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FEI Supply World's Most Powerful S/TEM to Swedish University

Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden is the first institute in that country to have installed an FEI Titan™ scanning/transmission election microscope (S/TEM), the world’s most powerful c...

16 Nov 2007

NASA Carbon Nanotube Manufacturing Technology Wins Nano 50 Award

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. proudly announces that its method for manufacturing high-quality carbon nanotubes (CNT) has been named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards in the...

15 Nov 2007

Carbon NanoSphere Chain Additive Improves Lubricity of Oil

CleanTechnology International Corp. announced today that it is making available free samples, up to 5 grams, of its solid Carbon NanoSphere Chain™ (CNSC) material to approved oil/additive/bio-diesel companies. CTIC...

15 Nov 2007

Multiple Medical Uses for Nanoparticle Embedded Microcapsules

Jeff Bulte believes good things come in small packages - very, very small packages. Bulte, a Johns Hopkins University faculty member affiliated with the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and several of his colleagues have...

14 Nov 2007

Demand for Surrey Nanosystems Carbon Nanotube Fabrication Technology

Surrey NanoSystems is currently building its third NanoGrowth system for fabricating carbon nanotube structures, and is rapidly commercialising its technology. Two aspects of the company's unique intellectual propert...

From Surrey Nanosystems 13 Nov 2007

Nanofibres and Stem Cells Form Bone and May Bring a Revolution in Orthopedic Science

Research on stem cell interaction with new biomaterial has yielded three (3) successful publications in international scientific journals by National University of Singapore and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative ...

9 Nov 2007

Risks of Nanotechnology Addressed in New Blog

Are nanoparticles safe to breathe? Do carbon nanotubes behave like asbestos? What does the public think about nanotechnology's risk-benefit trade-offs? You can find the answers to these questions and more in an exciti...

9 Nov 2007

Nanoelectronic Biosensors Detecting and Treating Deadly Staphylococcus Aureus, Golden Staph

University of Idaho researchers are crossing academic and geographical bounds to develop more effective defenses against Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and other deadly pathogens. One of the goals of that effort is to...

9 Nov 2007

Molecular Level Nanoelectronics a Step Closer to Reality With DNA Nanowire Research

Biological and physical studies on DNA structure have revealed considerable interest into the electronic properties of DNA. Part of this interest is in using DNA as the basis for forming minute nanowires for use in ultra...

8 Nov 2007

Nanoparticle Images and Treats Cancer, Reports on Drug Delivery

Using a quantum dot plus an aptamer that doubles as a tether for the anticancer drug doxorubicin, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excelle...

8 Nov 2007