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Brand New Process that is Particularly Forgery-Proof

Counterfeit products create losses in the billions each year. Beside the economic damages, all too often additional risks arise from the poor materials and shoddy workmanship of "knock-off artists". Yet with the aid of fluorescing dyes, materials can be individually tagged and identified with certainty.

1 Jun 2010

Researcher Invents "Fuzzy Fiber" to Allow Composites to be More than Strong Materials

A $3 million Ohio Third Frontier award to the University of Dayton Research Institute will fund the scale-up and production of a "game-changing" new nanomaterial that will allow composites to multitask.

31 May 2010

New Self-Assembly Method for Controlled Assembly of Nanoparticles

Cylindrical structures such as fibres or filaments with nanoscale dimensions are rapidly attracting interest for use in a variety of potentially important applications - the controlled delivery of drugs to the body, for instance.

31 May 2010

Researchers Demonstrate Feasibility of Logic Operations on Single Nanoparticle

New perspectives are opening up in bio-engineering thanks to research jointly carried out by teams of chemists at the University of Liège and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem within the framework of the European MOLOC project (Molecular Logic Circuits). This work has led to the publication of two important publications, one straight after the other, in the Nature Nanotechnology journal.

31 May 2010

Novel Approach to Measure Nanoparticle Uptake by Mammalian Cells

A Taiwan research team has developed a new approach for investigating the amount of nano-/microparticles taken up by mammalian cells. This project was led by Dr. Chung-Hsuan Chen, Distinguished Research Fel...

31 May 2010

Partnership Will Aid Understanding of Complex Materials

An intimate understanding of complex materials that lie at the heart of pharmaceuticals or even nuclear weapons can occur more quickly and efficiently thanks to an agreement between Los Alamos and Argonne national laboratories.

28 May 2010

"Tattoo" of Nanoparticles Designed to Detect Glucose

People with type I diabetes must prick their fingers several times a day to test their blood sugar level. Though the pain is minor, the chore interferes with daily life.

28 May 2010

Applied Nanotech to Showcase Key Advancements at Nanotech China

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: APNT) announced that it will showcase some of its key nanotechnology advancements at Nanotech China, which is being held in Shanghai, China from May 27 -29, 2010 at the Shang...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 28 May 2010

The Search for Improved Carbon Sponges Picks Up Speed

Jeffrey Long's lab will soon host a round-the-clock, robotically choreographed hunt for carbon-hungry materials. The Berkeley Lab chemist leads a diverse team of scientists whose goal is to quickly discover materials that can efficiently strip carbon dioxide from a power plant's exhaust, before it leaves the smokestack and contributes to climate change.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 28 May 2010