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Raytheon Awarded Contract to Develop Nano Thermal Interface Materials

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $6 million contract, if all options are exercised, to develop nano thermal interface materials (nTIM) to improve the thermal performance of advanced defense electronics systems.

25 Jun 2009

Using Nanotechnology, Scientists Revolutionise Therapeutic Drug Discovery

A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being availa...

25 Jun 2009

Comprehensive Global Report On Nanomedicine Markets

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Nanomedicine markets. The global Nanomedicine market continues to register robust growth largely fueled by unique properties of nanoparticles that provide nov...

25 Jun 2009

NaturalNano Initiates Series of Feasibility Studies On Halloysite Nanotubes in Novel Cell Separation Devices

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB:NNAN) (Frankfurt:N3N), a materials science company focused on developing and commercializing advanced nanocomposites, announces acting CEO and President James Wemett announced today that a series...

24 Jun 2009

12 Projects to Receive Funding from Maryland Nanobiotechnology Research and Industry Competition Grants

The state announced 12 winning research projects that will receive part of $3 million in nanobiotechnology research funding from the 2009 Maryland Nanobiotechnology Research and Industry Competition Grants.

24 Jun 2009

Recession's Ripple Effect on Nanotechnology

All boats fall in an ebbing tide, and nanotech's ship is no different. As the economic downturn drains demand in several nano-enabled product market segments, it is eroding growth along the entire value chain, from n...

24 Jun 2009

MIT Scientist Taking Composites to the Nanoscale

Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites to the nanoscale, where entirely new properties, not found in any of the original compounds, can emerge.

24 Jun 2009

Nano Salt Particles Stretching Like Taffy

Researchers in New Mexico are reporting the surprise discovery that common table salt - so brittle that it crushes easily between a thumb and forefinger - becomes a super plastic in the weird environs of the nanoworld.

24 Jun 2009

Scientists Create Salt Block that can Physically Stretch

To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly. But researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Pittsburgh were startled when they found they had made the solid actually physically stretch.

From Sandia National Laboratories 24 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology Expert Awarded Prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize

For Professor Chad Mirkin, good things come in small packages - specifically one billionth of a meter in size. Yet, as director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, the impact of Mirkin's work is anything but small.

24 Jun 2009