According to a report on Nanotechnology Now's website, these nanotubes can be up to 10000 times thinner than a human hair. This technology could replace platinum as a catalyst in batteries, which is a major long-term goal in developing affordable ...…

"The network is intended to upgrade the current status of the country regarding the safety issues pertaining to the nanotechnology. So far, the statute of the network has been approved and we are looking forward to seeing it start working in the near ...…

Louisiana Tech University has received approval from the Louisiana Board of Regents to offer an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in molecular sciences and nanotechnology beginning in the fall. The program, a joint offering from Louisiana Tech's College of ...…

Some nanotechnology research labs and upstarts are supplying resins and chemicals that contain nanotechnology. For example Nano-Tex, which supplies Aquapel to Dick's Sporting Goods and other companies, sells chemicals that coat fabric.…

Their findings are published in the May 27 online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology. "Platinum is very expensive and thus impractical for large-scale commercialization," said Hongjie Dai, a professor of chemistry at Stanford and co-author of ...…

Five years ago, a unique initiative was launched through the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC). The Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) which is a public-private partnership aimed at providing platform research solutions based on ...…

Nanotechnology leads to novel materials, new exposures and potentially unique health and environmental risks – or so the argument goes. But an increasing body of research is ...…

EU-funded researchers established a Network of Excellence (NoE) for membrane nanotechnology relevant to the medical sector that should enhance cooperation between research and small business. Membrane science and technology is an active ...…

In the past, I have tried to dispel the myth that nanotechnology could be waved over alternative energy applications to make them suddenly much more economically viable than they have been. In these efforts, I have even gone so far as to question the ...…

Using nanotechnology, with atoms as building blocks, we can build carbon structures capable of binding or transforming substances in desired ways," says Magnus Rønning. Carbon-based catalysis also offers environmental benefits.…

EU researchers extensively characterised the self-organisation of nanotubes and developed novel compositions particularly appropriate to solar energy conversion applications. Self-organized one-dimensional (1D) oxide nanotube systems are a hot research ...…

This plastic uses a locally-developed nanotechnology method that creates a complex pattern of super tiny structures that mimic the patterns found on a moth's eye, which has a unique method of diffusing light. Researchers from A*STAR's Institute of ...…

Nanotechnology—the science of manipulating the very, very tiny—could revolutionize medicine. Nanomagnets could fry tumors, for example, and an army of nanosensors within the body could detect the onset of life-threatening infections and diseases.…

"Nanotechnologies that have the best chance are ones we can integrate into existing systems," says Mamadou Diallo, an environmental engineer at the California Institute of Technology. That means, for example, membranes enhanced with nanoparticles that ...…

The American Academy of Dermatology has reiterated the importance and safety of sunscreens for protection against skin damage, highlighting the effectiveness of nanotechnology and stating that new FDA regulations will ...…

PRAGUE — Nanotechnology is a young but rapidly developing field that exploits the strange physical properties possessed by microscopic particles about one 800th the thickness of a human hair. The high surface area of a nanoparticle relative to its ...…

A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination. The study, published online for ACS Nano, was carried out ...

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Federal regulators want to launch a series of in-depth studies into the risks of nanotechnology and nano-scale materials. While some in the industry might want to resist this research, forward-thinking companies ought to see it as an ...…

Through his company, the 30-employee FastCAP Systems Inc. of Cambridge, Signorelli, 33, is bringing to market batteries that are supercharged through nanotechnology. Called “ultracaps,'' the batteries are built with microscopic carbon nanotubes for a ...…

The research, which will appear on May 20 in Nature Nanotechnology online, is likely the first to test the safety of quantum dots in primates. The study and information in this press release are embargoed until Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 1 pm US Eastern ...…