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Inexpensive Process that Gets Nanotubes to Obediently Line Themselves Up

A new study* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Rice University, however, offers an inexpensive process that gets nanotubes to obediently line themselves up-that is, self-assemble-in neat rows, more like ducks.

13 Jan 2009

Magnetic Nanotubes to Treat Neurodegenerative Disorders

Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons.

13 Jan 2009

NanoQuébec Announces Five New Directors

The structural reorganization begun by NanoQuébec last July with the hiring of Dr. Robert Crawhall as President and Chief Executive Officer continues with the appointment of a new board of directors and the addition...

13 Jan 2009

NanoQuébec and Partners to Support Seven Innovative Biosensor Projects

NanoQuébec and its partners, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI), are pleased to announce that seven projects have been awarded funding under the three organiza...

13 Jan 2009

Stanford University Launches $100 Million Research Institute to Focusing on Energy Issues

Recognizing that energy is at the heart of many of the world's tribulations - economic, environmental and political - Stanford is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus intently on energy issues, President John Hennessy announced today. The $100 million in new funds will enable the hiring of additional faculty and support new graduate students, in addition to the more than $30 million in yearly funding now spent on energy research.

12 Jan 2009

Seminar Discusses Recent Developments in Nanowire Sensors

Nanoscale electronic devices have the potential to achieve exquisite sensitivity as sensors for the direct detection of molecular interactions, thereby decreasing diagnostics costs and enabling previously impossible sens...

12 Jan 2009

Members of Intel Logic Technology Development Group Named 2008 Recipients of SEMI Award for North America

SEMI today announced the recipients of the 2008 SEMI Award for North America and the association's highest honor for technical contribution to the semiconductor industry -- the Lifetime Achievement Award. The industry honors will be presented during a reception at the Industry Strategy Symposium in Half Moon Bay, California on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.

12 Jan 2009

CVD Equipment Corporation Announces Orders in 2008 Reached $29.0 Million

CVD Equipment Corporation (Nasdaq: CVV) announced that 2008 order levels reached $29.0 million, more than double the 2007 order levels of $14.4 million, an increase of 101%. Approximately half of the orders in 2008 were ...

From CVD Equipment Corporation 12 Jan 2009

Nano Delivery System Robust and Flexible Enough to Deliver Variety of Drugs

A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body, according to a team of chemical engineers. This delivery system could be robust and flexible enough to deliver a variety of substances.

12 Jan 2009

Project to Study Hazardous Effects of Nanomaterials on Immune System

Researchers from Sweden, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States have been awarded € 3.358.500 from the European Commission to study the hazardous effects of engineered nanomaterials on t...

10 Jan 2009