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South Australian Communications Channel Highlights NVA Technologies for Cleantech Sector

South Australian communications channel Adelaide Now has featured NVA technologies in a video clip extolling the opportunities in the cleantech sector for the State.

5 Apr 2009

Molecular Assembly Line for Predictable, High-Precision Nano-Construction

Building on the idea of using DNA to link up nanoparticles - particles measuring mere billionths of a meter - scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed a molecular assembly line for predictable, high-precision nano-construction.

29 Mar 2009

Nanoparticles Added to Cosmetics and Sunscreens May be Harmful to the Environment

Using aquatic microbes as their "canary-in-a-cage," scientists from Ohio today reported that nanoparticles now being added to cosmetics, sunscreens, and hundreds of other personal care products may be harmful to the environment.

26 Mar 2009

Nanogenerator Charging your iPod or BlackBerry with a Wave of the Hand

Imagine if all you had to do to charge your iPod or your BlackBerry was to wave your hand, or stretch your arm, or take a walk? You could say goodbye to batteries and never have to plug those devices into a power source again.

26 Mar 2009

Conducting Polymer Nanowires that can Detect Wide Range of Cancer Biomarker

Investigators at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a simple and cost-effective method of building conducting polymer nanowires that can detect a wide range of levels of a cancer biomarker. This work...

26 Mar 2009

Applying Advances in Nanotechnology to the Treatment of Human Diseases

Funding from the Missouri Life Sciences Research Fund, part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement, will establish the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group, a collaborative regional effort to apply advances in...

25 Mar 2009

MIT Scientist to Deliver Keynote Address in Nanoscience at ACS's 237th National Meeting

Angela M. Belcher, Ph.D., a noted scientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will deliver the Keynote Address in Nanoscience here today at the American Chemical Society's 237th National Meeting.

From American Chemical Society 17 Mar 2009

Farfield to Join New Research Consortium Called "INTOPSENS"

Farfield are delighted to be invited to join a new research consortium called "INTOPSENS" combining leading research centres with industry across Europe. Intopsens will develop a highly integrated optical senso...

17 Mar 2009

Market and Applications for Nanotechnology in the Food and Drink Industries

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. The nanoscale is not new to the food and beverage sector, with various phenomena already witnessed and exploited in nutraceuti...

3 Mar 2009

"Advances in Nanosensors" Provides Overview of the Nanosensor Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Advances in Nanosensors" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled 'Advances in Nanos...

From Nanosensors 3 Mar 2009