With renewed attention being given to nuclear power, a UT Dallas nanomaterials researcher has snagged an $875,000 Department of Energy (DOE) grant to explore a means to boost power plant efficiency and reduce nuclear waste.
Wear-a-BAN – Unobtrusive wearable human to machine wireless interface
The objective of the Wear-a-BAN project (Unobtrusive wearable human to machine wireless interface) is to investigate and demonstrate ultra low-power wireless body-area-network technologies for enabling unobtrusive human to machine interfaces into market segments such as smart and interactive textiles, robotics for augmented reality assistance and rehabilitation and natural interfacing devices for video gaming.
Industrial Nanotech Develops Extreme High Temperature Coating for High Pressure Steam Pipeline in Saudi Arabia
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. reported today that the Company has successfully developed a nanotechnology based thermal insulation coating capable of being applied to surfaces of at least 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, 'Nansulate Extreme High Heat'.
Nanotechnology sensor can detect anthrax spores
Nanotechnologists at University of Twente's MESA+ research institute have developed a sensor that can detect anthrax spores. The invention is more sensitive and efficient than existing detection methods.
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Highlights Successful Use of Company’s Nansulate Energy Saving Coatings by Food and Beverage Companies
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. reported today that the Company's Nansulate thermal insulation and protective coating has been successfully utilized in breweries, food processing facilities and restaurants.
Arima Selects Veeco MOCVD Systems to Support Production Ramp
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today that Arima Optoelectronics Corporation (AOC), a world-leading manufacturer of LED epitaxial wafers and chips headquartered in Taiwan, purchased multiple TurboDisc K465i Gallium Nitride (GaN) and E475 Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems during the recently completed second quarter.
Nanoviricides Anti-Ebola Results Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology
In cell culture screening assays, the nanoviricides were evaluated for cytotoxicity and for inhibition of Ebola virus infection. Several of the nanoviricides demonstrated a dose-dependent inhibition of Ebola virus infectivity with no toxicity of uninfected cells at concentrations that were effective against the virus.
Dublin City University gets green light for new nanobioanalytical research facility
Dublin City University (DCU) has been awarded EUR23.8m in Cycle V PRTLI, following an announcement earlier today by An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen. All three DCU-led projects were successful in their bid for funding, with a further two, in which DCU are partners, also successful.
Irish high-tech companies get over 213m euros from European FP7 programs
Researchers from Irish companies and higher education institutions won funding totalling 213 million euros for collaborative research projects in areas like ICT, health, nano-technology and energy from the largest European R+D funding programme ever, announced Minister Conor Lenihan TD.
Nanophotonics proposal wins 1.5m euro European Research Council grant
Thomas Klar wins the forth ERC starting grant within CeNS.
Brian Toohey Takes Office as President of the Semiconductor Industry Association
Toohey, 42, succeeds George Scalise, who has led the association since 1997. SIA is the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry, America's number-one export industry over the past five years.
Nova Introduces Fourth Generation NovaMARS Optical CD Application Development Solution
NovaMARS 4.0 brings a new level of accuracy and speed to advanced 3D measurements at 22nm and below.
MIT creates technology for high-speed study of zebrafish larvae
With the aim of speeding up the process and enabling large-scale studies, engineers at MIT have developed a new technique that can analyze larvae in seconds.
Grant funds powerful microscope for nanoscience research
Materials science and nanotechnology researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are getting some much-needed equipment that will help enhance and expedite their studies.
Melting DNA into a barcode
A completely new method for producing an image of individual DNA molecules' genetic make-up has been developed by researchers in Sweden and Denmark.
Vaccine-delivery patch with dissolving microneedles boosts protection
A new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines - while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza.
International Conference on Science and Technology Education to focus on Islamic world
Among the events of the festival will be an educational workshop on nanotechnology.
Insights into the development of superior UVB blocking molecules
A research team in Thailand has investigated the absorption and emission spectra of ultraviolet (UV) B blocking methoxy substituted cinnamates using the symmetry-adapted cluster configuration interaction method.
Breakthrough in thin-film solar cells: New insights into the indium/gallium puzzle
Computer simulations designed to investigate the so-called indium/gallium puzzle have highlighted a new way of increasing the efficiency of CIGS thin-film solar cells.
Goodrich, University of Dayton to Develop Production Capabilities for Advanced Nanomaterial for Aerospace Applications
'Fuzzy fiber' hybrid material brings electrical and thermal conductivity to large-scale composite sheets.