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Researchers Create Nanoscale Structure that is Magnetic and Superconducting

A University of Arkansas physics professor and his colleagues have created a nanoscale structure that contains both magnetic and superconducting properties at the same time, and they will be exploring the properties of t...

5 Mar 2007

Zinc Oxide Nanowires Used to Create A New Class of Materials- Nano-Piezotronics

Researchers have taken advantage of the unique coupled semiconducting and piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires to create a new class of electronic components and devices that could provide the foundation for ...

2 Mar 2007

Researchers Create Material That Reflects Virtually No Light and Could Lead To Efficient Solar Cells, Brighter LEDs

A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an optical coatin...

2 Mar 2007

Controlling Movement of Water Through Nanotube Membranes Could Lead To Use In Water Purification and Genetic Research

By fusing wet and dry nanotechnologies, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found a way to control the flow of water through carbon nanotube membranes with an unprecedented level of precision. The resear...

2 Mar 2007

Bayer Says Materials Science Future is Nanotechnology and BayTubes

Bayer Material Science is attaching it's future firmly to nanotechnology as shown at the NanoTech fair in Tokyo last week. Bayer's focus was on their Baytubes® carbon nanotubes (CNTs). BayTubes were developed...

2 Mar 2007

Graphene Could be the Key to A New Type of Super-Fast Computer Chip

Researchers have used the world’s thinnest material to create the world’s smallest transistor – a breakthrough that could spark the development of a new type of super-fast computer chip. Professor A...

1 Mar 2007

Podcast - The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution

Nanotechnology Victoria (NanoVic) and AZoNetwork announce the release of the second Nanotech Podcast - "The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution" Podcast available ...

1 Mar 2007

Missouri State University Receive $6.2m Grant to Develop Carbon Nanotube-Based Satellite Components

Dr. Ryan Giedd, executive director of Missouri State University’s Roy Blunt Jordan Valley Innovation Center (JVIC), and JVIC corporate partners Nantero Inc. (Woburn, Mass.) and Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. (Houston...

28 Feb 2007

Could Nanotechnology Deliver Major Benefits to Health Care in Developing Countries

“Nanotechnology has the potential to generate enormous health benefits for the more than five billion people living in the developing world,” according to Dr. Peter A. Singer, senior scientist at the McLaughl...

From Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies 28 Feb 2007

Investment Opportunities in Nanotechnology Australia 2007

Australia's dynamic nanotechnology research sector develops and produces a range of nanotechnology integrated products including rapid medical and environmental diagnostics and sensors, clear UV-resistant sunscreen, ...

27 Feb 2007

Fluid Dynamics Works on Nanoscale in Real World

In 2000, Georgia Tech researchers showed that fluid dynamics theory could be modified to work on the nanoscale, albeit in a vacuum. Now, seven years later they've shown that it can be modified to work in the real wor...

27 Feb 2007

NanoDynamics License Biofuels Technology to Global Technex in Australia

NanoDynamics, Inc., a diversified nanotechnology and manufacturing company, today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Global Technex Pty of Brisbane Australia. The agreement is part of a project ...

27 Feb 2007

IMEC Reports Technology to Functionalize Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

IMEC has developed a generic and versatile method to synthesize stable, biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles. By tuning the endgroups, the functionalized nanoparticles can be used for a wide variety of biomedical applica...

From IMEC 27 Feb 2007

Development of Biocompatible Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

The future of cancer detection and treatment may be in gold nanoparticles - tiny pieces of gold so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye. The potential of gold nanoparticles has been hindered by the difficulty of ma...

27 Feb 2007

Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Opening of Ohio Plant to Produce Fuel Cell Components

Pacific Fuel Cell Corp. has announced the opening of a 24,000 square foot plant in Willoughby, Ohio to produce fuel cell components. Initial production of bipolar plates is scheduled to begin shortly. The first two pr...

27 Feb 2007

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Create Nanoscale Structure that is Magnetic and Superconducting

Zinc Oxide Nanowires Used to Create A New Class of Materials- Nano-Piezotronics

Researchers Create Material That Reflects Virtually No Light and Could Lead To Efficient Solar Cells, Brighter LEDs

Controlling Movement of Water Through Nanotube Membranes Could Lead To Use In Water Purification and Genetic Research

Bayer Says Materials Science Future is Nanotechnology and BayTubes

Graphene Could be the Key to A New Type of Super-Fast Computer Chip

Podcast - The Implications for Health, Safety and the Environment of the Nanotech Revolution

Missouri State University Receive $6.2m Grant to Develop Carbon Nanotube-Based Satellite Components

Could Nanotechnology Deliver Major Benefits to Health Care in Developing Countries

Investment Opportunities in Nanotechnology Australia 2007

Fluid Dynamics Works on Nanoscale in Real World

NanoDynamics License Biofuels Technology to Global Technex in Australia

IMEC Reports Technology to Functionalize Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Development of Biocompatible Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

Pacific Fuel Cell Announces Opening of Ohio Plant to Produce Fuel Cell Components

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