Nanomaterials News

RSS

Symposium Focuses on Practical Issues Arising from Nanotechnology

A two-day nanotechnology symposium will be held Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24 and 25, in the Whitaker Hall auditorium to highlight the opening of Washington University's nano research center. WUSTL invested $8 mi...

24 Sep 2009

Founder of Liquidia Receives Top NIH Award

Liquidia Technologies today announced its founder, Dr. Joseph DeSimone, has received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Pioneer Award. Pioneer Awards are designed to support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering - and possibly transforming - approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

From Liquidia Technologies, Inc. 24 Sep 2009

Research Uncover New Information About Nanoscale Patterns

Research at MIT has uncovered new information about how nanoscale patterns on the surface of a material can produce significant changes in the way it interacts with liquids. The discovery could be significant in understanding interactions that affect a wide variety of biological processes in living cells, as well as many manufacturing or energy storage systems.

23 Sep 2009

IQC Shares Multi-Institution Grant to Fund Research into Advanced Materials for Superconducting Qubits

The Quantum Device Theory group led by IQC faculty member Dr. Frank Wilhelm will be sharing in a multi-institution grant to fund research into advanced materials for superconducting qubits. The grant, funded by the I...

23 Sep 2009

Magnetically Responsive Gold Nanostars Offer New Approach to Biomedical Imaging

Researchers at Purdue University have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. The nanostars gyrate when exposed to a rotating magnetic field and can scatter lig...

23 Sep 2009

Batteries Made of Paper Could Power Electronics in the Future

Imagine a gift wrapped in paper you really do treasure and want to carefully fold and save. That's because the wrapping paper lights up with words like "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Holidays," thanks to a built in battery - an amazing battery made out of paper.

23 Sep 2009