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Senator Secures Millions in Funding for Research Projects on Nanotechnology

UT Southwestern Medical Center has received $1.2 million in appropriations from the Department of Defense for 2009. The funding adds to $2 million secured in 2007 and 2008 and will continue collaborative studies with UT ...

14 Nov 2008

Slow Cooling of Electrons in Nanocrystals Could Lead to Better Photovoltaic Devices

University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume. This has the potential to improve satellite communications and the ...

14 Nov 2008

Mapping Out the Health Effects of Nanoparticles

Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very litt...

14 Nov 2008

UK RCEP Launches Report on Nanotechnology and the Environment

The UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) has launched a report entitled 'Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology'. The Commission explains that the underlying study was ori...

14 Nov 2008

Researchers Discovers Silicon Nanowires Ideal for Manufacturing in Future Computers and Electronics

Researchers have discovered that tiny structures called silicon nanowires might be ideal for manufacturing in future computers and consumer electronics because they form the same way every time.

14 Nov 2008

Sigma-Aldrich Announces Distribution Agreement with AlphaGenix

Sigma-Aldrich (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced a distribution agreement with AlphaGenix, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of products for basic and clinical life science research. Sigma-Aldrich will now be the ex...

From Sigma Aldrich 14 Nov 2008

NaturalNano Awarded Two Patents for the Use of Naturally Occurring Nanotubes in Clean Energy Areas

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NNAN) (FWB: N3N) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the Company two patents for the use of naturally occurring nanotubes (HNTTM) in clean energy ar...

13 Nov 2008

Nanotechnology Industries Association Welcomes the RCEP Report

The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) published a full comment on the 27th Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, entitled Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology. ...

13 Nov 2008

New Market Research Report Related to the Nanotechnology Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Nanotechnology industry is available in its catalogue. Nanotechnology: A Realistic Market Assessment covers nanomaterials (nanoparticles, na...

13 Nov 2008

Controlling Collagen Nanofibers for the Manufacture of Synthetic Knee Cartilage

In her final project, entitled "A Study of the Formation of Collagen Nanofibers using Electrospinning", Camila Flor, a student at the School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa, reports on the manufacturing of synthetic cartilage similar to human cartilage, for medical use. Protection of the knee for disabled people with prostheses may be one of the first applications.

13 Nov 2008