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Iron Nanocatalyst Increases Fischer-Tropsch Process's Efficiency
farsnews.com September 7th, 2009 Iranian scientists at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) used iron nanocatalyst instead of iron catalyst for converting syngas to hydrocarbons to increase Fischer-Tropsch process's efficiency up to 1.5 times. Using iron catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch process (converting synthesis gas (a mixture of CO and H2) to hydrocarbons) is of great significance compared to other metals, the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) said. Therefore, base-promoted iron-based catalysts have been industrially used in this process to convert synthesis gas to high value chemical and petrochemical products for many years.

Nano Research Has Strong Multidisciplinary Roots
Georgia Institute of Technology September 7th, 2009 Georgia Institute of Technology

Northwest to dedicate new center for nanoscience
maryvilledailyforum.com September 7th, 2009 Governor Jay Nixon will be attending the dedication ceremony at Northwest for its new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. The event will take place at the center, located on the north edge of campus west of North College Drive and south of West 16th Street. University officials along with other dignitaries representing government, center tenants and area economic development initiatives are expected to attend. The 46,679-square-foot center has two synergistic components: a mixed-use technology business incubator and an academic facility. The incubator is designed to house several start-up companies, and the academic facility has been programmed to house Northwest's new nanotechnology baccalaureate degree program, which began courses this fall. "Northwest has the only non-engineering-based nanoscience degree program in the state and in the region," said Dr. Charles McAdams, dean of Northwest's College of Arts and Sciences. "The academic portion of the center means that students can come to Northwest, major in nanoscale science, have hands-on experience with companies in the CIE and be prepared for either graduate school or careers in commercial laboratories."

2010 Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience: Call for Nominations
The Kavli Foundation September 7th, 2009 The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announces the Call for nominations for the 2010 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience. The nomination period is September 1 - December 15, 2009. Everybody can nominate candidates with the exception that self-nominations will not be accepted. Nominations should be submitted to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters using the online nomination form, available at www.kavliprize.no

Kavli Laureate Sumio Iijima at British Science Festival
The Kavli Foundation September 7th, 2009 Sumio Iijima who shared the first Kavli Prize in nanoscience with Louis E. Brus in 2008, will be appearing at the British Science Festival on the 7th of September. Iijima of Meijo University in Japan, is one of the world's leading figures at the forefront of nanotechnology research. He is widely credited for the discovery of carbon nanotubes. In his speech at the University of Surrey Iijima will talk about his work and the possibilities for the future.

‘Quietest’ building in the world opens today
University of Bristol September 7th, 2009 The University of Bristol today (Monday 7 September, 2009) opens its Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information. This highly distinctive, £11 million building provides state-of-the-art specialised laboratories where vibration and acoustic noise levels are among the lowest ever achieved, despite being located in the centre of Bristol.

Investigation of molecular adsorption on SiC surfaces by UHV-NC-AFM and STM
pro-physik.de September 7th, 2009 Postdoc Position: The successful candidate will participate in a project whose main objective is to use silicon carbide reconstructed surfaces as templates for adsorbed molecules, in a coverage ranging from isolated molecules to one monolayer.

Researchers from CIDETEC-IK4, the CSIC and the University of Berkeley develop a nanosensor to detect diseases
CIDETEC September 7th, 2009 Researchers from the Basque technological centre CIDETEC-IK4, the Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Berkeley (U.S.) have developed a highly sensitive electrochemical sensor that can detect possible mutations in DNA more quickly than has been possible in the past.

EUMINAfab is open for business and science
CORDIS September 7th, 2009 The EUMINAfab ('European infrastructure for micro- and nanofabrication and characterisation') infrastructure facility has opened its virtual doors, and now offers researchers from science and industry open access to machines and know-how in micro- and nano-technologies.

Tender: assessment of impacts of NMP technologies and changing industrial patterns on skills and human resources
CORDIS September 7th, 2009 The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tenders for the assessment of impacts of NMP (Nanotechnology, materials, processes) technologies and changing industrial patterns on skills and human resources.

Carl Zeiss IMT Announces Opening of New West Coast Tech Center
Carl Zeiss IMT September 7th, 2009 Carl Zeiss IMT opens new West Coast Tech Center in Irvine, California.

12th International MICCAI Conference Set to Welcome Delegates
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London September 7th, 2009 MICCAI 2009 to be held at Imperial College London from 20th - 24th September; full conference programme and internationally-renowned speakers confirmed.

Nanocomposites Reveal More Efficient Ceramic Cutters
farsnews.com September 7th, 2009 An alumina-based nanocomposite was produced in Iran's Materials and Energy Research Center which enables the production of cheaper ceramic cutters with better mechanical properties. According to the Iranian Nanotechnology Initiative Council, during the past years, industry workers used high carbon steels and cast alloys as metallic cutters. After a period of time, ceramic cutters including carbides, coated carbides, and alumina came into the market in order to improve the performance of the initial cutters. Today, researchers believe that by applying nanotechnology in the production of cutters, their mechanical properties can be improved so that their performance gets better.

SAUDI ARABIA: 25-year plan for higher education
universityworldnews.com September 7th, 2009 To promote a knowledge-based economy and move from oil to a worldwide centre for high-technology research, Saudi Arabia has announced a research initiative called 'Aafaq' or Horizons. The 25-year plan is intended to improve higher education opportunities for women, boost scientific research and tackle the country's shortage of scientists in critical fields. At present, Saudi engineering graduates meet only a fifth of the country's needs and 68% of science jobs are filled by graduates from abroad. Saudi Arabia has a workforce shortage in many areas of science and technology, such as health, agriculture, engineering, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and information technology.

Virginia Tech's proposed next generation nano-computed tomography system will enhance nanoscale research
Virginia Tech September 8th, 2009 In 1991, Ge Wang, the Samuel Reynolds Pritchard Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech, produced the first paper on spiral cone-beam computed tomography (CT), now an imaging technique used in the mainstream of the medical CT field.

Conducting Tubes
Wiley InterScience September 8th, 2009 Carbonized titanium dioxide nanotubes with semimetallic properties increase the efficiency of methanol fuel cells

OctoPlus wins expansion of drug delivery evaluation contract with existing client
OctoPlus September 8th, 2009 OctoPlus N.V. ("OctoPlus") (Euronext: OCTO), the drug delivery company, announces today that it has won an expansion of a drug delivery technology evaluation contract with an existing client, a global pharmaceutical company. In 2008 and 2009 OctoPlus performed preliminary feasibility work for this client and with the results from these studies the client has decided to proceed with the evaluation of OctoPlus' technology for a product candidate in its pipeline.

Nanoparticles, Risk & Regulation
SAFENANO September 8th, 2009 Journal of the Royal Society ‘Interface' publishes review of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk and regulation

US-EU-Africa-Asia-Pacific and Caribbean Nanotechnology Initiative (USEACANI) Workshop
Focus Nanotechnology Africa Inc. (FONAI) September 8th, 2009

IBM Scientists Effectively Eliminate Wear at the Nanoscale
IBM September 8th, 2009 Results could lead to new high-precision and high-quality nanomechanical tools in nanofabrication and in the development of next-generations chips

UAMS Researcher Receives $2.3 Million Worth of Grants
arkansasbusiness.com September 8th, 2009 The grant money is in addition to the $1.5 million grant Vladimir Zharov, director of the Phillips Classic Laser and Nanomedicine Laboratories at UAMS, received in May from the National Cancer Institute, according to a UAMS news release. Zharov said in the news release that nanomedicine may eventually lead to breakthroughs in the early diagnosis and effective treatment of cancers, stroke, heart attack and infections, which are the leading causes of death. "Nanomedicine holds the promise to solve many challenging problems of fundamental biology and clinical medicine," he said.

Tata Chemicals working on a green makeover
livemint.com September 8th, 2009 Sastry is ranked among the world's top 15 experts in nanotechnology, a futuristic manufacturing technology that some scientists say will make most products lighter, stronger, cleaner, less expensive and more precise. It involves the manipulation or use of materials and devices so minute that nothing can be built any smaller. That's a technology that's being used in experiments at the Pune lab. "Along the way we figured taking up nanotechnology," Sastry says. "It is not an esoteric branch of science. It has evolved very rapidly in the last 10 years. It is an enabling technology." Tata Chemicals plans to add more products in the food additives business; research work is under way on neutraceuticals, which refers to food extracts claimed to have medicinal effects on human health. Other projects, such as spraying nano materials on steel to stop the bleaching of paint, are in progress.

Plextronics and Novaled to Collaborate on Development of Organic Lighting Technology
Novaled September 8th, 2009 Novaled AG, a leader in energy saving and long living OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), and Plextronics, Inc., an international company that specializes in conductive organic inks for printed lighting, solar and other electronics, announced today that they have agreed to jointly develop doped and solution processed organic materials for OLED applications. OLED technology is expected to become a major ingredient of flat displays and drive a new era lighting innovation with its flexible design and energy efficiency advantages.

Driving force
hinduonnet.com September 8th, 2009 Today HEMRL is the only laboratory of its kind in the country dealing with high-energy materials such as propellants and ammunition required for missiles, rockets, battle tanks, artillery, guns, rifles and carbines. It has developed warheads for missiles; liquid fuel for torpedoes; explosive reactive armour for battle tanks; mine inflammables to set waterways on fire; powerful explosives to demolish buildings; fuel-air explosives to clear landmines; smokeless propellants, anti-laser grenades and illuminating flares. It makes the lethal ammunition for Pinaka, the indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launching system. It is developing nanotechnology in seven types of high explosives, including RDX (Research Department Explosive), HMX (Her Majesty's Explosive) and ammonium perchlorate.

Thermochemical nanopatterning of organic semiconductors
London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) September 8th, 2009 Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and University College London (UCL) have fabricated sub-30 nm luminescent features of an organic semiconductor via spatially selective conversion and patterning of its precursor by using a heatable, micron-size scanning probe (see figure below). The results will soon be reported in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Graphitic memory techniques advance at Rice
Rice University September 9th, 2009 Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools

Policymakers of the world gather in Berlin soon to discuss nanotechnology
Spinverse September 9th, 2009 The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th in three weeks.

Strength polymerized
downtoearth.org.in September 9th, 2009 It takes a research team from Bengaluru 10 days to prepare a batch of the compound it hopes would revolutionize the world. The compound consists of polyvinyl alcohol, a polymer, mixed with two carbon nanomaterials. There is a tremendous increase in the stiffness and hardness of the polymer—the very stuff without which the sports industry would be in danger of closing down. The examples, in fact, are endless; so are the uses of polymers. The team from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research treats the two nanomaterials—carbon nanotubes and nanodiamond particles—with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acid.

EU-funded scientists achieve new state in quantum physics
CORDIS September 9th, 2009 EU-funded researchers in Austria investigating ultracold atomic physics have generated an exotic state wherein atoms are aligned in a one-dimensional structure, creating a stable 'many-body phase' with new quantum mechanical states. Their findings, published in the journal Science, open up a new area of study in quantum physics.

Gem patch transforms chemo dose
theage.com.au September 9th, 2009 Chemotherapy patients could soon be offered diamond-encrusted patches that release medication slowly, instead of the crippling burst of drugs that makes them so sick. The patch uses diamond nanoparticles to deliver targeted doses of chemotherapy and is being developed by an international research team including Australian Amanda Barnard, head of CSIRO's virtual nanoscience laboratory in Clayton. "It's like a nicotine patch but it delivers chemotherapy," Dr Barnard said. "It will make treatment more tolerable."

Mishap lands new nano minor in music
University of Texas at Dallas September 9th, 2009 This fall marks the first time UTD offers a nanoscience minor to students. The new minor was prompted by student interest after alumni Bradley Wallace and Austin Swafford petitioned the material science and engineering department.

Nanoscience discovers new method for disease testing
thecurrentonline.com September 9th, 2009 In the William L. Clay building, home of the the Center of Nanoscience, Keith Stine, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, sits surrounded by books and papers that have served him well. Stine, along with Olga V. Shulga, a postdoctoral associate, Kenis Jefferson, graduate student and Alexei V. Demchenko, UM-St. Louis professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has discovered a "faster and less expensive way to identify diseases," which they have been working on since the spring of 2007. Their findings were released in a study named "Simplified Immunoassay on a Porous Support." In this study they explain that they have developed an alternative to the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, the basic detection process for prostate cancer. In the original test, a plastic plate was used to hold two antibodies. Bound together, the first antibody would collect a sample of blood while the second antibody, with an attached enzyme, would detect traces of abnormalities. To explain how they improved this process, Stine said, "What we have done is replaced the plastic plate with a nanomaterial, which is a sponge like form of gold … Gold has the advantage of being inert, so you can attach molecules to the surface in a very controlled way." Molecules that serve as indicators for certain health problems could be placed into these structures. A second improvement allows them to avoid the use of two antibodies; with their method only one is needed. Stine said, "That also reduces the number of steps required to carry out a determination, so it should save time."

Five Researchers Represent Rensselaer at World Economic Forum “Summer Davos” Meeting
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute September 9th, 2009 Economists around the world are predicting that transformational entrepreneurship and technology will be required to truly lift the global economy from its dangerous slump. A thousand of the globe's most promising innovators will come together September 10-12 in Dalian, China, to present their ideas for a new wave of economic growth as part of the World Economic Forum "Summer Davos" in Asia meeting.

First Solar to Team with Ordos on Major Solar Power Plant in China Desert
First Solar September 10th, 2009 First Solar today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.

Nanosolar Completes Panel Factory, Commences Serial Production
Nanosolar September 10th, 2009 Today Nanosolar demonstrated the completion of its European panel-assembly factory as part of an inauguration event attended by Germany's Minister of the Environment, the Governor of the State of Brandenburg, and a host of other leading public officials. Located in Luckenwalde near Berlin, the fully-automated factory processes Nanosolar cells into finished Nanosolar panels using innovative high-throughput manufacturing techniques and tooling developed by Nanosolar and its partners.

EC Backs Nanotechnology with EUR 1 Billion
findpharma.com September 10th, 2009 The European Commission (EC) has made EUR 1 billion available for new projects involving micro and nanotechnology. The amount will come from the EC's Information Communications Technology and Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Materials and New Production Processes (NMP) funds as part of the Framework Programme 7 (FP7). "European FP7 enables organizations, through collaborative R&D, to access new partners, skills, and knowledge in the development of their future products and services," Alastair McGibbon, the UK FP7 national contact point for NMP, said in a statement.

NIU physicist awarded $486,000 grant
Northern Illinois University September 10th, 2009 The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded NIU Physicist Zhili Xiao a three-year grant totaling $486,000 to continue his investigations of superconductivity at the nanoscale.

Northwest dedicates center
stjoenews.net September 10th, 2009 Years of patient waiting came to a ceremonial close Wednesday, as Northwest Missouri State University celebrated the opening of a new science building. The groundbreaking four years ago was attended by former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, former university president Dr. Dean Hubbard, the late university president Dr. Robert Foster and the leader of a former star tenant of the incubator, Scott Deeter, CEO of Ventria Bioscience. They smiled and turned dirt with golden shovels. Northwest's newest science degree in nanoscience will also find a home in the center. On display Wednesday was a $500,000 device used in nanoscience study, which is the study of science at the atomic and molecular level.

Launched - MONOCL4
Gatan September 10th, 2009 Unrivalled sensitivity in photonic characterisation

Nanotechnology shows potential for oil and gas operations (OE 2009)
offshore-mag.com September 10th, 2009 There are many possibilities for nanoparticle technology applications in oil and gas operations, but the realities lag the possibilities, Sergio Kapusta said at Offshore Europe 2009 today. Kapusta, chief scientist and manager of Energy Innovation and Technology for Shell Global Solutions International, identified a number of operations that could benefit from nanotechnology in time. One of those areas is in reservoir management. At present, industry can acquire limited information from short distances outside the wellbore in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Drawing from medical applications, Kapusta said it could become possible to send nano "robots" into a reservoir and interrogate those robots to gather information about the horizon and also to deliver chemicals into the reservoir.

Unknowns raise environmental concerns
theglobeandmail.com September 10th, 2009 New uses for the minuscule particles appear weekly, but the actual quantities used are still relatively insignificant. Researchers have time to learn what their impacts on the environment could be before they happen. "We know that history is filled with things that are produced en masse and integrated into our system," Dr. Goss said. "Most are non-toxic but every now and then we'll have PCBs. "With nanotech, we have the first chance to actually get in on the ground floor with the new manufacturers (and ask), ‘Can we be green in our approach toward integrating new materials into our lives?"'

Micro Bubble Technology takes over EcoloCap
Micro Bubble Technology September 10th, 2009 Micro Bubble Tech Launches Nanotechnology Products for the Energy Market: Carbon Nano Tube (CNT) Battery and M-Fuel

Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cells
Cornell University September 10th, 2009 Using a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell researchers have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops.

Gold Solution for Enhancing Nanocrystal Electrical Conductance
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory September 10th, 2009 In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.

A new technique for growing carbon nanotubes should be easier to integrate with existing semiconductor manufacturing processes
MIT September 10th, 2009 Source: "Low Temperature Synthesis of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes with Electrical Contact to Metallic Substrates Enabled by Thermal Decomposition of the Carbon Feedstock,"  -- Gilbert Nessim, Carl V. Thompson et al -- Nano Letters, Aug. 31, 2009 Results: Researchers in the lab of MIT materials science professor Carl V. Thompson grew dense forests of crystalline carbon nanotubes on a metal surface at temperatures close to those characteristic of computer chip manufacturing. Unlike previous attempts to do the same thing, the researchers' technique relies entirely on processes already common in the semiconductor industry. The researchers also showed that the crucial step in their procedure was to preheat the hydrocarbon gas from which the nanotubes form, before exposing the metal surface to it.

Berkeley Lab Receives $1.8 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help Federal Agencies Improve Energy Efficiency
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory September 11th, 2009 Advanced energy-efficient technologies in lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), and control systems are heading for the buildings, laboratories and data centers of several federal agencies. With $1.8 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, experts at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will provide the technical expertise to help federal energy managers perform these projects and monitor their performance. The bulk of the funds, $1.4 million, are from the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), while the remainder, $445,000, is from the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification Program.

Cement's basic molecular structure finally decoded
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering September 11th, 2009 Robustness comes from messiness, not a clean geometric arrangement

Troublesome green algae serve as coating substrate in record-setting battery
Uppsala University September 11th, 2009 Unwanted blooms of Cladophora algae throughout the Baltic and in other parts of the world are not entirely without a positive side. A group of researchers at the Ångström Laboratory at Uppsala University have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of these algae can serve as an effective coating substrate for use in environmentally friendly batteries. The findings have been published in an article in Nano Letters.

New biosensor can detect bacteria instantaneously
FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology September 11th, 2009 A research group from the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona has developed a biosensor that can immediately detect very low levels of Salmonella typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever. The technique uses carbon nanotubes and synthetic DNA fragments that activate an electric signal when they link up with the pathogen.

Xavier U. Of Louisiana & NYU Receive $3-Million NSF Grant to Enhance Diversity Among Materials Scientists Through Collaborative Research
New York University September 11th, 2009 Xavier University of Louisiana and New York University have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to bolster diversity among materials scientists through collaborative research and curriculum development. The award was one of eight awarded this year under NSF's Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program and funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

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