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Former LLNL Chief Scientist Chosen as APS Fellow for Work at Nano-Scale

Four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have been selected as 2010 fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). Less than half of a percent of the APS members are fellows. It is a distinct honor beca...

From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7 Jan 2011

Carbon Nanotube Webs Enhance Functionality of Biscrolled Yarns

Nanotechnologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have invented a broadly deployable technology for producing weavable, knittable, sewable, and knottable yarns containing up to 95 weight percent of otherwise unspinnable guest powders and nanofibers.

7 Jan 2011

Researchers Develop New Self-Regenerative Solar Cell Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost.

5 Jan 2011

Nanoscience Instruments Distributes SSP-354 Carbon Nanotube Synthesis System

Nanoscience Instruments announces worldwide distribution of a new benchtop carbon nanotube synthesis device. The Nanotech Innovations SSP-354 is a low-cost system for producing high-quality, multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

From Nanoscience Instruments 24 Dec 2010

Winners Announced for 2010 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology

The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2010 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.

From Foresight Institute 21 Dec 2010

American Physical Society Selects Nanomaterial Researcher at ORNL for Fellowship

Four researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been elected to fellowship in the American Physical Society. David Christen, David Geohegan, Xun-Li Wang and William Weber were n...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 20 Dec 2010

Brown Scientists Find Sound Waves Can Cut Single Walled Nanotubes

A pipefitter knows how to make an exact cut on a metal rod. But it's far harder to imagine getting a precise cut on a carbon nanotube, with a diameter 1/50,000th the thickness of a human hair.

20 Dec 2010

SWeNT Receive EPA Approval to Manufacture Carbon Nanotubes for Commercial Applications

SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc. (SWeNT), the world leader in high quality carbon nanotubes (CNT), has received an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consent order which will permit SWeNT to manufacture and distribute...

15 Dec 2010

NIST Announces $22 Million in Funding for Advanced Manufacturing Research in Electronics, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine research projects targeting innovative manufacturing technolog...

15 Dec 2010

New Market Review Report on Nanotechnology Research

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: 2010 Nanotechnology Research Review. FOREWORD Smaller, faster, better, has been the clarion call for this branch of scienc...

15 Dec 2010