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pHILIP, A New Way to Target and Treat Tumors

Research teams at Yale University and the University of Rhode Island have demonstrated a new way to target and potentially treat tumors using a short piece of protein that acts like a nanosyringe to deliver “tags&r...

4 May 2007

University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Establishes New Endowment

Fifty years after becoming the youngest male graduate at the University at Albany, Dr. Clinton Ray Carpenter made history again today as the first alumnus to establish an endowment to support UAlbany's College of Nan...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 3 May 2007

Nanostructured Catalyst Splits Water Using Sunlight

Cheap source of energy Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a unique photocatlytic cell that splits water to produce hydrogen and oxygen in water using sunlight and the power of a nanostructu...

3 May 2007

Electrodes on a Chip Simultaneously Monitor Thousands of Molecules

It's electric A chemist at Washington University in St. Louis is making molecules the new-fashioned way - selectively harnessing thousands of minuscule electrodes on a tiny computer chip that do chemical reactions...

3 May 2007

Breakthrough Method for Quantum Dot Production May Result in Cheaper Solar Cells

Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels. The r...

3 May 2007

Multinozzle Nanoelectrospray Emitter Array to Accelerate Proteomics Research

In recent years, the science of biology has been dominated by genomics - the study of genes and their functions. The genomics era is now making way for the era of proteomics - the study of the proteins that genes encode....

3 May 2007

String Theory Probes Inner Workings of Subatomic Particles

String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than was previously thought, according to ...

3 May 2007

Nanoparticle Coated Fabric Prevents Cold and Flu and Never Needs Washing

Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken "functional clothing" to a whole new level. They have designed a garment that can prevent colds and flu and never needs washing, and another that des...

3 May 2007

New Understanding of Nanoparticles May Allow Rapid Detction of Viruses

Chemical engineers from the University at Buffalo have collaborated with scientists from other institutions to solve a critical bottleneck in the transport and capture of virus nanoparticles, making possible a device tha...

3 May 2007

Australian Nano Business Forum Response to Federal Government Industry Statement

The Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF) applauds the $1.4 billion Industry Statement released by the Federal Government yesterday. “Australia is a medium-sized economy in an increasingly global community, with...

3 May 2007

Nanodynamics Launch Intellectual Property Forum

NanoDynamics, Inc., a diversified nanotechnology and manufacturing company, today announced the launch of TechBank™. This forum offers information on a selection of the company’s intellectual property (IP) te...

3 May 2007

HP License Nanoimprint Lithography Technology for Fabricating More Powerful Computer Chips

HP today announced that it is beginning to reap returns from its 10-year investment in nanoscale electronics with the licensing of technology that could enable the fabrication of semiconductor chips significantly more po...

3 May 2007

Nanotechnologists Use X-Rays to See How Antiferromagnets Work

Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and USA has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of antiferromagnets, published in this week’s Nature. Scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnol...

2 May 2007

NanoCyl to Distribute Carbon Nanotube Products in Europe through Velox

Carbon Nanotubes Leader Nanocyl and specialised raw materials distribution & sales company Velox have signed an agreement for the distribution of Nanocyl’s carbon nanotubes-based products in Europe. This partne...

From NANOCYL SA 2 May 2007

Nanotechnology and Climate Change to Transform Worldwide Food Industry

The latest study by hkc22.com shows that food production and consumption will change dramatically within the next 20 years. Water problems, energy use and climate change are the key reasons besides increasing population ...

2 May 2007