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Atom Chiller Combined with Molecule Trap to Make Device that can Generate and Trap Ultracold Polar Molecules

Physicists at the University of Rochester have combined an atom-chiller with a molecule trap, creating for the first time a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultracold polar molecules...

13 Dec 2007

Portable Fuel Cell System Eliminates Need for Noisy, Dirty, Generators

Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system - were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric ...

13 Dec 2007

Imaging System Maps the Mechanical Properties of Materials and Could Revolutionise Design of New Materials

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials - how stiff or stretchy they are, for example - at scales on the order of...

13 Dec 2007

Nanotechnology Risks and Benefits to Come under Scrutiny by Parliamentary Inquiry in Australia by NSW State Government

As part of its continuing efforts to better understand the potential risks and benefits associated with nanotechnology, the NSW Government has initiated a parliamentary inquiry into this relatively new field of scientifi...

13 Dec 2007

Nanoscale Details of Photolithography Process

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the first direct measurements of the infinitesimal expansion and collapse of thin polymer films used in the manufacture of advanced semico...

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 13 Dec 2007

Reports Says Nanotechnology Companies Need Clear Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Expectations and Regulations of New Nanoscale Materials and Products for Commercial Success

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies has released the results of a new survey of New England-based nanotechnology companies aimed at discovering how firms in almost every sector of the economy address the possible en...

13 Dec 2007

Fibrils, Super Strong Reinforcing Nanomaterials That Are Completely Natural and Made by Trees

Their day job is to keep trees upright. But now the forest's tiniest building blocks are on their way into fancy products for the future. Imagine a packaging material that kills bacteria and keeps food longer in g...

12 Dec 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Announces Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Chip-On-A-Tip Patent

BioForce Nanosciences Holdings Inc. announced today that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its Chip-On-A-Tip(tm) patent. Chip-On-A-Tip(tm) (COAT(tm)) is a rev...

12 Dec 2007

Private Equity Financing for Engineered Nanoparticulate Delivery Systems to Improve Drug Targeting, Efficacy and Safety

Carigent Therapeutics, Inc., announced today that the company has secured $2 million in its first round of private equity financing. Carigent is advancing a new drug delivery technology that aims to improve drug efficacy...

12 Dec 2007

Nanoco Leads the way in Taking Cutting Edge Research to the Marketplace as Commercial Products

Nanoco Technologies is unique in the nanomaterials market as a company that manufacture large quantities of quantum dots and partner major R&D and blue-chip industrial organisations in the development of quantum dot ...

12 Dec 2007

IMEC Increases Performance of High-K Metal Gate Planar CMOS and FinFETs

At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC reports significant progress in improving the performance of planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-carbide metal gates targeting the 32nm...

From IMEC 12 Dec 2007

Nanotechnology Driven Future Scenarios Released by Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

The nonprofit Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) has released a series of scenarios depicting various versions of a near-future world into which transformative manufacturing concepts may emerge. Across eight sep...

12 Dec 2007

NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes Fragrance Loading Capability Validated by One of the World's Leading Personal Care and Household Product Companies

NaturalNano, Inc., a developer of advanced nanomaterials and additive technologies, received third-party validation from one of the world’s leading personal care and household product companies of NaturalNano&rsquo...

12 Dec 2007

Microscopic Simulation of Explosives and the Molecular Process of Detonation

U.S. troops blew up enemy bridges with explosives in World War II to slow the advance of supplies or enemy forces. In modern times, patrollers use explosives at ski resorts to purposely create avalanches so the runs are ...

12 Dec 2007

Silicon Nanophotonics Milestones Reported by IBM

Several extraordinary recent achievements place the field of microresonators at the frontier of modern photonics. In the Dec. 10 issue of Optics Express, papers explore advanced silicon modulators in the nanoscale, &quot...

12 Dec 2007

Nanotechnology News

Atom Chiller Combined with Molecule Trap to Make Device that can Generate and Trap Ultracold Polar Molecules

Portable Fuel Cell System Eliminates Need for Noisy, Dirty, Generators

Imaging System Maps the Mechanical Properties of Materials and Could Revolutionise Design of New Materials

Nanotechnology Risks and Benefits to Come under Scrutiny by Parliamentary Inquiry in Australia by NSW State Government

Nanoscale Details of Photolithography Process

Reports Says Nanotechnology Companies Need Clear Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines for Expectations and Regulations of New Nanoscale Materials and Products for Commercial Success

Fibrils, Super Strong Reinforcing Nanomaterials That Are Completely Natural and Made by Trees

BioForce Nanosciences Announces Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Chip-On-A-Tip Patent

Private Equity Financing for Engineered Nanoparticulate Delivery Systems to Improve Drug Targeting, Efficacy and Safety

Nanoco Leads the way in Taking Cutting Edge Research to the Marketplace as Commercial Products

IMEC Increases Performance of High-K Metal Gate Planar CMOS and FinFETs

Nanotechnology Driven Future Scenarios Released by Center for Responsible Nanotechnology

NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes Fragrance Loading Capability Validated by One of the World's Leading Personal Care and Household Product Companies

Microscopic Simulation of Explosives and the Molecular Process of Detonation

Silicon Nanophotonics Milestones Reported by IBM

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Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

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