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UC Santa Barbara Researcher Reflects on 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg for their discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR). GMR is the process whereby a small magnetic...

24 Oct 2007

Electrocatalyst Could Help to Improve the Capacity of Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now devel...

24 Oct 2007

Memory Changes With Nanotechnology Promises Better Performance, Capacity and Battery Life of Consumer Electronics

Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has a new take on old memory, one that promises to boost the performance, capacity and battery life of consumer electronics from digital cameras to la...

24 Oct 2007

Nobel Laureates Papers Published in Free-to-Read Format

IOP Publishing congratulates the 2007 Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry. IOP is honored to have had this year’s winners publish work in several of our journals. As a service to the community we have made...

24 Oct 2007

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Create Powerful Pressure Sensors

Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Taking advantage of the material’s unique el...

24 Oct 2007

Rapid Meningococcal Diagnostic Test Announced

In a world first, Victorian nanotechnology venture Quintain NS has announced a rapid meningococcal diagnostic test. The test will ultimately allow detection of meningococcal disease in less than fifteen minutes com...

23 Oct 2007

Learning about Nanotechnology with a Video, The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology

The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining new video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which mixes the iconic American snack cake with humor to unlock the mysteries of nanotechnology. Maynard serves up th...

23 Oct 2007

Oil & Gas Industry to Benefit From Joint Venture to Produce Develop Nano Enabled Processes

NanoDynamics Inc. announced the recent formation of a joint venture with Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. to develop new materials and products expected to improve exploration and production efforts in the internati...

23 Oct 2007

New Laser Could Lead to Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopes for Chemical Imaging in Biology and Medicine

In a major feat of nanotechnology engineering researchers from Harvard University have demonstrated a laser with a wide-range of potential applications in chemistry, biology and medicine. Called a quantum cascade (QC) la...

23 Oct 2007

Super Small to Fight the Super Big, Nanotechnology Being Used to Battle Obesity

Wearing a portable instrument to monitor metabolism in the fight against obesity and its related health consequences may be on the horizon thanks to collaborative research being performed at the University of Houston and...

23 Oct 2007

Refurbished X-Ray Producer Shakes th Earth at Sandia Again

Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine, the world’s largest producer of X-rays, shook the ground for several hundred yards in every direction for the first time since July 2006, when the 22-year-old facility...

From Sandia National Laboratories 23 Oct 2007

Niobium and Tantalum Differences May Lead to More Optimized Electronic Materials and Photocatalysts

Unexpected differences recently discovered between the elements niobium and tantalum may lead to more optimized electronic materials and photocatalysts. Sandia researcher May Nyman and colleagues reported on the new-foun...

23 Oct 2007

Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Needed to Meet Global Demands for Food, Feed, Fuel and Materials

DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday, Jr., today told participants at the World Food Prize that biotechnology will enable the world to keep pace with the rapid growth in global demand for food, feed, fuel and mate...

22 Oct 2007

Revolutionary Atomic Resolution Electron Microscope Wins Award for Carl Zeiss SMT

Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and ion-beam imaging and analysis equipment, last night was honoured with a coveted R&D 100 Award for one of the 100 most technologically significant new product...

From Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH 22 Oct 2007

Colour Changing Gel Could Lead to a New Type of Sensor

MIT researchers have created a new structured gel that can rapidly change color in response to a variety of stimuli, including temperature, pressure, salt concentration and humidity. Among other applications, the stru...

22 Oct 2007

Nanotechnology News

UC Santa Barbara Researcher Reflects on 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics

Electrocatalyst Could Help to Improve the Capacity of Fuel Cells

Memory Changes With Nanotechnology Promises Better Performance, Capacity and Battery Life of Consumer Electronics

Nobel Laureates Papers Published in Free-to-Read Format

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Create Powerful Pressure Sensors

Rapid Meningococcal Diagnostic Test Announced

Learning about Nanotechnology with a Video, The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology

Oil & Gas Industry to Benefit From Joint Venture to Produce Develop Nano Enabled Processes

New Laser Could Lead to Ultrahigh Resolution Microscopes for Chemical Imaging in Biology and Medicine

Super Small to Fight the Super Big, Nanotechnology Being Used to Battle Obesity

Refurbished X-Ray Producer Shakes th Earth at Sandia Again

Niobium and Tantalum Differences May Lead to More Optimized Electronic Materials and Photocatalysts

Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Needed to Meet Global Demands for Food, Feed, Fuel and Materials

Revolutionary Atomic Resolution Electron Microscope Wins Award for Carl Zeiss SMT

Colour Changing Gel Could Lead to a New Type of Sensor

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

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