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Writing Self-Erasing Images using Nanotechnology

Those who like to watch spy movies like "Mission Impossible" are familiar with the self-destructing messages that inform the secret agents of the details of their mission and then dissolve in a puff of smoke.

26 Aug 2009

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Establishes Carbon Nanotube Coatings Center

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. (SWeNT), in partnership with Chasm Technologies, Inc. (Chasm), a consulting firm specializing in nanomaterials and thin film coating + patterning, have established a carbon nanotube coatings application development center at Chasm's facility located in the Boston area.

26 Aug 2009

New Method Paving the Way for Three-Dimensional Microchips

Stanford researchers have developed a method of stacking and purifying crystal layers that may pave the way for three-dimensional microchips. The scientists added tiny germanium crystals in the shape of nanowires to ...

26 Aug 2009

Researchers Using Carbon Nanotubes with Gold as Imaging Agent to Detect Tumor Cells

Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes.

26 Aug 2009

Argonne Lab Receives $29.1 Million for Improvements and Upgrades to Major Scientific Facilities and Other Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has received an additional $29.1 million in DOE Office of Science (SC) funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for a range of improvements and upgrades to major scientific facilities and other projects.

From Argonne National Laboratory 25 Aug 2009

Useful Tool for Determining Batch-to-Batch Variation in Processability of Pharmaceutical Powders

In today's pharmaceutical development environment, scientists are looking to new analytical test methods for help in determining the sources of variability in all aspects of drug development and production.

From Micromeritics International Sales 25 Aug 2009

Sandwich Recipe May Prove Tasty for Computer Chip Designers

The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized electronic components – but no clear way to satisfy it until now.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Aug 2009

New, Highly Sensitive, Low-Cost Technique for Measuring Light in the Near-Infrared Range

In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new, highly sensitive, low-cost technique for measuring light in the near-infrared range.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 25 Aug 2009

Century-Old Challenge of Transporting Acetylene Solved by NIST Scientists

A NIST research team has figured out why a recently discovered material can safely store at low pressure up to 100 times as much of the volatile chemical as can be done with conventional methods.

25 Aug 2009

Deaths in China Shake Nanotechnology Community

The nanotechnology community has been shaken deeply with reports out of China in the case where seven women, ages 18-47, were exposed to nanoparticles resulting in serious illness and two deaths. The story was first r...

25 Aug 2009