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Chemists Use Nanotechnology to Penetrate Plant Cell Walls

A team of Iowa State University plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression wi...

18 May 2007

Official Opening of Brookhaven Lab's Center for Functional Nanomaterials

U.S. Congressman Timothy Bishop and Patricia Dehmer, DOE’s Associate Director of Science for Basic Energy Sciences, will officially open Brookhaven Lab’s new Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), one of ...

18 May 2007

Penn Physicists Create Low-Density Aerogels Made from Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created low-density aerogels made from carbon nanotubes, CNTs, that are capable of supporting 8,000 times their own weight. The new material also combines the strength a...

18 May 2007

EPA to Release Report on Nanotechnology Oversight

As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stated, nanotechnology has evolved from a futuristic idea to watch to a current issue to address. And for this new technology’s enormous potential to improve ev...

18 May 2007

Acrogenomics Achieve Sub-Molecular Detection of Fluorescent Dye

Acrongenomics, Inc. is pleased to announce that its partner Molecular Vision has reached its target of sub-molecular detection of fluorescent dye. Using the small-scale demonstrator devices first shown on March 8th 20...

18 May 2007

Veeco Ship Surface Profiler to Photovoltaic Module Manufacturer

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading supplier of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, today announced the sale and shipment of its new Dektak(R) 150 Surface Profiler to PrimeStar Solar, an emerging manufacturer of ...

18 May 2007

Five Cities Lead Nanotech Activities in The USA

With nanotechnology poised to be the globe’s next big economic driver, five U.S. cities have emerged as the country’s top “Nano Metro” locations-areas with the nation’s highest concentration...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 18 May 2007

Nano-Terra and 3M Enter into Nano-Collaboration

In an effort to more fully realize the potential of nanotechnology fabrication in advanced materials and devices, the Nano-Terra Company today announced a multi-year development and licensing agreement with 3M. Nano-Terr...

17 May 2007

Nanotechnology Delivers Targeted Drug to Plant Cells

17 May 2007

Nanoglue Bonds Materials That Don't Normally Stick

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don’t normally stick together. The team’s adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could...

17 May 2007

Third-Order Nanotechnologies Make Electro-Optical Breakthrough

Third-Order Nanotechnologies, Inc. announced today that it achieved a major technical breakthrough with respect to the commercialization of its technology. The breakthrough is the creation of a chemical spacer system tha...

16 May 2007

Consumer Products Using Nanotechnology Double, from 212 to 475

The number of consumer products using nanotechnology has more than doubled, from 212 to 475, in the 14 months since the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies launched the world’s first online inventory of manufactur...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 16 May 2007

$11.2 Million for Hydrogen/Nanoscale Catalysts Research from DOE

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $11.2 million in awards for research aimed at overcoming the scientific challenges associated with the production, storage and use of hydrogen. "This funding wil...

16 May 2007

AZoNano CEO Appointed Australian Nanobusiness Forum Board Member

The Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF) has announced the appointment of Dr Ian Birkby as the Board Member to represent its NSW Chapter. Dr Birkby who was nominated by the NSW Chapter of the ANBF, and elected unanimous...

16 May 2007

Applied Materials Makes Gains in Strain Engineering for Faster Transistors

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the Applied Producer® Celera™ PECVD(1), a significant advancement in strain engineering technology that achieves the stress levels required for manufacturing faster trans...

From Applied Materials Inc. 16 May 2007