This book addresses the generic chemical aspects of nanoparticle properties, behaviour, life-cycle analysis, ecotoxicity and modelling as these relate to their effects in the environment - aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric.

Shrinking cells snares charges in less than one-trillionth of a second.

What started out as 'blue-sky' thinking by a group of European researchers could ultimately lead to the commercial mass production of a new generation of optoelectronic components for devices ranging from mobile laboratories to mobile phones.

The constant search for new catalysts that can improve existing methods has spurred chemists to investigate a relatively unknown part of the periodic table - the rare-earth elements.

Hexagon has recently acquired all outstanding assets and intellectual property of two German companies within the vision metrology industry. The acquisitions will further enhance Hexagon's worldwide product offering in multisensor vision technology.

Azaya Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead product ATI-1123, a novel and improved formulation of Taxotere (docetaxel), a leading chemotherapy drug.

Researchers have genetically modified a cyanobacterium to consume carbon dioxide and produce the liquid fuel isobutanol, which holds great potential as a gasoline alternative.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is more than just a hub of prizewinning science. It's also the home of award-winning - and green - architecture.

Scientists have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials to completely block the flow of electric current at low temperatures.

Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, Rice University physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a once-scoffed-at theory that's become a hotbed for research some 40 years after it first appeared.

The Supervisory Council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) approved the corporation's participation in the project 'Establishing a multifunctional production of porous nanostructured non-metallic inorganic materials'.

The KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA) of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will celebrate the Julius Wess Award ceremony on December 10, 2009. This year's laureate is the British physicist Professor Dr. Jonathan Ellis, who is working at CERN in Geneva.

SPP Process Technology Systems and its parent company Sumitomo Precision Products Co, leaders in plasma process technologies for manufacturing micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and advanced semiconductor devices, today announced that they have sold their 300mm-compatible DRIE production tool to CEA-LETI in France.

This week's most interesting nanotechnology news.

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the Senate has approved the FY10 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill which includes $500,000 for the University at Albany's College of Nanoscience and Engineering.

Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of equipment and services to the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets, including the intellectual property, of Advent Solar, Inc. for an undisclosed cash amount.

Prof. Luisa De Cola vom Physikalischen Institut der Westfaelischen Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster erhaelt eine besonders prestigetraechtige Auszeichnung des Europaeischen Forschungsrats (ERC): den hoch angesehenen 'Advanced Researcher Grant' 2009.

To augment its dedicated OEM engineering resources, Ocean Optics, an industry leader in miniature photonics, has launched http://www.OceanOEM.com, devoted to the needs of its OEM customers.

Researchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body's immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells.

Good news for heterogeneous catalysis and the hydrogen economy: computers can now be used to make accurate predictions of the reactions of (hydrogen) molecules with surfaces.