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Patent Enable Companies and Researchers to Develop and Manufacture Smaller-Sized Nanoparticles

Microfluidics has filed for a patent on its Microfluidics Reaction Technology (MRT), which will enable companies and research organizations to develop and manufacture smaller-sized nanoparticles than previously possible ...

15 Jan 2009

Handheld Device Recognizes Wide Variety of Environmental or Medical Compounds

A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips, according to Penn State researchers.

15 Jan 2009

New House Bill Addresses Risks Posed by Nanotechnology

The House Science and Technology Committee today introduced legislation that highlights the growing attention on Capitol Hill to the need to strengthen federal efforts to learn more about the potential environmental, hea...

15 Jan 2009

Novel Synthetic Nanoparticle Developed for Noninvasive Imaging of Angiogenesis

Adah Almutairi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, is first author of a paper recently published in the Proceedings of the ...

14 Jan 2009

Removing Lead from Blood Using Magnetic Nanoparticles

Lead is one of the most dangerous heavy metals and is especially toxic to children. Safe and effective detoxification processes are needed. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Korean team led by Won Seok Han and Jong Hwa Jung has developed a new, highly promising approach. It is based on a fluorescence receptor that selectively and strongly binds to lead ions.

14 Jan 2009

Dudek and Catalyx Nanotech Teaming to Produce Nanomaterials From Landfill Gas

CATALYX NANOTECH, INC., is teaming with Dudek to pursue low-cost, "green" high-grade graphite and hydrogen production with no by-products using a patented technology. Catalyx Nanotech, a privately funded compan...

14 Jan 2009

Data Demonstrates New Formulations Provide Significant Pharmacological Responses in Preclinical Models

ACCESS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board: ACCP) provided an update today on its Cobalamin(TM) oral drug delivery product development programs. The proprietary Cobalamin(TM) technology utilizes the body's natu...

14 Jan 2009

Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Markets Anticipate to Reach $9 Billion by 2015

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Worldwide Nanotechnology Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Market Shares ...

14 Jan 2009

XsunX Enters Sales Contract to Supply ASI-120 Thin Film Solar Modules

XsunX, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XSNX, XSNXE), a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar manufacturing facilities in Oregon, announced today that it has...

14 Jan 2009

Structural Defects Introduced into Carbon Nanotubes Could Lead the Way to Carbon Nanotube Circuits

Structural defects introduced into carbon nanotubes could lead the way to carbon nanotube circuits, research led by Vincent Meunier of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computer Science and Mathematics Division shows. ...

13 Jan 2009