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Rice University Researchers Predict the Existence of Boron Buckyball

A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms. The research, which has been published online and is due to appear as...

24 Apr 2007

Arrowhead Research and Carbon Nanotechnologies Complete Merger

Arrowhead Research Corporation announced today that its majority-owned subsidiary, Unidym, Inc., has closed the merger with Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. The combined company, which will operate under the Unidym name, ha...

From Arrowhead Pharmaceutical 24 Apr 2007

Nanoviricides Reports Dengue Fever is a Massive Public Health Problem

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) had sent out a public warning that “Global Warming Would Foster Spread of Dengue Fever into Some Temperate Regions”, as long ago as March, 1998. Since then Dengu...

From NanoViricides, Inc 24 Apr 2007

Nexus Nano Electronics Win New Electonic Component Supply Contracts

Nexus Nano Electronics announced the receipt of orders from a leading edge company that provides high-performance time and frequency products and services, precision optical time/frequency distribution, two-way timing te...

24 Apr 2007

HTIG and University of Pennsylvania Commence Nanotech Collaboration

Headwaters Technology Innovation Group (HTIG) has begun collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania through the Penn Regional Nanotechnology Facility (PRNTF). PRNTF has made available state-of-the-art electron micr...

24 Apr 2007

Researcher Wins NSF Award for Self-Assembling Nanoscale Materials

Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The a...

24 Apr 2007

BioForce Nanosciences Sell Nano eNabler Molecular Printer to Louisiana Tech

BioForce Nanosciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioForce Nanosciences Holdings, Inc., announced today the March sale of the Nano eNabler(TM) molecular printer to Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. ...

24 Apr 2007

SEMATECH Select Veeco for $2.4m Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Project

SEMATECH, the world's leading nanoelectronics consortium, and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE") of the University at Albany, home to the New York State Center of Excellence in Nanoel...

23 Apr 2007

NSTI's Dr Altaf Carim to Give Keynote Address at Nanotech 2007

The Nano Science & Technology Institute (NSTI) has announced Dr. Altaf Carim will deliver a keynote address during Nanotech 2007, the nation's largest Nanotech Conference and Trade Show. Nanotech 2007 will be hel...

23 Apr 2007

Nanotechnology Offers Hope for Those Suffering Spinal Cord Injuries, Diabetes and Parkinson's Disease

Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body?kidneys, liver, heart?can be stimulated to heal themselves. Envision people tragically paralyzed whose injured spinal cords can be repaired. Think about individuals suffe...

23 Apr 2007

Nano-nauts to Explore the Universe

Engineers at the University of Glasgow are designing a new breed of planetary explorers: tiny, shape-shifting devices that can be carried on the wind like dust particles but are also smart enough to communicate, fly in f...

23 Apr 2007

Advance Nanotech to Launch Next Generation Chemical Detection System

Advance Nanotech, Inc., a leading provider of financing and support services to drive the commercialization of nanotechnology-related products for homeland security and display technologies, today announced the official ...

23 Apr 2007

The Future of Nanotechnology Promoted via Newsletters and Podcasts

Nanotechnology’s many anticipated benefits will arrive in waves of innovation, beginning with today’s stain-resistant clothing and other first-generation applications and extending decades into the future, wh...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 23 Apr 2007

Molecular Nose Uses Nanotchnology to Detect Proteins and Diseases

A team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a kind of molecular nose that uses nanoparticle-based sensors to sniff out and identify proteins. The sensors, which can be trained to detect...

23 Apr 2007

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Using Gold Nanoparticles

By attaching gold nanoparticles – like tiny balls or rods- to cancer cells, earlier detection will be possible. Using photoacoustics – a combination of laser light and ultrasound-, scientists of the BMTI Inst...

21 Apr 2007