Posts Tagged ‘nanotubes’

Waterloo students exhibit inventive nanotechnology, ECE projects

Waterloo students exhibit inventive nanotechnology, ECE projects

Senior students in two University of Waterloo engineering programs, including the first graduating class in nanotechnology, will display inventive design projects next week. On Friday, March 26, students graduating in the inaugural class of the nanotechnology program will exhibit such wide-ranging... (Continue reading)

nano tech 2010 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference a success

nano tech 2010 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference a success

With 192 overseas exhibitors, around 30% came from one of the 19 participating foreign countries and regions. During the three exhibition days, 42,381 visitors gathered at Tokyo Big Sight to meet exhibitors for business talks and to get information on... (Continue reading)

Global Nanobiotechnology Market to Reach $4.94 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Global Nanobiotechnology Market to Reach $4.94 Billion by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

After decades of high strung research, development, and refining technological improvements, nanobiotechnology is finally ripe for the picking. Biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are expected to utilize nanobiotechnology more than ever before in the coming years. This technology will be applied... (Continue reading)

Study Shows How Nanotubes Affect Lining of Lungs

Study Shows How Nanotubes Affect Lining of Lungs

Tiny carbon nanotubes are being considered for use in everything from sports equipment to medical applications, but a great deal remains unknown about whether these materials cause respiratory or other health problems. Now a collaborative study from North Carolina State... (Continue reading)

New Biosensor Can Detect Bacteria Instantaneously

New Biosensor Can Detect Bacteria Instantaneously

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... (Continue reading)

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Researchers Make Carbon Nanotubes Without Metal Catalyst

Researchers Make Carbon Nanotubes Without Metal Catalyst

Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes, study finds. Carbon nanotubes – tiny, rolled-up tubes of graphite – promise to add speed to electronic circuits and strength to materials like carbon composites, used in airplanes... (Continue reading)

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Video Shows Nanotube Spins As It Grows

Video Shows Nanotube Spins As It Grows

New video showing the atom-by-atom growth of carbon nanotubes reveals they rotate as they grow, much like the halting motion of a mechanical clock’s second hand. Published online this month by researchers at France’s Université Lyon1/CNRS and Houston’s Rice University,... (Continue reading)

Global Nanophotonic Market Worth US$37.6 Billion by 2014

Global Nanophotonic Market Worth US$37.6 Billion by 2014

According to a new market research report, ‘Nanophotonics – Advanced Technologies and Global Market (2009-2014)’, published by MarketsandMarkets, the global nanophotonics market is expected to be worth US$3.6 billion by 2014, out of which the Asian market will account for... (Continue reading)