Nanotechnology News - December 2007 Archives

Gold Nanoparticle Probes May Allow Earlier Cancer Detection (12/29/2007)

Using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes, researchers have shown that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal. These tools may allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier and less invasively ...> Full Article

partnership to develop, commercialize new nanotechnology (12/21/2007)

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality for millions of cancer sufferers. ...> Full Article

Nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones (12/20/2007)

Researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices. ...> Full Article

New property found in ancient mineral lodestone (12/19/2007)

Latest nanofabrication methods yield new clues about well-studied mineral ...> Full Article

Combining scaffold ingredients yields surprising nanoporous structure (12/13/2007)

With a novel twist on existing techniques used to create porous crystals, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, high-capacity material that may be useful in storing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. ...> Full Article

Researcher studies carbon fibers for reactor safety (12/12/2007)

Carbon fibers that are only one-10th the size of a human hair but three times stronger than steel may hold up to the intense heat and radiation of next-generation nuclear power generators, providing a safety mechanism. The "Gen IV" power-generating reactors are being designed to provide low-cost electricity, but with a built-in safety mechanism current reactors do not have. ...> Full Article

Nanotube-producing Bacteria Show Manufacturing Promise (12/8/2007)

Nanotubes may have high-tech applications, study involving UCR engineers reports ...> Full Article

Solar cells of the future (12/7/2007)

A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionise the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If so, even ordinary households can benefit from solar electricity and save money in the future. ...> Full Article

The Million Euro Nanoreactor (12/6/2007)

Jeroen Cornelissen of the Institute for Molecules and Materials at the Radboud University in the Netherlands has received €1million from EURYI (European Young Investigator Awards). The award will allow Cornelissen (35), an assistant professor at Radboud and a member of the scientific board of a macromolecular research spin-off company, to establish his own research group in the field of nanoscience, something that is not usually possible for such a young scientist, and could ultimately lead to important discoveries on the European and international arenas. ...> Full Article

Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers (12/5/2007)

In a world that constantly strives for bigger and bigger things, Washington University in St. Louis' Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, is working to make things smaller and smaller. ...> Full Article

Sperm-powered nano-robots (12/4/2007)

Researchers are working to use the same energy that drives sperm to power nanoscale robots or to deliver chemo drugs or antibiotics, for example, to targeted sites within the body. ...> Full Article

Nanotech's health, environment impacts worry scientists (12/2/2007)

The unknown human health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology are a bigger worry for scientists than for the public. ...> Full Article

Super water repellent could cause big wave in market (12/1/2007)

A water repellent developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory outperforms nature at its best and could open a floodgate of commercial possibilities. ...> Full Article