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Genetically Engineered Spider Silk Proteins Lead to Better Understanding of Spinning Process

Stronger than steel and more elastic than rubber: spider silk is unsurpassed in its expandability, resistance to tearing, and toughness. Spider silk would be an ideal material for a large variety of medical and technical...

10 Apr 2007

DC Nanogenerator Fabricated Using an Array of Zinc Oxide Nanowires

Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibr...

From Nanogen 10 Apr 2007

New Ultra-High Resolution Positioning and Scanning System for Nanoscopic Imaging

The new ultra-low noise E-536 driver / controller, together with the P-363 PicoCube®, provide significantly higher resolution and positional stability than previous multi-axis scanning systems. The E-536 can be c...

4 Apr 2007

Argonne and University of Illinois Develop Flexible Electronic Structures

Flexible electronic structures with the potential to bend, expand and manipulate electronic devices are being developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University...

4 Apr 2007

Bayer MaterialScience and Nanoledge Join Forces

During the JEC Composites Show, taking place from April 3rd to April 5th in Paris, Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world's leading producers of polymers and high-performance plastics and Nanoledge, the European lea...

4 Apr 2007

DSM Somos Brings Stereolithography One Step Closer to Direct Manufacturing

DSM Somos has introduced DMX-SL™ 100 - the industry’s first stereolithography (SL) resin targeted for high durability applications and a significant new chemistry platform for direct manufacturing development...

4 Apr 2007

ICT, World Semiconductor Giant Join Forces to Develop CPU Chips

The CAS Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) and STMicroelectronics, one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, announced, on 28 March, their cooperation on the development and commercial exploitation...

4 Apr 2007

Atomistic Model Helps Students Visualize Nanoscale Problems

Civil engineers by tradition are concerned with the big picture, but some are refocusing their vision, zooming in to solve minute problems we can't see with the naked eye, like tiny fractures in polymers, silicon or ...

4 Apr 2007

MicroCHIPS Receives Equity Investment from Leading Pharmaceutical Company

MicroCHIPS, Inc., a developer of innovative drug delivery and biosensing devices, has announced a $13.4 million dollar round of investment funding led by Novartis Venture Fund. Reinhard Ambros, Global Head of Novartis Ve...

4 Apr 2007

Molecular Imprints Secures $8.5M in Additional Funding

Molecular Imprints has announced it has secured $8.5 million in venture debt financing from BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. This furthers MII’s commitment to deliver its proprietary Step-and-Flash Imprint Lithograp...

4 Apr 2007

Delft University Scientists Predict How Nanostructuring Affects Performance of Li-ion Batteries

Researchers at Delft University of Technology can predict how nanostructuring - the extreme reduction of structure - will affect the performance of Li-ion batteries. The nanostructuring of battery materials is likely to ...

4 Apr 2007

Special House Walls Containing Nano Polymer Particles

Leeds NanoManufacturing Institute (NMI) will play a crucial role in the Euro 9.5 million European Union-funded project by developing special walls for the house that contain nano polymer particles - these will turn into ...

4 Apr 2007

Huge Expansion Seen in Nanoporous Crystalline Materials

Scientists all over the world are participating in the quest of new materials with properties suitable for the environmentally friendly and economically feasible separation, recovery, and reuse of vapours and greenhouse ...

4 Apr 2007

Liquid-State-Field-Effect Transistors Promise Improvements for "Lab on a Chip" Devices

Parting a tiny red sea at the University of Cincinnati: Today's - and tomorrow's - sophisticated electronic devices may hinge on our ability to control microdrops of liquid on a surface. This effect, called elect...

4 Apr 2007

Predicting The Performance of Nanobatteries

Researchers at Delft University of Technology can predict how nanostructuring – the extreme reduction of structure – will affect the performance of Li-ion batteries. The nanostructuring of battery materials i...

3 Apr 2007

Nanotechnology News

Genetically Engineered Spider Silk Proteins Lead to Better Understanding of Spinning Process

DC Nanogenerator Fabricated Using an Array of Zinc Oxide Nanowires

New Ultra-High Resolution Positioning and Scanning System for Nanoscopic Imaging

Argonne and University of Illinois Develop Flexible Electronic Structures

Bayer MaterialScience and Nanoledge Join Forces

DSM Somos Brings Stereolithography One Step Closer to Direct Manufacturing

ICT, World Semiconductor Giant Join Forces to Develop CPU Chips

Atomistic Model Helps Students Visualize Nanoscale Problems

MicroCHIPS Receives Equity Investment from Leading Pharmaceutical Company

Molecular Imprints Secures $8.5M in Additional Funding

Delft University Scientists Predict How Nanostructuring Affects Performance of Li-ion Batteries

Special House Walls Containing Nano Polymer Particles

Huge Expansion Seen in Nanoporous Crystalline Materials

Liquid-State-Field-Effect Transistors Promise Improvements for "Lab on a Chip" Devices

Predicting The Performance of Nanobatteries

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Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

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

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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