Safe use of nanoparticles

BASF toxicologists participate in an EU research project

28-Apr-2005 - Scientists from BASF are successfully participating in strategic research projects funded by the European Union. As of April 2005, for example, BASF experts are cooperating with 23 partners from seven EU countries in an important large-scale project aimed at developing methods for the safe use of ...

Nanotechnology Breakthrough For IBN

26-Apr-2005 - Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a new method to control both sized and morphology of nanoparticles. The technique, called fluorocarbon-mediated synthesis, is able to produce nanoparticles of 50-300 nm and tuneable pore sizes of 5-30 ...

NanoHorizons to Fund Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Research Projects

25-Apr-2005 - NanoHorizons, Inc. announced the launch of its Sponsored Research Program focused on applications of the company's QuickMass(TM) technology QuickMass is a deposited thin-film system for high-throughput small-molecule mass spectrometry. QuickMass-enhanced targets enable MALDI mass spectrometers ...

Ameron International Performance Coatings & Finishes Group wins 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership

22-Apr-2005 - Ameron International is the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Technology Leadership Award in the U.S. protective coatings market. The Award is presented to Ameron International for its long and successful track record as an innovator and leading supplier of polysiloxane (PSX) technology. ...

Wiley InterScience Launches the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection

22-Apr-2005 - John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced the launch of the Analytical Sciences Backfile Collection, the latest addition to its growing collection of digitized journal libraries, and the second to be launched in this year. The Cell & Developmental Biology Backfile Collection was launched in late ...

Brookhaven Lab Holds Site Dedication Ceremony for the Center for Functional Nanomaterials

19-Apr-2005 - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory held a site dedication ceremony for the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). CFN construction on the Laboratory site is expected to start this year, with research due to begin in 2007. The CFN will provide scientists with ...

Portable High-Resolution NMR Sensor Unveiled at Berkeley

13-Apr-2005 - A portable device makes it possible for the first time ever to take high-resolution NMR spectroscopy out of the laboratory and into the field for use on samples of any size. This portable NMR sensor was developed by a collaboration of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence ...

Shanghai boosts in the field of analytical chemistry: huge investments planned in 2005

08-Apr-2005 - In the run-up of International Scientific Instruments, Chemical Reagent and Laboratory Equipment Expo (ISCL) 2005 (May, 25th-27th ,2005), the organizer of the exhibition performed a brief survey among 30 governmental R&D institutions of the commercial region of Shanghai. The thirty interviewees ...

Nanotechnology could promote hydrogen economy

30-Mar-2005 - In a new twist, Rutgers scientists are using nanotechnology in chemical reactions that could provide hydrogen for tomorrow's fuel-cell powered clean energy vehicles. In a paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, describe ...

New Noble Gas Chemical Compounds Created as Result of Hebrew University Research

29-Mar-2005 - Chemical compounds consisting of noble gases combined with hydrocarbon molecules have been created as the result of the work of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This achievement by Benny Gerber, Saerree K. and Louis P. Fiedler Professor of Chemistry, and his associates at the ...