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Buckyball Carbon Nanoparticles Found to be Harmless to Environmental Cleanup Microbes

Even large amounts of manufactured nanoparticles, also known as Buckyballs, don't faze microscopic organisms that are charged with cleaning up the environment, according to Purdue University researchers.

9 Apr 2008

NanoDynamics Announces New VP and General Manager plus Staff Promotions

NanoDynamics, Inc. announced today the hire of Gary Krall as V.P. and general manager. With 25 years of experience working with intermediate material suppliers to industrial markets, including Owens Corning and Reichhold, Krall will oversee the transition of several of the company’s technologies from the research stage into commercialization.

9 Apr 2008

Researchers Develop New Model for Self Assembly of Nanoparticles

Carnegie Mellon University’s Nadine Aubry and colleague Pushpendra Singh of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are leading a research team to develop a manufacturing strategy that could improve technolog...

8 Apr 2008

Researchers Control Electron Spin, Computer Memory May Be Held in Individual Atoms

Researchers are working towards a new means of data-storage, in which electricity and magnetism are combined in a new atom based transistor concept

8 Apr 2008

Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles Now Cheap Enough for Widespread Use in Consumer Products

Electronics.ca Publications, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "NanoSEE 2008: Nanomaterials Industrial Status and Expected Evolution&...

8 Apr 2008

Scientists Scared of Socks as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products

Valued for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to washing machines. But as silver’s benefits propel it to the forefront of consumer nanomaterials, scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen environmental and health consequences of nanosilver.

7 Apr 2008

Advanced Semiconductor Metrology Equipment Boosted with Nanometrics Launch of Atlas XP Metrology System

Nanometrics Incorporated, a leading supplier of advanced metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, today introduced the latest addition to its Atlas® metrology system platform, the Atlas XP. “We are...

4 Apr 2008

Carbon Nanotubes to be Used in New Thermoplastic Material

The excellent electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of Baytubes® carbon nanotubes were the decisive factors leading to a cooperation agreement on thermoplastics between Bayer MaterialScience AG and Clariant...

4 Apr 2008

Nanotechnology Reduces Cancer Drug Dose, Increases Effect on Tumors

Anyone facing chemotherapy would welcome an advance promising to dramatically reduce their dose of these often harsh drugs. Using nanotechnology, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have taken a step closer to that goal.

3 Apr 2008

NanoDays and Television Bring Nanotechnology Understanding to the General Public

"Nanotechnology: The Power of Small" television series and NanoDays, educating the public about nanoscale science and engineering and its potential impacts

2 Apr 2008

Nanomaterials News

Buckyball Carbon Nanoparticles Found to be Harmless to Environmental Cleanup Microbes

NanoDynamics Announces New VP and General Manager plus Staff Promotions

Researchers Develop New Model for Self Assembly of Nanoparticles

Researchers Control Electron Spin, Computer Memory May Be Held in Individual Atoms

Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles Now Cheap Enough for Widespread Use in Consumer Products

Scientists Scared of Socks as Nanotechnology and Nanoparticles Become Common in Consumer Products

Advanced Semiconductor Metrology Equipment Boosted with Nanometrics Launch of Atlas XP Metrology System

Carbon Nanotubes to be Used in New Thermoplastic Material

Nanotechnology Reduces Cancer Drug Dose, Increases Effect on Tumors

NanoDays and Television Bring Nanotechnology Understanding to the General Public

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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