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Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory Researchers Named Fellows of AAAS

Four Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). They are Mufit Akinc, a professor of materials science and engineer...

17 Dec 2009

Graphene Becoming Pliable Using Nanodroplet of Water

A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes. Chemists at the ...

17 Dec 2009

Diverse Global Applications Expected for Automobiles, Aircraft, Buildings

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuyuki Tanaka; Paid-in Capital: 15.5 billion yen, hereinafter "Hitachi Chemical") introduced the SPD (Suspended Particle Device) light-control film technology from New York based Research Frontiers Inc. (NASDAQ:REFR), and commercialized a roll-coated, wide-width SPD film whose light transmittance can be freely controlled by simply adjusting AC voltage.

16 Dec 2009

Physicist Awarded Top National Science Foundation Grant for Early Stage Research

A Virginia Tech physicist is one of three faculty members from the College of Science who have been awarded prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

16 Dec 2009

Vorbeck Materials Receives EPA Approval to Manufacture Graphene as Conductive Additive for Inks

Vorbeck Materials Corp. announced recent EPA approval to manufacture graphene as a conductive additive for inks. EPA's approval, which was granted under the terms of the Low Exposure, Low Release Exemption Rule (LoRE...

From Vorbeck Materials 16 Dec 2009

$10 Million Federal Grant to Implement Nanotechnology into Traditional Casting Industry

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $10.1 million, five-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering professor X...

16 Dec 2009

Synthetic Platelets Show Promise in Halting Internal and External Bleeding

Blood loss is a major cause of death from roadside bombs to freeway crashes. Traumatic injury, the leading cause of death for people age 4 to 44, often overwhelms the body's natural blood-clotting process. In an ...

16 Dec 2009

Articles Provide Greater Detail on Nanotechnology Science and its Application to Food

The Institute of Food Technologists released three review articles in the Journal of Food Science that were presented at the IFT Annual Meeting in 2009. The articles provide greater detail on nanotechnology science and i...

16 Dec 2009

Two Ames Physicists Named Fellows of the American Physical Society

Two physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society. Physicist Rana Biswas was named an APS Fellow for his “theoretical contributions to...

16 Dec 2009

Makefield Therapeutics Obtains Exclusive License to Patent Biodegradable Hybrid Nanoparticles

Makefield Therapeutics, Inc., an emerging therapeutics company, today announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University to patent applications covering Mak...

16 Dec 2009