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Thin Films Research Receives Award from U.S. Air Force

The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, a $100,000, three-year renewable grant to conduct...

10 Dec 2008

New Report Finds Serious Weaknesses in Government's Plan for Research on Potential Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

A new report from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used...

10 Dec 2008

Long-Awaited Report Gives Obama Administration Direction for Change in Regards to Nanotechnology

A National Research Council (NRC) committee today issued a highly critical report describing serious shortfalls in the Bush administration's strategy to better understand the environment, health and safety (EHS) risk...

10 Dec 2008

President of Materials Australia Announces New Recognition for Materials Professionals

Professor David StJohn President of Materials Australia today announced the introduction of the Certified Materials Professional CMP membership status for professionals working in the field of materials science and engineering in Australia.

10 Dec 2008

Company’s Proprietary Single-Junction III-V Structures Have the Potential to Achieve Higher Efficiency

Kopin® Corp. (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced that it has been selected for award of a $600,000 NASA contract to produce nanostructured solar cells comprised of indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) materials. The goal of t...

10 Dec 2008

Tronics MEMS Providing Services for Custom MEMS Components for the North American Market

Tronics Microsystems SA, a global leader in custom MEMS components and microsystems for demanding applications, announced today the formation of Tronics MEMS, Inc., a U.S. company that will focus on providing prototyping...

10 Dec 2008

Nonprofit Organization Focusing on Nanotechnology

The Nanotechnology Research Foundation (NRF) was recently established as a non-profit organization specifically focused on supporting the acceleration of nanotechnology awareness, education, recognition, funding, researc...

9 Dec 2008

Futurist Named as 2009 Inductee Into the Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking

The Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking has named Ray Kurzweil, renowned technology futurist, inventor and entrepreneur, as its 2009 inductee. Mr. Kurzweil will appear on campus at the University of Advan...

9 Dec 2008

Self-Healing Coatings that Automatically Repair Themselves

Imagine tiny cracks in your patio table healing by themselves, or the first small scratch on your new car disappearing by itself. This and more may be possible with self-healing coatings being developed at the University...

9 Dec 2008

Research to Address Energy Challenges, Advance Medical and Environmental Studies

Chi-Chang Kao, a physicist and leader in synchrotron light research, has been named founding Director of the Joint Photon Sciences Institute (JPSI) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective immediately.

9 Dec 2008

Nanobusiness News

Thin Films Research Receives Award from U.S. Air Force

New Report Finds Serious Weaknesses in Government's Plan for Research on Potential Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

Long-Awaited Report Gives Obama Administration Direction for Change in Regards to Nanotechnology

President of Materials Australia Announces New Recognition for Materials Professionals

Company’s Proprietary Single-Junction III-V Structures Have the Potential to Achieve Higher Efficiency

Tronics MEMS Providing Services for Custom MEMS Components for the North American Market

Nonprofit Organization Focusing on Nanotechnology

Futurist Named as 2009 Inductee Into the Leonardo da Vinci Society for the Study of Thinking

Self-Healing Coatings that Automatically Repair Themselves

Research to Address Energy Challenges, Advance Medical and Environmental Studies

Revolutionary Nanofibers Made from Flour for Tissue Regeneration

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A Novel Approach to Enhancing Lithium-Ion Battery Performance with Graphene

Revolutionizing Polymer Science with a New Synthesis Method

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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