Agilent Technologies expands particle size measurement portfolio by acquiring Particle Sizing Systems

11-Jul-2008 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced it has acquired Particle Sizing Systems, a privately held company that designs and manufactures instruments that measure the particle size and stability in materials ranging from soft drinks to inkjet inks to semiconductor polishing slurries. Financial terms ...

Arkema's nanostructured materials at the heart of the Genesis research program

09-Jun-2008 - The European Commission has given its green light for the funding by OSEO , amounting to EUR 46 M out of a total cost of EUR 107 M, of the Genesis program, coordinated by Arkema, which is opening the way for the development in Europe of an innovative and competitive sector in nanostructured ...

Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain

Photomicrograph of ciliate T. pyriformis during cell division with accumulated quantum dots appearing red

03-Jun-2008 - New research shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher multicelled ones, the amount transferred was relatively low and there was no evidence of the nanomaterials concentrating in the higher level ...

Think green, UO's Hutchison says, to reduce nanotech hazards

03-Apr-2008 - The University of Oregon's Jim Hutchison, holding three patents in the emerging field of nanotechnology, embraces a strong call for exploring potential environmental and health implications, which he says could be many, and for designing new materials with reduced hazard. The available data, he ...

Chemists measure copper levels in zinc oxide nanowires

21-Feb-2008 - Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been the first to measure significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires during fabrication. The issue is important because copper plays a significant - but not well-understood - role in ...

Strategy for nanotechnology-related environmental, health and safety research

18-Feb-2008 - The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Technology released a document describing the National Nanotechnology Initiative's (NNI) strategy for addressing priority research on the environment, health and ...

DNA Technique Yields 3-D Crystalline Organization of Nanoparticles

First step toward three-dimensional catalytic, magnetic, and/or optical nanomaterials

05-Feb-2008 - In an achievement some see as the "holy grail" of nanoscience, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles . The ability to engineer such ...

Malvern Instruments Managing Direcor Paul Walker comments on Wyatt Technology Corporation lawsuit

11-Jan-2008 - With reference to Wyatt Technology Corporation filing lawsuit against Malvern Instruments, Inc, Paul Walker, Managing Director, Malvern Instruments Ltd, states: "The action being pursued by Wyatt Technology Corporation, Inc, which was brought without any prior notice, is completely unfounded. ...

Experiments Reveal Unexpected Activity of Fuel Cell Catalysts

17-Dec-2007 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have unveiled important details about a class of catalysts that could help improve the performance of fuel cells. With the goal of producing "clean" hydrogen for fuel cell reactions in mind, the researchers determined ...

Nanotube-producing bacteria show manufacturing promise

Nanotubes may have high-tech applications, study involving UCR engineers reports

11-Dec-2007 - Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria - a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices. The research team believes this is the first time ...