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Even if Carbon Nanotubes are Environmentally Safe and Non Toxic, Production Processes May Cause Pollution Problems.

Carbon nanotubes are 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, yet stronger than steel and more durable than diamonds. They conduct heat and electricity with efficiency that rivals copper wires and silicon chips, with poss...

9 Apr 2008

Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles Now Cheap Enough for Widespread Use in Consumer Products

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "NanoSEE 2008: Nanomaterials Industrial Status and Expected Evolution&...

8 Apr 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to be Used in New Thermoplastic Material

The excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of Baytubes® carbon nanotubes were the decisive factors leading to a cooperation agreement on thermoplastics between Bayer MaterialScience AG and Clariant...

4 Apr 2008

NanoDays and Television Bring Nanotechnology Understanding to the General Public

"Nanotechnology: The Power of Small" television series and NanoDays, educating the public about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impacts

2 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Researcher Urges Nanotech Industry to Adopt Green Chemistry Priciples

The time to implement green chemistry into nanotechnology is now says University of Oregon nanotech researcher

1 Apr 2008

Medical Imaging Tool Has A Resolution 1000 Times Greater Than Before

Doctors’ quest to see what is happening inside a living body has been hampered by the limits on detecting tiny components of internal structures and events. Now a team of Stanford University School of Medicine rese...

1 Apr 2008

Youth to Learn About Nanotechnology at NanoDays Held by UC Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara will host special education activities and exhibits, designed to educate and engage the local Santa Barbara community in the growing fields of nanoscale science and nanotechnologies, at UCSB’s Elin...

1 Apr 2008

Future of Computing Under the Nanotechnology Spotlight as Carbon Nanotubes are Set to Take Over From Silicon Chips

The future of computing is under the spotlight at the Institute of Physics’ Condensed Matter and Materials Physics conference at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London on 26-28 March. The silicon...

31 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Increase Effectiveness of Injected Drugs

In an article featured on the cover of the March issue of Nature Nanotechnology, Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, presented a proof-of-concept study on a new multistage d...

28 Mar 2008

Carbon Nanotube Company, Carbon Nanoprobes, Awarded Grant

The nanotechnology company Carbon Nanoprobes Inc. (CN Probes) was awarded an Industrial Incentive Grant from the Materials Research Institute of Penn State this week. The Materials Research Institute will provide funds f...

27 Mar 2008