country for Ultimate Biodegradable G-OIL SAE 5W-30 Bio-based Full Synthetic 'green' Motor Oil.

7 Jun 2010

Scientits Find New Method to Reduce Oxygen Atoms in Graphene Sheet

Graphene, a carbon sheet that is one-atom thick, may be at the center of the next revolution in material science.

7 Jun 2010

Nano3D Biosciences Receives $250,000 Fund to Develop Bio-Assembler

The announcement was made this morning at the Houston Technology Center (HTC), a business accelerator that assists Houston-based emerging technology companies, whose client companies are among the award recipients.

5 Jun 2010

Scientists Study on Noble Metal Nanoparticles

The ultrashort laser ablation of solid materials is basis of different modern and advanced scientific and technological areas as fabrication of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles, deposition of nanostructures and their embedding in optical films, or deposition on their surfaces in order to alter exciting properties or development of new.

4 Jun 2010

Chemist Awarded 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience

New York University Chemist Nadrian Seeman has been awarded the 2010 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience for his creation of robotic devices that have the potential to create new materials a billionth of a meter in size.

4 Jun 2010

Highly Sensitive Arrays Engineered for Nanoscale Applications

With a network of more than 5,000 sensors that monitor weather conditions, seismic activity, traffic, bacteria on beaches, water levels and much more, Sensorpedia is a significant resource that continues to expand. ...

3 Jun 2010

New Technology to Create Strong Nanofabrics

In Nature, cells and tissues assemble and organize themselves within a matrix of protein fibers that ultimately determines their structure and function, such as the elasticity of skin and the contractility of heart tissue.

3 Jun 2010

Study Shows Nanotechnology PSA Test May Predict Course of Prostate Cancer

Men who have just had their cancerous prostate gland removed have one pressing question for their doctors: Am I cured? But conventional tests haven't been sensitive enough to provide a concrete answer. Current tests...

3 Jun 2010

Researchers Study Anticancer Drug Delivery System Based on Nanosponge Particles

When loaded with an anticancer drug, a delivery system based on a novel material called nanosponge is three to five times more effective at reducing tumor growth than direct injection.

3 Jun 2010