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Convergence of Nanotechnology and Green Building is Creating Fresh Economic Opportunities and Environmental Benefits

"The convergence of nanotechnology and environmentally sensitive 'green building' is here, it's happening now," said Dr. George Elvin, director of Green Technology Forum and author of its latest rep...

24 Sep 2007

CMP Barrier Slurry with Tunable Copper, Barrier and Dielectric Polishing Rates for use with Advanced Technology Nodes

DuPont Air Products NanoMaterials L.L.C., a joint venture of DuPont and Air Products , recently launched a non-selective chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) barrier slurry with tunable copper, barrier and dielectric ...

21 Sep 2007

Nanotech Spin Off Owes its Success to a Napkin

Some great inventions are birthed at a bar, their futures scribbled on cocktail napkins. Multi-pixel X-ray technology, the first substantial technological change in X-rays in more than a century, was born over a greasy P...

20 Sep 2007

Genetic Test for Warfarin Sensitivity and Nanotechnology Based Molecular Diagnostics Platform Cleared by FDA

Nanosphere, Inc., a nanotechnology-based molecular diagnostics company, today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Verigene® System, a random access, molec...

19 Sep 2007

Advances in Nano Chemistry to Lead to Polymer Lasers and Better Displays on Laptops and Mobile Telephones

UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers. The research, whi...

19 Sep 2007

MEMS and Nanotechnology for Kids Book Shows Children and School Students that Small technologies are Cool

Bourne Research has announced publication of the new book, MEMS and Nanotechnology for Kids . Authored by Marlene Bourne, President & Principal Analyst of Bourne Research, the book gives readers a basic overview of M...

18 Sep 2007

Cheaper and More Effective Vaccine Using Nanoparticles

Good news for public health: Bioengineering researchers from the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fra...

18 Sep 2007

Carbon Nanotubes Help Bone Grow on Titanium Implants

For orthopaedic implants to be successful, bone must meld to the metal that these artificial hips, knees and shoulders are made of. A team of Brown University engineers, led by Thomas Webster, has discovered a new materi...

18 Sep 2007

How to Make Solar Energy Generation as Cheap as Growing Grass

Scientists are working to produce cheap, sustainable solar energy by imitating nature. Nanotechnology researchers like California Institute of Technology professor Nate Lewis are exploring nanoscale materials that mimic ...

18 Sep 2007

Phase Change Computer Memory Works 1000 Times Faster Than Current Memory

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Fl...

18 Sep 2007

Nanomaterials News

Convergence of Nanotechnology and Green Building is Creating Fresh Economic Opportunities and Environmental Benefits

CMP Barrier Slurry with Tunable Copper, Barrier and Dielectric Polishing Rates for use with Advanced Technology Nodes

Nanotech Spin Off Owes its Success to a Napkin

Genetic Test for Warfarin Sensitivity and Nanotechnology Based Molecular Diagnostics Platform Cleared by FDA

Advances in Nano Chemistry to Lead to Polymer Lasers and Better Displays on Laptops and Mobile Telephones

MEMS and Nanotechnology for Kids Book Shows Children and School Students that Small technologies are Cool

Cheaper and More Effective Vaccine Using Nanoparticles

Carbon Nanotubes Help Bone Grow on Titanium Implants

How to Make Solar Energy Generation as Cheap as Growing Grass

Phase Change Computer Memory Works 1000 Times Faster Than Current Memory

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

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

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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