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Non-Magnetic Metals Made Magnetic by Reducing to Nanometer Sizes

An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and directed by Professor Jose Javier Saiz Garitaonandia, has achieved...

29 Feb 2008

Hydrogen Storage Mystery Solved Setting Up Development Leap for Hydrogen Fuelled Cars

Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the ma...

28 Feb 2008

Tiny Spheres With Different Faces Can be Used as Microscopic Mixers, Transport, Self Propelled Sensors and Targeted Drug Delivery Devices

For the first time, researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated that microscopic "two-faced" spheres whose halves are physically or chemically different – so-called Janus particles – will move like stealthy submarines when an alternating electrical field is applied to liquid surrounding the particles.

28 Feb 2008

Secrets of How Plants Build Cell Walls to Benefit Nanotechnology and BioFuels

When plant cells divide, they assemble molecular building blocks into new cell walls made of carbohydrate and protein, but scientists know almost nothing about how this process occurs. A team of researchers including Mau...

28 Feb 2008

Nanovations and Holmenkol Team Up on Sport, Marine and Leisure Market Based Nanotech Products

Nanovations Pty Ltd developer and supplier of advanced technology product solutions is going global through a long term cooperation with Holmenkol GmbH in Germany. Nanovations Pty Ltd has entered a agreement wit...

28 Feb 2008

Kilogram Not What it Used to Be, Redefining the Standard Kilogram Weight

The kilogram is losing weight and many international scientists, including some at Sandia National Laboratories, agree that it’s time to redefine it. Scientists are hoping to redefine the kilogram by basing it on standards of universal constants rather than on an artifact standard.

28 Feb 2008

Nanopositioning Stages Now With Longer Travel Ranges for Microscopy, Nanometrology and Interferometry

PI, a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment semiconductor and photonics applications, has extended its PIHera® family of flexure-guided piezo nanopositioning stages, now offering record travel ranges to 1.8 mm.

28 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Framework for Australian State to Concentrate on Responsible Development, Industry Uptake, Global Connections, Skills and Education and Building Platforms for the Future

A new framework for the development of Victoria’s nanotechnology sector was released today by the Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings. Speaking at the opening of the 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and ...

28 Feb 2008

East Midlands get Funds to Accelerate Innovation and Nanotechnology Development

A number of hi-tech businesses in the East Midlands are set to benefit from a new fund to help them become more innovative. The Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and Nano Technologies (CEMMNT) has received a...

28 Feb 2008

Leading Societies, ACerS, AIST, ASM and TMS, Call for Papers for Materials Science & Technology Conference, MS+T 08

A call for abstracts has been issued for Materials Science & Technology (MS&T08), the leading forum addressing structure, properties, processing and performance throughout the global materials community. Organ...

27 Feb 2008

Yamaha Lands Innovation Award for Use of Nanotechnology in Personal Watercraft

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA announced today that its new lightweight, nano-engineered hull and deck material, NanoXcel™, has won the JEC Group's 2008 Innovation Award, the world's most prestigious recognition in the composites industry. Yamaha is one of only eight companies worldwide to receive this honor.

27 Feb 2008

Material Developed That Eliminates Organic Solvent Pollutants Like Benzene, Toluene and Xylene

A research team of the University of Granada has managed to produce the most useful material to date to eliminate pollutants such as benzene, toluene and xylene, organic solvents widely used in the hydrocarbon industry a...

27 Feb 2008

Skyray XRF Officially Enters North American Market

Skyray Instrument, Inc a leading manufacturer of x-ray fluorescence (XRF) technology, has announced their entry into the North American marketplace through Skyray XRF. The official introduction of Skyray XRF will be at t...

From Skyray Instrument Inc 27 Feb 2008

Organic Molecule that Binds Negatively Charged Ions May Give New Molecular Toolbox to Biologists, Chemists and Medical Researchers

Indiana University Bloomington chemists have designed an organic molecule that binds negatively charged ions, a feat they hope will lead to the development of a whole new molecular toolbox for biologists, chemists and medical researchers who want to remove chlorine, fluorine and other negatively charged ions from their solutions.

27 Feb 2008

AIDS May be Cured by Nanotechnology With Nanoemulsion Nasal Vaccine Producing Immunity to HIV, Smallpox and Other Infectious Diseases

AIDS may be cured by a novel nanotechnology based technique for vaccinating against a variety of infectious diseases – using an oil-based emulsion placed in the nose, rather than needles – has proved able to produce a strong immune response against smallpox and HIV in two new studies.

27 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology News

Non-Magnetic Metals Made Magnetic by Reducing to Nanometer Sizes

Hydrogen Storage Mystery Solved Setting Up Development Leap for Hydrogen Fuelled Cars

Tiny Spheres With Different Faces Can be Used as Microscopic Mixers, Transport, Self Propelled Sensors and Targeted Drug Delivery Devices

Secrets of How Plants Build Cell Walls to Benefit Nanotechnology and BioFuels

Nanovations and Holmenkol Team Up on Sport, Marine and Leisure Market Based Nanotech Products

Kilogram Not What it Used to Be, Redefining the Standard Kilogram Weight

Nanopositioning Stages Now With Longer Travel Ranges for Microscopy, Nanometrology and Interferometry

Nanotechnology Framework for Australian State to Concentrate on Responsible Development, Industry Uptake, Global Connections, Skills and Education and Building Platforms for the Future

East Midlands get Funds to Accelerate Innovation and Nanotechnology Development

Leading Societies, ACerS, AIST, ASM and TMS, Call for Papers for Materials Science & Technology Conference, MS+T 08

Yamaha Lands Innovation Award for Use of Nanotechnology in Personal Watercraft

Material Developed That Eliminates Organic Solvent Pollutants Like Benzene, Toluene and Xylene

Skyray XRF Officially Enters North American Market

Organic Molecule that Binds Negatively Charged Ions May Give New Molecular Toolbox to Biologists, Chemists and Medical Researchers

AIDS May be Cured by Nanotechnology With Nanoemulsion Nasal Vaccine Producing Immunity to HIV, Smallpox and Other Infectious Diseases

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