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FutureCarbon to Show Off Super-Composites at Swisstech

FutureCarbon is exhibiting in the Nano Village of this year's Swisstech staged from 16 through 19 November in Basle. The Bayreuth-based company is presenting super-composite materials with new electrical and thermal ...

14 Nov 2010

University of Liverpool to Use Disc Centrifuge to Develop Industrial Processing of Nanotech Products

Analytik are pleased to announce that the Ultra Mixing and Processing Facility (UMPF) based at the University of Liverpool has selected the DC24000 Disc Centrifuge from CPS instruments Europe to further support their development of industrial scale processing tools for nanotechnology products.

From Analytik Ltd 14 Nov 2010

Project to Demonstrate the Property Gains Graphene Can Bring to Thermoplastics

Graphene Thermoplastics for Mass-Produced Electronics, Packaging and Structural Parts New research will demonstrate the significant improvements in mechanical, electrical, thermal and barrier properties of thermoplastics...

14 Nov 2010

Three Dimensional Matrix of Silicon Quantum Dots Developed at Rice University

The research program of Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) being conducted by Natcore scientists working at Rice University under the direction of Prof. Andrew Barron has successfully formed a multilayered ar...

12 Nov 2010

Grain Boundaries Do Not Cause Weakness in Graphene Sheets

The website of the Nobel Prize shows a cat resting in a graphene hammock. Although fictitious, the image captures the excitement around graphene, which, at one atom thick, is the among the thinnest and strongest materials ever produced.

12 Nov 2010

Pristine Graphene Can be Developed from Sugar and Metallic Sheets

Future computers may run a little sweeter, thanks to a refinement in the manufacture of graphene at Rice University.

12 Nov 2010

Kylin Therapeutics Wins Grant for Cancer Treatment Research

Officials of Kylin Therapeutics Inc. announces that they received a therapeutic discovery project grant from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that will advance the company's pRNAi nanoparticle cancer treatment research.

11 Nov 2010

Researchers Find Metamaterial Improves Image Resolution in Ultrasound Imaging

University of California, Berkeley, scientists have found a way to overcome one of the main limitations of ultrasound imaging – the poor resolution of the picture.

11 Nov 2010

New Palladium Core Catalyst Enhances Reactivity in Fuel-Cell-Powered Vehicles

Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles can hit the road, sci...

11 Nov 2010

Developing High Efficiency Solar Cells by Growing Nanowire

New ultra-clean nanowires produced at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen will have a central role in the development of new high-efficiency solar cells and electronics on a nanometer scale. PhD student ...

11 Nov 2010

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