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Researchers Discover New Imaging Tool to Screen Nanotubes

Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for rapidly screening structures called single-wall carbon nanotubes, possibly hastening their use in creating a new class of computers and electronics that are faster and consume less power than today's.

17 Nov 2010

Risk Analysis Review Says Carbon Nanotubes May Be Hazardous to Humans

While offering great promise in a host of new applications, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be harmful to humans and a new risk review suggests that product designers and others should provisionally treat CNTs “as if...

17 Nov 2010

Impact of Nanotechnology on Agriculture Industry

Using particles that are 1/100,000 the width of a human hair to deliver drugs to cells or assist plants in fighting off pests may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but these scenarios may be a common o...

17 Nov 2010

Gadonanotubes Are More Effective in Tracking Stems Cells in Body

Gadonanotubes (GNTs) developed at Rice University are beginning to show positive results in a study funded by a federal stimulus grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year.

15 Nov 2010

NaturalNano's Halloysite Nanotubes Improve Separation of CTCs from Blood

NaturalNano, Inc. (Pink Sheets:NNAN) (Frankfurt:N3N) announced that Andrew Hughes is presenting today research from Cornell University's Department of Biomedical Engineering that reports significant improvement in th...

15 Nov 2010

Sandler Research Announces New Report on Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

Sandler Research announces it will carry Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene for Electronics Applications 2010-2020 Research Report in its store. Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene exhibit extraordinary electrical propert...

12 Nov 2010

Euronanoforum and Nanotech Europe to Produce Europe's Largest Nanotechnology Event

EuroNanoForum and Nanotech Europe are joining forces in 2011 to produce Europe's largest nanotechnology event. Supported by the European Commission and organised within the framework of the Presidency of the Euro...

11 Nov 2010

MIT Develops Cleaner, Greener Nanotube Manufacturing Process

Carbon nanotubes are a component used in electronics, medicine and industrial design. They are tiny, strong and have very useful electrical properties, but producing them can cause environmental problems due to the chemi...

11 Nov 2010

New Way of Carbon Nanotube Production to Minimize Environmental Impact

Given their size, strength and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes — tiny, hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms — hold promise for a range of applications in electronics, medicine and other fields. Despite industrial development of nanotubes in recent years, however, very little is known about how they form or the environmental impacts of their manufacture.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 11 Nov 2010

EYP Heads to NanoTech Campus

EYP Architecture and Engineering PC (EYP) of Albany announced plans to establish and expand its headquarters and operations at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany. The move...

9 Nov 2010