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National Science Foundation Asks For Funding of $6.85 billion

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. has presented the agency's proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over its actual FY 2008 budget. The additional ...

6 Feb 2008

Modeling Technique Explains Why a Single Nanotube Performs Better than Sensors Containing Several Nanotubes or Flat Planar Sensors

A new modeling technique explains for the first time why a single nanotube performs better than sensors containing several nanotubes or flat planar sensors and refutes a popular explanation for why smaller sensors work b...

6 Feb 2008

Portable Quantum Cascade Laser Sensor for the Fast Detection of a Large Number of Chemicals

Engineers at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have demonstrated a highly versatile, compact and portable Quantum Cascade Laser sensor for the fast detection of a large number of chemicals, ranging...

6 Feb 2008

Model Demonstrates How a Crystal Goes From Being an Electrical Insulator to a Conductor

Squeeze a crystal of manganese oxide hard enough, and it changes from an electrical insulator to a conductive metal. In a report published online this week by the journal Nature Materials, researchers use computational m...

6 Feb 2008

Microchip Design 10 Times More Energy Efficient than Present Technology, Will Lead to Longer Battery Life for Mobile Telephones and Handheld Equipment

Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantabl...

6 Feb 2008

Research to Reveal Nanoscale Behaviour and Properties in the Terahertz Region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Research underway at the University of Leeds will provide a completely fresh insight into the workings of nano-scale systems, and enable advances in the development of nano-electronic devices for use in industry, medicin...

6 Feb 2008

T-Rays Set to be Backbone of New Generation Security Sensors

A new generation of sensors for detecting explosives and poisons could be developed following new research into a type of radiation known as T-rays, published in Nature Photonics. The research shows that these T-rays,...

6 Feb 2008

World’s Smallest EMI Filter with ESD Protection

Kyocera Corporation is pleased to introduce the KVA16 quad EMI filter array, LC distributed constant type component featuring both electromagnetic interference (EMI) filtering and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection...

6 Feb 2008

Revolutionary New High-Throughput, Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscope from FEI

FEI Company have just released a new high-throughput, cryo TEM with state-of-the-art optics. The Titan Krios is specifically designed for biological applications.

5 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Helps Polymer Processing to Produce Advanced Steering Sensor

Bosch have taken advantage of nanotechnology advancements in BASF's Ultradur PBT poymer, isong it in their latest steering sensor.

4 Feb 2008

Herpes and Nail Fungus to Get the Nanotechnology and Topical Nanomedicine Treatment

NanoBio Corporation is presenting safety and efficacy results on new topical treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores) and onychomycosis (toe nail fungus) at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (A...

4 Feb 2008

Filling in the Gap Between Micro and Nano Devices

Arthur L. Chait will present to the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society of Silicon Valley on Wednesday, February 13th, 6:30 p.m. at the Sunnyvale Ramada Inn. Mr. Chait will note that a grea...

4 Feb 2008

HVAC Technology Brings a New Green Chemistry Approach to Purify the Air Indoors with Nanotechnology and Ultraviolet Germicidal Lights in the Air Duct

Orland Park, Illinois based CaluTech UV Lights today released its new Patent Pending line of ventilation mounted HVAC UV air purifiers. The new version of the CaluTech's ultraviolet light air purification systems eff...

4 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology Safety Examined in Report that Looks at the Effectiveness of Conventional Protection Against Nanoaerosols

Are conventional protective devices such as fibrous filter media, respirator cartridges, protective clothing and gloves also efficient for nanoaerosols? Long before the final conclusions of toxicology research studie...

4 Feb 2008

Thin Polymer Films and Nanolithography to Benefit from Discovery that Some Solids Behave like Liquids at the Nanoscale

A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale. The UW researchers, professor James Forr...

4 Feb 2008

Nanotechnology News

National Science Foundation Asks For Funding of $6.85 billion

Modeling Technique Explains Why a Single Nanotube Performs Better than Sensors Containing Several Nanotubes or Flat Planar Sensors

Portable Quantum Cascade Laser Sensor for the Fast Detection of a Large Number of Chemicals

Model Demonstrates How a Crystal Goes From Being an Electrical Insulator to a Conductor

Microchip Design 10 Times More Energy Efficient than Present Technology, Will Lead to Longer Battery Life for Mobile Telephones and Handheld Equipment

Research to Reveal Nanoscale Behaviour and Properties in the Terahertz Region of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

T-Rays Set to be Backbone of New Generation Security Sensors

World’s Smallest EMI Filter with ESD Protection

Revolutionary New High-Throughput, Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscope from FEI

Nanotechnology Helps Polymer Processing to Produce Advanced Steering Sensor

Herpes and Nail Fungus to Get the Nanotechnology and Topical Nanomedicine Treatment

Filling in the Gap Between Micro and Nano Devices

HVAC Technology Brings a New Green Chemistry Approach to Purify the Air Indoors with Nanotechnology and Ultraviolet Germicidal Lights in the Air Duct

Nanotechnology Safety Examined in Report that Looks at the Effectiveness of Conventional Protection Against Nanoaerosols

Thin Polymer Films and Nanolithography to Benefit from Discovery that Some Solids Behave like Liquids at the Nanoscale

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