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Researchers stimulate patchiness in phospholipid membranes with charged nanoparticles

Like water and ice cubes mixed in a glass, a group of organic compounds called lipids can coexist as liquid and solid in membranes. This patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors.

November 10, 2008 Read more

Irish institutions team up in national nanotechnology consortium

In a 31.6 million euro project funded by the Higher Education Authority, ten third level institutions have teamed up to further develop Ireland?s growing nanotechnology industry.

November 10, 2008 Read more

Nanoparticle research dramatically improves antibacterial treatments

Chemists at the University of Liverpool working with IOTA NanoSolutions have developed a new technology to produce nanoparticles of insoluble drugs that mimic the behavior and the effectiveness of dissolved drugs.

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Researchers observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a single catalytic event

Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious microscopic method to observe the behavior of single nanoparticles of a catalyst, down to the resolution of single catalytic events.

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Novel method can mass produce graphene

Researchers from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) propose a method which can produce graphene sheets in large quantities.

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American Competitiveness Institute hosts free nanotechnology workshop

On November 12, the American Competiveness Institute (ACI) will host a free workshop 'Competing in the 21st Century: The Nanotechnology Edge' at ACI in Philadelphia.

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Bacteria put to work as weavers of nanoscale biomaterials

Two Virginia Tech engineers have put bacteria to work as tiny weavers of biomaterials and medical implants.

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Clues found in nanoparticles may help produce environmentally clean energy

Researchers at Cornell University recently made a major breakthrough when they invented a method to test and demonstrate a long-held hypothesis that some very, very small metal particles work much better than others in various chemical processes such as converting chemical energy to electricity in fuel cells or reducing automobile pollution.

November 10, 2008 Read more

Flexible charge pump nanotechnology power generator

Researchers have developed a new type of small-scale electric power generator able to produce alternating current through the cyclical stretching and releasing of zinc oxide wires encapsulated in a flexible plastic substrate with two ends bonded.

November 9, 2008 Read more

Magnetic solution for sticky nanoparticles problem

Belgian scientists have discovered a new method to stop nanoparticles sticking together. The method will improve the use of nanoparticles in applications ranging from suncream to catalysis, they claim.

November 8, 2008 Read more

Organic chemists findings provide a new way to form compounds such as rubber

n the not-so-distant future, plastics could be more durable and rubbers could be more - well ? rubbery thanks to a novel new approach to polymer synthesis discovered by Texas Tech University organic chemists.

November 7, 2008 Read more

Home solar energy panels

Suite 101 has published an article, by Bernard P. Nelson, titled 'Home Solar Energy Panels'. The article provides information about solar energy improvements such as thin film solar panels, and solar nano antennas that work at night.

November 7, 2008 Read more

Revolutionary disease detection combines Nature's diagnostic tools with nanotechnology and electronics

The earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the chance of effecting a cure. A revolutionary new hybrid technology offers the possibility of detecting this and other diseases right at inception.

November 7, 2008 Read more

Regional Australian government issues nanotechnology report on risks

The government of New South Wales has issued a Final Report, Nanotechnology in New South Wales to address a current Legislative Council inquiry into nanotechnology.

November 7, 2008 Read more

Theories on atomic reactions are being tested in collision experiments where antiprotons unravel atoms

A team of researchers has shed more light on the problem of predicting the dynamics of atomic reactions during a collision by performing collision experiments with slow beams of particles called antiprotons.

November 7, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology conference will focus on cutting edge research in greener nanomaterials design and production

The Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative's (SNNI) 4th annual conference will focus on cutting edge research in greener nanomaterials design and production. This event takes place on March 2-3, 2009 in Eugene, Oregon.

November 6, 2008 Read more