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Daily Archives: August 2, 2010

Oshkosh Nanotechnology builds up energy

A small, nearly invisible Oshkosh company is poised to make huge leaps in energy storage capacity thanks to the small, nearly invisible particles it creates. Oshkosh Nanotechnology LLC plans to use ceramic nanomaterials it makes in labs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to help expand energy storage capacities in high-tech batteries called supercapacitors. Charles Gibson, a chemistry professor at UWO ... Read More »

AECOM Collaborates on Nanotechnology Research with University of California

-AECOM Technology Corporation is collaborating on new nanotechnology research with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. AECOM’s global environmental practice, a world leader in developing environmental solutions, is advancing the understanding, application and potentially beneficial uses of nanotechnology in additional projects around the world. For the Bren School collaboration, AECOM is providing technical ... Read More »

UW research: A contact lens that monitors your health

Who said ‘The Bionic Woman” wasn’t a realistic show? University of Washington researchers are developing technology that bears an uncanny resemblance to the 1976 television series, mainly the part about the bionic eye. UW professor Babak Parviz will present the technology at NASA’s Langley Research Center this Tuesday. The name of his talk speaks for itself: “What if Your Contact ... Read More »

Advances in Nanotechnology could produce new devices

Latest advances in the field of nanotechnology like tiny porphyrin tubes to make a broad range of nanodevices, and tiny bioelectronic circuits to make nanotech machines or sensors, could lead to new useful devices. Healthcare Digital has explored this field further to tell you more… Advances in Nanotechnology could produce new devices Nanotechnology, often referred as “nanotech”, is the study ... Read More »

Int'l bioengineering, nanotechnology meeting opens in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — The 5th Society for Biological Engineering International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (ICBN 2010) kicks off here on Monday. The range of topics that will be covered during the three-day conference include drug, protein and gene delivery systems, cell and tissue engineering, biodevices and biosensors, pharmaceuticals synthesis and green chemistry, as well as nanoparticles, nanocomposites ... Read More »

UWSP students to use high-tech Argonne National Laboratory

STEVENS POINT — Starting next week, two University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students will conduct research in a setting few undergrads have a chance to access. Jessica Nordstrom, of Hibbing, Minn., and Julia Weber, of Eagle River, will accompany UWSP chemistry professor Michael Zach to Argonne National Laboratory. Located just outside Chicago, Argonne is one of the world’s top research labs ... Read More »