Nanotechnology News

RSS

MMFX Technologies Corporation Receives Financing from Institutional Investors

MMFX Technologies Corporation, an Irvine-based materials science company that, among other things, uses nanotechnology to manufacture high-strength, corrosion-resistant steel, has received a $55 million commitment in sec...

From CMC 18 Jun 2008

Moral and Material Support to Research Centers on Nanotechnology

Higher Education Minister Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari yesterday commended King Abdullah's moral and material support to research centers on nanotechnology and its applications in the Kingdom. Opening an international co...

18 Jun 2008

The Development of Next-Generation Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents

Coinciding with the BIO International Convention held in San Diego CA, NanoInterventions introduces the "Mouse Stent Model" for rapid screening of new coronary stent therapeutics. The model, complete with a mini-stent of spectacularly small size and its ability to replicate the human diseased vessel, represents a new starting point in the development of next-generation drug-eluting coronary stents.

18 Jun 2008

Addition of Carbon Nanotubes Improves Mechanical Properties of Epoxy Composites

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. ("ANI") has achieved substantial improvements in the epoxy-based materials used in a variety of industries. ANI has been performing re...

18 Jun 2008

CN Probes Selects First Nano to Complete Flagship Product

Carbon Nanoprobes, Inc. (CN Probes) and First Nano have signed an agreement that enables CN Probes to finish development of their high-tech nano imaging platform. CN Probes has selected First Nano's Applications ...

From CVD Equipment Corporation 17 Jun 2008

The Effects of Synthetic Nanoparticles on the Environment

Recently over a hundred scientists from all over the world met at Empa's invitation on the «Mountain of Truth» - Monte Verità near Ascona - to discuss the effects of synthetic nanoparticles on the en...

17 Jun 2008

NanoBoost Fast Becoming A NASCAR Standard

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that a fourth NASCAR race team has purchased the Company's patented nanotechnology based coating, NanoBoost, for use on race cars to control heat transfer and improve performance.

17 Jun 2008

New Methods for Measuring Biological Activity of Nanomaterials

As researchers develop an ever-expanding toolkit of nanoparticles for use as drug and imaging agent delivery vehicles, there is a growing need to understand how a given nanoparticle's physical and chemical properties...

17 Jun 2008

NanoViricides Anti-HIV Drug Candidate Demonstrated Superior Survival Time

NanoViricides, Inc., said that its lead anti-HIV drug candidate demonstrated markedly superior survival results in the test animals when compared to those animals given the anti-HIV "combo cocktail" in a double...

From NanoViricides, Inc 17 Jun 2008

Companies Aim to Make Solar Energy Affordable and Easy to Use

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. and IBM are collaborating to establish new, low-cost methods for bringing the next generation of solar energy products to market -- products that will be more affordable and easier to install t...

17 Jun 2008

Manufacture of Silver Nanorod and Nanowire on the Kilogram Scale

Seashell Technology, a La Jolla, California based nanotechnology development company, announced today that it has successfully scaled manufacturing processes for silver nanorod and nanowire production to kilogram scale quantities.

17 Jun 2008

Breakthrough in Ultra Low-Cost Plastic Memory Material

Researchers at the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen have developed a technology for a plastic ferro-electric diode which they believe will achieve a breakthrough in the development o...

17 Jun 2008

Mechanism Behind Computing's Elusive Holy Grail

Michigan Technological University physicist Ranjit Pati and his team have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy Grail, the single molecular switch. If born out experimentally, ...

17 Jun 2008

Nanotechnology Paving the Way Toward Improved Solar Cells

Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower cost. Researchers have found a surprising way to give the nanotubes the properties they need: add defects.

17 Jun 2008

Researchers Testing New Way to Kill Cancer Cells

Researchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light. Biomedical scientists at UT Southwestern...

17 Jun 2008