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Rare-Earth Metal Making Phosphate Glass Block UV Light

Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, according to Pen...

15 Dec 2009

New Technique that Could be Used to Diagnose and Develop Treatments for Age-Related Conditions

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bath have developed a new technique that could be used to diagnose and develop treatments for age-related conditions like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and cancer.

15 Dec 2009

Professor Awarded Funding from ERC for Biofilm Research

Prof. Dr. Regine Hengge at the Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy at Freie Universität Berlin has been awarded funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for her research project to investigate the...

15 Dec 2009

Abakan Enters into Investment Agreement with Ohio Based Advanced Nanocomposite Cermet Coatings Company

Abakan Inc. (OTCBB: ABKI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an investment agreement with MesoCoat, Inc., an Ohio based advanced nanocomposite ceramic-metallic (cermet) coatings company ("MesoCoat"...

14 Dec 2009

NanoMech Awarded Contract to Develop New Nanostructured Lubricant

The Navy aims to increase durability and improve energy efficiency of naval components and systems through use of this advanced technology. NanoGlide is a unique multi-component, extreme-pressure nanoparticle-based additive that originated from nanomanufacturing research at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

14 Dec 2009

Nanotechnology and Ski Building 101

Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.

14 Dec 2009

Nanoparticle Could Allow Diagnosis and Treatment in One Visit

Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have created a single nanoparticle that can be tracked in real time with MRI as it homes in on cancer cells, tags them with a fluorescent dye and kills them with heat.

14 Dec 2009

Scientists Reveal Microscopic Mechanism Behind Superinsulation

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials to completely block the flow of electric current at low temperatures. The essence of the mechanism is what the authors termed "multi-stage energy relaxation."

From Argonne National Laboratory 12 Dec 2009

More Precise Computations Involving Actions of Particles in Large Hadron Collider

New York City College of Technology Physics Professor Giovanni Ossola thinks both small and big. He is currently developing a new tool that will lead to more precise computations involving the actions of particles (t...

11 Dec 2009

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Supervisory Council Approves Nanostructured Non-Metallic Coatings Project

The Supervisory Council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) approved the corporation's participation in the project "Establishing a multifunctional production of porous nanostructured non-me...

11 Dec 2009