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Process of How Buckyballs Form Captured in Video Simulation

The birth secret of buckyballs - hollow spheres of carbon no wider than a strand of DNA - has been caught on tape by researchers at Sandia National Laboratory and Rice University. An electron microscope video and compute...

29 Oct 2007

Nanotechnology Alliance to Combine Best of Metals with Best of Polymers

DuPont announced an alliance with Canada-based Morph Technologies Inc., Integran Technologies Inc., and U.S.-based PowerMetal Technologies to develop and commercialize a nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid technology th...

26 Oct 2007

ApNano Materials to Make Optically Black Coatings for Solar and Optical Applications

ApNano Materials, Inc., a provider of nanotechnology-based products, today announced a new line of nanotechnology-based non-reflective, optically black coatings. The new coatings will be used, in the first phase, in sola...

26 Oct 2007

Pioneer Surgical Technology Acquires Angstrom Medica and their NanOss Bone Replacement Material

Pioneer Surgical Technology (PST) announced its acquisition of Angstrom Medica, Inc., headquartered in Woburn, MA. Angstrom is the first company to obtain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a nanotechnology ...

25 Oct 2007

Biodegradable Nanoball Drug Delivery System

Dutch researcher Cristianne Rijcken has developed a new type of biodegradable nanoparticle. The spherical structures can encapsulate various fat-soluble medicines, which makes it easier to target tumour tissue. These nan...

25 Oct 2007

Carbon Nanotubes to Replace Radioactive Sources in Gas Ionizers for Homeland Security

Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI), has been awarded an SBIR Phase II contract for the continued development of a “Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-Based Gas Ionizer to Replace ...

25 Oct 2007

Electrocatalyst Could Help to Improve the Capacity of Fuel Cells

Hydrogen fuel cells will power the automobiles of the future; however, they have so far suffered from being insufficiently competitive. At the University of Houston, Texas, USA, a team led by Peter Strasser has now devel...

24 Oct 2007

Using Carbon Nanotubes to Create Powerful Pressure Sensors

Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Taking advantage of the material’s unique el...

24 Oct 2007

Rapid Meningococcal Diagnostic Test Announced

In a world first, Victorian nanotechnology venture Quintain NS has announced a rapid meningococcal diagnostic test. The test will ultimately allow detection of meningococcal disease in less than fifteen minutes com...

23 Oct 2007

Learning about Nanotechnology with a Video, The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology

The Twinkie Guide to Nanotechnology is an entertaining new video featuring scientist Andrew Maynard which mixes the iconic American snack cake with humor to unlock the mysteries of nanotechnology. Maynard serves up th...

23 Oct 2007