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Killing Cancer Cells Using Cobalt Nanoparticles Coated with Graphitic Shells

A team of scientists at Arkansas Nanotechnology Center at UALR (the University of Arkansas at Little Rock) has developed what promises to be a non-invasive method of eradicating cancer cells while reducing the life-threa...

28 Oct 2008

NanoIntegris Announces Sale of Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

NanoIntegris, an Illinois-based nanomaterials startup company, announced today that it has begun selling samples of its metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), which the company has labeled I...

From NanoIntegris Technologies, Inc. 28 Oct 2008

Measuring Tiny Amounts of Mass with Atomic Precision

A group of researchers led by Adrian Bachtold of the CIN2 laboratory in Spain has developed an ultrasensitive mass sensor, which can measure tiny amounts of mass with atomic precision, and with an unprecedented resolution to date.

28 Oct 2008

High-k Dielectric Films and Metal Gates Are Positioned to Grow 25 Percent by 2012

The continued miniaturization of integrated circuits is creating a new, rapidly growing nanoelectronic chemicals market. These include dielectric and copper plating materials that have exact performance requirements as t...

28 Oct 2008

IGNIS Innovation Expands its Presence in Japan

IGNIS Innovation Inc., a world leader in the design and development of thin film transistor circuits and driver algorithms for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diodes (AMOLED), announced today that it is expanding it...

28 Oct 2008

Noninvasive Tool to Study Carbon Nanotubes Targeting Tumors In Vivo

Carbon nanotubes have significant potential for delivering both imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors, but there is still a need to better quantify how well these rolled-up sheets of graphite can target tumors. Now, t...

28 Oct 2008

NREL Solar Technologies Recognized as "The Most Revolutionary Technologies of the Year"

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) took home high honors from Editors of R+D Magazine recently for two separate solar cell technologies that were named "th...

25 Oct 2008

Exploring the Concept of Nanostructured Storage Domains

In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept of "nanostructured storage domains".

24 Oct 2008

Selah to Present During Nanotechnology Session at 2008 ISPE Annual Meeting

Selah Technologies, an advanced materials manufacturer, announced today that the company has been invited to be a guest speaker at the upcoming 2008 ISPE Annual Meeting. At the ISPE Annual Meeting, pharmaceutical manufac...

24 Oct 2008

ORNL Nanomanufacturing Technologies Wins $8.4 Million in Funding from DOE

Eight Oak Ridge National Laboratory nanomanufacturing technologies have won $8.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program. The awards, which will bring $6.8 million to the...

From Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 Oct 2008