UK nanotechnology firm wins 'significant' investment 21st June 2012

Read moreabout the platinum group metals marketsin Johnson Matthey’s bi-annual reviews click here. UK nanotechnology firm wins ‘significant’ investment. A company that has developed a method to manufacture platinum nano-electrodes on a commercial scale has won a significant investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital. Continue reading

Asia's First Graphene Nano-Tech Facility Opens In Singapore

June 13, 2012 11:53 AM Asia’s First Graphene Nano-Tech Facility Opens In Singapore SINGAPORE, June 13 (Bernama) — A S$15 million Micro and Nano-Fabrication facility has opened at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Graphene Research Centre, the first nano-science and nano-technology facility of its kind in Asia dedicated to graphene. Continue reading

Research and Markets: Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology: Volume 1371. MRS Proceedings

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xkbjrg/nanostructured_mat) has announced the addition of the “Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology: Volume 1371. MRS Proceedings” report to their offering. The fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology continue to have a major impact in a number of scientific and technological areas such as health, computing, sensing, catalysis, coatings and aerospace. Continue reading

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft unlocks secrets of giant asteroid

After becoming the first probe to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in July 2011, NASAs Dawn spacecraft has spent the last 10 months orbiting said object – the giant asteroid Vesta. During that period it has captured more than 20,000 images of Vesta and a multitude of data from different wavelengths of radiation. Continue reading