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Optical Properties of Fluorescent Nanoparticles Open Possibilities for Cellular Imaging

Scientists from the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have successfully exploited the optical properties of fluorescent nanoparticles to broaden the scope of single-cell microscopy. By using nanoparticles, they succ...

9 May 2007

Layered Nanocrystalline Materials to Improve Performance of Li-Ion Rechargeable Batteries

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to increasing the capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The technology is based on a new...

9 May 2007

NanoDynamics Registers for IPO

NanoDynamics, Inc. today announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its common stock. The number of shares to be off...

8 May 2007

The Evolution of Nanotechnology

UC Santa Barbara professor of history W. Patrick McCray takes a close look at the evolution of nanotechnology in the May issue of Nature Nanotechnology. McCray, a member of UCSB’s Center for Nanotechnology in Society, ar...

8 May 2007

On-Line Registration Available for Veeco's Seeing at Nanoscale V Conference

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, announced on-line registration for the "Seeing at the Nanoscale V" conference to be held at the University of California, Santa ...

8 May 2007

NanoVic and Victorian Government Launch BioNano Initiatives in US

Nanotechnology Victoria has announced the formation of two major initiatives in bionanotechnology, launched by the Victorian Premier, Mr Steve Bracks, and the Minister for Innovation, Mr John Brumby, at the BIO2007 Confe...

8 May 2007

Unique Nano-Crystalline, Layered-Composite Structures for Batteries

8 May 2007

Optimal Control of Quantum Rings by Terahertz Laser Pulses

The research team from the Physics of Materials group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the UPV/EHU Mixed Centre Physics of Materials group and the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), led ...

8 May 2007

Veeco and Leica Integrate AFM and Microscope to Create BioScope II AFM

Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading provider of instrumentation to the nanoscience community, and Leica Microsystems GmbH, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical microscopy imaging systems, have finalized a product...

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 7 May 2007

NaturalNano and Cascade Engineering to Jointly Develop Nanocomposite Additive

NaturalNano, Inc., an innovative materials science company, today announced that it has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Cascade Engineering, a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative plasti...

7 May 2007

Alberta Attempts to Gain Some of the Nanotech Market Share

Edmonton... Investing in 'the science of small' will help generate huge returns for Albertans, said Premier Ed Stelmach, unveiling the province's strategy to capture a $20-billion market share of the world&#3...

7 May 2007

Platinum Nanocrystals Provide Increase Catalytic Activity

A research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists from two continents has produced a new form of the industrially-important metal platinum: 24-facet nanocrystals whose catalytic activity per unit area ...

5 May 2007

NEC, JST and RIKEN Demonstrate World's First Quantum Bit, Qubit, Circuit

NEC Corporation, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) have together successfully demonstrated the world's first quantum bit (qubit) circuit that can co...

5 May 2007

Nano-Proprietary Receive No Additional Compensation in Canon Litigation

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that the jury has reached a verdict in its litigation against Canon, Inc. In its verdict, the jury decided that Nano-Proprietary was due no additional damages beyond those already receive...

4 May 2007

IBM Use Air Gaps to Provide Insulating Vacuums Around Nano-Scale Wires

Taking a cue from seashells, IBM is using a pattern-creating process found in nature to manufacture its latest computer chips. The company has adapted the process that forms seashells, snowflakes, and enamel on teeth to ...

4 May 2007