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New Division Focuses on the Use of Nanotechnology in Solar Panel Cell Designs

Nanosys today announced the creation of QD Soleil™, a wholly owned division focused on the use of its proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs. Nanotechnology is the next step in the natural evolution of a solar generated grid-ready energy supply.

From Shoei Electronic Materials, Inc 8 May 2009

ADT Announces Addition of Electrically Conductive and Dynamic Mode Probes for AFM

Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) announces two additions to its award-winning NaDiaProbe® family of all-diamond probes for atomic force microscopy (AFM)--electrically conductive and dynamic mode probes. Both varie...

8 May 2009

University Awarded £1.7 Million to Investigate how Nanotechnology Could Improve Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Drugs

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £1.7 million to investigate how nanotechnology could be used to improve the effectiveness of pharmaceutical drugs. Nanotechnology involves the manipul...

7 May 2009

Nanoscience Physicist Wins International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2009 Young Scientist Prize

CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.

7 May 2009

Thin-Film Batteries Expect to Reach Almost $1.1 Billion in 2016

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst based here, today announced the release of "Thin-Film Batteries: Current and Future Markets 2009-2016." The report contains the latest analysis and market projections fro...

7 May 2009

Nanotechnology Researchers Develop Biosensor Capable of Detecting Candida Albicans Yeast

The Nanosensors group from the URV has created a biosensor, an electrical and biological device, which is able to selectively detect the Candida albicans yeast in very small quantities of only 50 cfu/ml (colony-forming units per millilitre).

7 May 2009

World's Smallest Incandescent Lamp with a Filament Made From Carbon Nanotube

In an effort to explore the boundary between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics -- two fundamental yet seemingly incompatible theories of physics -- a team from the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has created the world's smallest incandescent lamp.

6 May 2009

Studying the Electrostatic Nature of Protein-Aluminium Interactions using Malvern Zetasizer Nano ZS

Researchers at Nottingham Trent University in the UK are using the Zetasizer Nano ZS particle characterization system from Malvern Panalytical in work that has demonstrated the predominantly electrostatic nature of protein-aluminium interactions.

From Malvern Panalytical 6 May 2009

Four-in-One Agent that Can Detect, Target, and Disable Tumor Cells

Diagnosis and treatment in one go: Korean researchers led by Tae Gwan Park and Jinwoo Cheon have developed the basis for a four-in-one agent that can detect, target, and disable tumor cells while also making them macroscopically and microscopically visible. As they report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their work involves magnetic iron oxide particles with a fluorescence dye, RNA fragments, and a special peptide attached.

6 May 2009

Experts Present Evidence to Committee on Nanotechnology in Food

In a hearing held yesterday in the U.K. House of Lords, Professor Ken Donaldson from the University of Edinburgh and Dr Qasim Chaudhry from the Food and Environment Research Agency presented evidence to the Select Commit...

6 May 2009