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Setting Protons on a Collision Course

September 2008 will see particle physicists setting protons on a collision course through the Large Hadron Collider with more energy than ever before. Their intention is to track down the Higgs boson and solve the problem of why the universe contains almost no antimatter. Physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics are playing a crucial role in the experiments and their preparation.

21 Aug 2008

U.S. Navy Ranks Third in the Number of Nanotechnology Patents

A study by researchers at the University of Arizona reports that the U.S. Navy ranks third, behind IBM and the University of California system, in the number of nanotechnology patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trade...

21 Aug 2008

New MRI Technology and Nanoemulsion Enables Scientists to Visualise Cell Populations in the Living Body

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) isn't just for capturing detailed images of the body's anatomy. Thanks to novel imaging reagents and technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientist Eric Ahrens, MRI ...

21 Aug 2008

Agency Lacks Budget, Authority and Expertise to Ensure Nanoproducts are Safe

The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its ability to oversee the ...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 21 Aug 2008

New Materials Making Photovoltaic Devices Cost Efficient

Scientists work to convert sunlight to cheaper electricity at South Dakota State University. Research scientists are working with new materials that can make devices used for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper an...

21 Aug 2008

Europe's Leading Nanoelectronics Research Institute Broadens Wireless Health Monitoring Technology

In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC - Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute - has broadened the functionality and scope of its wireless health monitoring technology by linking it to real-time extraction of relevant medical data.

21 Aug 2008

Researcher Named as One of the World's Top Young Innovators for His Work on Graphene

Dr Kostya Novoselov of The University of Manchester has been named as one of the world's top young innovators for his work on the world's thinnest material.

21 Aug 2008

Researchers are Hoping for Improved Therapies for Treating Age-Related Diseases

Not a day passes when we don't get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from the Max Planck Research Group for Stem Cell Aging in Ulm have now identified a group of proteins that reveal the biological age of a person. These biomarkers could be used in medicine to adapt therapies for older people to their individual biological age (PNAS, August 12, 2008).

21 Aug 2008

Diatom Reduces Red Tide’s Toxicity to Animals and Other Algae

It's estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately $20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found that a diatom can reduce the levels of the red tide's toxicity to animals and that the same diatom can reduce red tide's toxicity to other algae as well.

21 Aug 2008

Projects Ranging from Thin-Film Solar Cells to Device Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry Being Funded at OSU

Six projects, ranging from thin-film solar cells created with ink-jet printing technology to a meter that can measure the nitrogen content of leaves to a device that promises to revolutionize mass spectrometry - the mole...

21 Aug 2008

Conference Discusses State of the Art in Medical Applications of Nanotechnology

On March 4 - 6, 2009, international experts will gather in Berlin for the NanoMed 2009 conference to discuss the state of the art in medical applications of nanotechnology. Medical and healthcare applications are the ...

21 Aug 2008

mPhase Commercializing its First Nanotechnology Product

mPhase Technologies, Inc. is a U.S. based microfluidic and nanotechnology specialist. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Always Ready Inc., mPhase is commercializing its first nanotechnology product, the Smart NanoBatte...

From MyPebble 21 Aug 2008

Company Anticipates Breakthrough Meetings Will Discuss Ongoing Projects and Future Ventures

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, today announced that Petrobas, the second largest company in Latin America, is sending a team from Brazil to meet with the Company's CEO/CTO and PhD Technical Group. The meetings will include six days at Industrial Nanotech’s laboratory in New Jersey and meetings in New York to discuss ongoing projects along with additional future ventures.

21 Aug 2008

Paving the Way for Organic Electronics

The success of today’s digital electronics is based on the CMOS technology. Novaled found a way to translate the classical inorganic CMOS-approach to the world of organic electronics paving the road of organic elec...

21 Aug 2008

Carbon Nanoparticles from Diesel Engines Slipping Through Vehicle Filters

Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these nanoparticles can get trapped in the l...

21 Aug 2008