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Monthly Archives: September 2010

SARFUS 3D-IMM: NEW EQUIPMENT FOR NANOMETRIC SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION IN WATER

Nanolane is proud to announce the launch of its new equipment SARFUS 3D-IMM dedicated to the topographic characterization of nanometric samples in water. Equipments for characterization in water are still rare, relatively complex to operate and do not offer real-time images of samples. SARFUS 3D-IMM is designed to match the needs of the engineering and research community, especially in the ... Read More »

Complex nano-oxides

Tecnan-Nanomat produces and commercialises at industrial level simple and complex nano-oxides as well as other high performance nanoproducts for multisectoral applications, establishing Tecnan as one of the most competitive suppliers of these new materials nationwide as well as at international level. The flexibility of the methodology employed enables the preparation of a wide range of nanoproducts according to client’s specifications ... Read More »

Robots created to clean up oil

LOS ANGELES — Want to clean up an oil spill? There’s a robot for that. A team of scientists at MIT have developed a fleet of oil-absorbing robots — Seaswarm — that clean the ocean by collecting oil with a super-absorbent “nanofabric.” First tested in the Charles River in Boston in August, the box-shaped robots are able to stay in ... Read More »

INBT launches Johns Hopkins Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence

Faculty members associated with the Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology have received a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence. The new Johns Hopkins center brings together a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and physicians to develop nanotechnology-based diagnostic platforms and therapeutic strategies for comprehensive cancer care. Seventeen faculty members ... Read More »

Cuba to open nanotechnology center

Cuba is to open a nanotechnology center for Latin American scientists, nuclear physicist Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart said Tuesday. The facility, known as “Center for Advanced Studies” (CAEC), would be the top national institution focusing on the nanotechnology researches in Latin America, he told a hi-tech meeting. Cuba is ready to operate the first stage of the CAEC at the end ... Read More »

President of Ireland Mary McAleese opens nanotech seminar at RUSNANO

President of Ireland Mary McAleese and RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubays opened the one-day nanotechnology forum on nanotechnology, organized by the Science Foundaton of Ireland (SFI) and RUSNANO. Representatives of SFI and RUSNANO, managers of Irish firms as well as leading Irish and Russian researchers discussed the opportunities of cooperation in international business projects in the field of nanotechnology. “Science and ... Read More »