Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines

European Parliament: 'no data, no market' for nanotechnology products

The European Parliament's environment committee this week adopted a report by Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter which calls for tighter controls on nanotechnology, including the application of the 'no data, no market' principle contained in the REACH Directive.

April 2, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology could unlock safer cancer treatments

A team of researchers at the University of Alberta is developing a set of advanced nanotechnology particles that could one day replace radiation and chemotherapy as a cancer treatment.

April 2, 2009 Read more

A persistent spin state could revolutionize spintronics

By controlling the collective spin state of highly mobile electrons in semiconductors, researchers in the Materials Sciences Division (MSD) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have taken a major step forward in the technology of spintronics.

April 2, 2009 Read more

Nanoscale silicon could improve thermoelectric devices

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a new method for using nanoscale silicon that could improve devices that convert thermal energy into electrical energy.

April 2, 2009 Read more

Quantum dots behave differently than natural atoms when forming molecules

A study has demonstrated that the behaviour of quantum dots is different from that posited by atomic physics so far, and this is due to the spin of the electron.

April 2, 2009 Read more

ASU Center for Nanotechnology in Society faculty receive new NSF grants

Two Arizona State University faculty members - Erik Fisher, Ph.D., assistant research professor, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, and David H. Guston, Ph.D., director of CNS-ASU - have been awarded a three-year, $540,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

April 2, 2009 Read more

Surface smoothing increases carbon nanotube luminescence 40-fold

By developing a process in which a chemical 'sleeve' tightly wraps itself around the nanotube, scientists managed to not only create a smooth new surface on the nanotube but also to 'clean' its underlying exterior of defects in a way that has never been accomplished before.

April 1, 2009 Read more

Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center announces new board members, officers

The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has announced the election of new officers and directors to its board.

April 1, 2009 Read more

New gas storage material: One ounce has surface area of 30 football fields

In a finding that may help speed the production of ultra-clean fuel cell vehicles powered by hydrogen, scientists in Michigan are reporting development of a sponge-like nanomaterial with a record-high surface area for holding gases.

April 1, 2009 Read more

Distinguishing single cells with nothing but light

Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a novel optical technique that permits rapid analysis of single human immune cells using only light.

April 1, 2009 Read more

Finale NanoCare: Gegenwart und Zukunft

Zur Abschlussveranstaltung des vom BMBF gefoerderten Projektes NanoCare steht am 16. und 17. Juni 2009 die Sicherheitsforschung zur Nanotechnologie im Fokus.

April 1, 2009 Read more

Disability journal IJDCR runs special nanotechnology issue

The International Journal of Disability, Community and Rehabilitation (IJDCR) has published a special issue on nanotechnology.

March 31, 2009 Read more

A new technology which dramatically improves the sensitivity of Magnetic Resonance techniques

Ultimately, the technique, based on manipulating parahydrogen, the fuel of the space shuttle, is expected to allow doctors to learn far more about a patient's condition from an MRI scan at lower cost while increasing the range of medical conditions that can be examined.

March 31, 2009 Read more

Magnetic nano-'shepherds' organize cells

The power of magnetism may address a major problem facing bioengineers as they try to create new tissue -- getting human cells to not only form structures, but to stimulate the growth of blood vessels to nourish that growth.

March 31, 2009 Read more

Graphene processors come closer with new mass production technique

Engineers at Ohio State University are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material found in pencils.

March 31, 2009 Read more

New method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents

A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed, opening the door to use graphene in a host of important materials and applications such as conductive films, polymer composites, ultracapacitors, batteries, paints, inks and plastic electronics.

March 31, 2009 Read more