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Stained glass church windows - nanotechnology air purifiers?

Stained glass windows that are painted with gold purify the air when they are lit up by sunlight, a team of Queensland University of Technology experts have discovered.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Navy ranks third in number of U.S. nanotechnology patents granted

A study by researchers at the University of Arizona reports that the U.S. Navy ranks third, behind IBM and the University of California system, in the number of nanotechnology patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1976-2006.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Molecular electronics make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient

South Dakota State University (SDSU) scientists are working with new materials that can be used to make devices for converting sunlight to electricity cheaper and more efficient.

August 21, 2008 Read more

Critics say Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotechnology

The inability of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to carry out its mandate with respect to simple, low-tech products such as children's jewelry and toy trains bodes poorly for its ability to oversee the safety of complex, high-tech products made using nanotechnology, according to a new report released by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN).

August 21, 2008 Read more

New EU project focuses on lipidomics technology

LipidomicNet builds on a private public partnership (PPP) in order to support the translation of LipidomicNet inventions into new technologies and products that will benefit the health care systems.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology Masters education

The Institute of Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a consortium of course providers and industrial representatives, is now working towards benchmarking the quality of nanotechnology education and training at the Masters level through a peer-reviewed accreditation process.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Diesel exhaust nanoparticles can get trapped in lungs

Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air that slip through both government regulation and vehicle filters.

August 20, 2008 Read more

The first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus

Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the mucus barrier, engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus - regarded by many as nearly impenetrable - and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases.

August 20, 2008 Read more

240 elephants in a tunnel

September 2008 will see particle physicists setting protons on a collision course through the Large Hadron Collider with more energy than ever before. Their intention is to track down the Higgs boson and solve the problem of why the universe contains almost no antimatter.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Biomarkers reveal our biological age

Researchers are hoping for improved therapies for treating age-related diseases.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Monolithic comb drive - a nanoscale manipulator with atomic-scale precision

Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Spying on self-assembly

Proteins attaching to gold nanoparticles don't mill around randomly, but organise into clusters, according to UK scientists who say they have for the first time spied in detail peptides assembling on a surface.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Fastest quantum computer building block created

The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Polymer electric storage better than conventional batteries

A team of Penn State materials scientists is developing ferroelectric polymer-based capacitors that can deliver power more rapidly and are much lighter than conventional batteries.

August 20, 2008 Read more

Team discovers quantum halfway house between magnet and semiconductor

Scientists report that they have combined silicon and ferromagnetic iron with a small amount of another common metal, manganese, to create a new material which is neither a magnet nor an ordinary semiconductor.

August 20, 2008 Read more

E-health closer to reality thanks to real-time medical data extraction

In the framework of Holst Centre, IMEC - Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute - has broadened the functionality and scope of its wireless health monitoring technology by linking it to real-time extraction of relevant medical data.

August 20, 2008 Read more