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Nanoparticles Help Create Cleaner Fuels

Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. It is well...

7 Feb 2007

New Method for Rapidly Assessing Carbon Nanotube Quality

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method not onl...

6 Feb 2007

MIT Brings "Optics on a Chip" Closer to Market

In work that could lead to completely new devices, systems and applications in computing and telecommunications, MIT researchers are bringing the long-sought goal of "optics on a chip" one step closer to market...

6 Feb 2007

Researchers Observe in Real-Time Collective Transportation of Gold Atoms in a Thin Layer

Researchers at Delft University of Technology used a High Resolution Electron Microscope to observe in real-time the collective transportation of gold atoms in a thin layer. This research illustrates the rapid progress t...

6 Feb 2007

Scientists Discover How and Why Electrical Conductance of Nanowires Changes With Length

A Georgia Tech physics group has discovered how and why the electrical conductance of metal nanowires changes as their length varies. In a collaborative investigation performed by an experimental team and a theoretical p...

6 Feb 2007

Coated Nanoparticles Solve Sticky Drug-Delivery Problem

The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome this hurdle, investigators at Johns Hopkins University have ...

6 Feb 2007

Bright Nanoparticles Aid Basic Cancer Biology Studies

Though there is little doubt that nanoscale devices are going to play a critical role in improving cancer detection and treatment over the next five to ten years, nanoparticles are already having a major impact on the wa...

6 Feb 2007

Hiden Analytical Celebrate 25 Successful Years Designing and Manufacturing World-Class Instrumentation for Mass Analysis

Hiden Analytical Ltd. are celebrating 25 years of design and manufacture of instrumentation for gas and vapour measurement. The company was officially launched at the end of 1981 to manufacture reliable, high performance...

From Hiden Analytical 2 Feb 2007

Imago Install Another 4 Atom Probe Microscopes at The End of 2006

Imago Scientific Instruments® announced the shipment and installation of four of its LEAP® microscope systems in the quarter ending December 31, 2006, including the initial installations of Imago’s new 3000...

1 Feb 2007

Veeco Announces International Nanoscience Conference

Veeco Instruments has announced that it will host the "Seeing at the Nanoscale V" conference at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), June 24-27, 2007. Celebrating its fifth year, the conference p...

31 Jan 2007