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Researchers Collaborate to Investigate Effects of Nanoparticles on Microorganisms

Nanoparticles are already widely used in everyday products such as cosmetics, textiles, dyes, and paints.

12 Apr 2010

Nano-Diamonds Hold Key to Big Advances in Biomedical Imaging Technology

A team of researchers, led by Macquarie University Associate Professor James Rabeau, have discovered that the properties of light emitted from tiny isolated nano-diamonds are completely different from their larger relati...

11 Apr 2010

Researchers Discover Remarkable Behavior Exhibited by Peptide Nanostructures

Experiments can sometimes lead to the discovery of completely unanticipated phenomena. Such is the case with the remarkable behavior exhibited by peptide nanostructures (in the form of supramolecular filaments) observed during experiments carried out by researchers.

From Argonne National Laboratory 9 Apr 2010

Safe and Continuous 24-Hour Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles with Uniform Quality

Masateru Nishioka, Catalysis Team, the Research Center for Compact Chemical Process of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and K. K. Shinko Kagaku Kogyosho have jointly developed continuo...

9 Apr 2010

FutureCarbon Selects CSC as New Supplier of Carbon Nanomaterials

Paul C. Kästlen, the CSC Jäklechemie director of the division for paint and varnish raw materials, says: "We're very pleased to have FutureCarbon onboard as a new supplier.

9 Apr 2010

New Class of Silver-Based Catalysts for the Production of Propylene Oxide

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new class of silver-based catalysts for the production of the industrially useful chemical propylene oxide that is both environmentally friendly and less expensive.

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Apr 2010

Research Report on Ductility of Bulk Nanostructured Materials

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/536c12/ductility_of_bulk) has announced the addition of the "Ductility of Bulk Nanostructured Materials" report to their offering. Strength and ductilit...

8 Apr 2010

Hoowaki Licenses Microstructure Manufacturing Technology from University of Illinois

Hoowaki, LLC and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) have entered into a license agreement under which Hoowaki will utilize innovative technology developed in the laboratory of Dr. William P. King.

8 Apr 2010

Research Highlight Potential Toxicity of Nanoparticles in Sunscreens

Scientists are reporting that particle size affects the toxicity of zinc oxide, a material widely used in sunscreens.

8 Apr 2010

Researchers Identify New Mechanism That Governs Strength of Nanostructured Metals

Materials scientists have known that a metal's strength (or weakness) is governed by dislocation interactions, a messy exchange of intersecting fault lines that move or ripple within metallic crystals. But what happens when metals are engineered at the nanoscale?

8 Apr 2010