Nanotechnology

News > Nanowerk Spotlight > Improved nanotechnology catalysts bring clean energy applications closer ) It has been almost 200 years since chemists stumbled across the fact that certain ...  

The industry-led Competence Centre for Applied Nanotechnology could propel Ireland to a leadership role in the emerging nanoscience field above competitors like Singapore and Germany, one of its founding fathers says.  

Global solar electricity (photovoltaic (PV) technology) currently accounts for more than US$10 billion/year, and the industry is growing at more than 30% annually. Yet solar hydrogen - the direct generation of hydrogen by solar irradiation - is in its infancy. This book offers state-of-the-art knowledge to scientists, and engineers involved in photoelectrochemical systems and nanotechnology for solar generation of hydrogen. The technical...  

Alan Oxley, Computing, Thursday 3 December 2009 at 12:06:00 Computer scientists have all the necessary skills to make the most of nanotechnology Huge research funds are devoted to nanotechnology as it promises to transform many aspects of our lives. There are several phases to the development of the science....  

(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) New Global Organization and Technical Service Department Formed to Support Scale-Up and Customers in Regions and Markets Sambreville, Belgium (PRWEB) December 4, 2009 -- Nanocyl announced today it is installing a ...  

Cromoz Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, will initiate water-soluble carbon nanotube-based cancer drug delivery system in Hyderabad, India. The water-soluble carbon nanotubes, which have functional groups on the walls that allows for conjugation with cancer drugs, was developed in partnership with the Indian Institute of Kanpur (ITT).  

Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon begin a two-part series on nanotechnology. In Part 1, they will explore the origin of the concept of nanotechnology and will talk through the basic concepts as outlined in K. Eric Drexler's Engines of Creation....  

MUMBAI: US based Nanotechnology firm Nanobiosym is planning to set up multi-purpose nanotechnology innovation parks, the first of its kind in India. Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat have already signed MOUs with the globally recognised firm to establish ...  

Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to stronger body armor, according to a just-published study. National Institute of Aerospace created a new technique to synthesize high-quality boron-nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). They are highly crystalline and have a small diameter. They also structurally...  

Nano: the sexy new science with lots of unanswered questions. Australia | Posted on November 25th, 2009. While still an emerging field, nanoscale sciences and technologies (nanoST) are already present in our daily lives, with more than ...  

Nanotech's for real in the building industry at Nanotechbuzz Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. You' ll find nanotechnology used ...  

Via RFF Library Blog. National Library of Medicine http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) has added its first set of nanomaterial records.  Nanotechnology is the study of matter on an atomic and molecular scale– structures 100 nanometers or smaller. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter. Like other HSDB records, the [...]  

A paper has been published today in Nature Nanotechnology with a fairly provocative title: Nanoparticles can cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier. But before we start shouting “grey goo” from the rooftops and blaming nanotechnology for ruining our lives, the paper requires some more considered thought. We already suspect that certain nanoparticles cause damage, but the need for more research is abundantly clear. What the team, led by...  

In work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has combined DNA's talent for self-assembly with the remarkable electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, thereby suggesting a solution to the long-standing problem of organizing carbon nanotubes into nanoscale electronic circuits.  

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: APNT) announced that it has successfully inkjet printed its nanoparticle copper inks onto commercially available paper substrates forming highly conductive patterns for electronic circuits. This significant ...