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Overview of the Global Market for Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology continues to be a thriving area of R&D in 2008. Public funding of nanotechnology worldwide in 2008 was approximately $6.7 with over US$5 billion initially committed by the Russian government and a raft...

14 Dec 2008

Strain-Tuned Quantum Dots Show New Optical Properties

Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier. However, if doctors were to use them in humans, quantum dots could have limitations related to thei...

7 Dec 2008

Report on the Global Market for Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology continues to be a thriving area of R+D in 2008. Public funding of nanotechnology worldwide in 2008 was approximately $6.7 with over US$5 billion initially committed by the Russian government and a raft of ...

From Research and Markets 7 Dec 2008

Book Covers Wide Range of Topics in Nano-Structure Related Semiconductor Photonics

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Semiconductor Photonics: Nano-Structured Materials and Devices" report to their offering. Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Confer...

1 Dec 2008

Gap Grants Designed to Bring New Technologies from Lab to Marketplace

Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, has been awarded funds from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to assist faculty researchers with the most promising patentable ...

26 Nov 2008

Scientists Across Europe to Profit from New Investments in European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

More than ten thousand scientists across Europe will profit from new investments in the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) approved today. Over the next seven years, unique new experimental facilities for research with X-rays will come into operation. This decision, taken by the ESRF Council, representing the 19 countries financing the ESRF, confirms Europe's vision to expand its global leadership in photon science.

25 Nov 2008

Nanotechnology Innovators Taking on Asthma, Bird Flu and Cancer

British businesses with products that can combat bird flu, provide an instant asthma diagnosis and illuminate cancer cells won Business Innovation Awards today at a major nanotechnology event. The third annual UK Nano...

24 Nov 2008

Researchers Set Speed Record for Flipping the Spin of Electron and Measuring its New Position

The promise of quantum computing is that it will dramatically outshine traditional computers in tackling certain key problems: searching large databases, factoring large numbers, creating uncrackable codes and simulating the atomic structure of materials.

21 Nov 2008

Report on the Global Market for Nanotechnology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Market for Nanotechnology" report to their offering. Nanotechnology continues to be a thriving area of R&D in 2008. Public funding of n...

From Research and Markets 20 Nov 2008

Yale Professor Named Fellow of the IEEE for His Contribution to Nanotechnology

Yale Professor Mark Reed, whose research has contributed to nanotechnology in areas from quantum dots to molecular electronics, has been named a fellow of the IEEE, one of the most prestigious honors given by this professional association for the advancement of technology.

18 Nov 2008