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Daily Archives: August 24, 2011

Industrial Nanotech

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Begins Shipping 2,973 Gallon Order of Nansulate(R) Nanotechnology Based Coating for Galp Energia Refinery Project NAPLES, Fla., Aug 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Industrial Nanotech, Inc. INTK +7.88% , an emerging global leader in nanoscience energy saving solutions, announced today that they have begun shipment of 2,973 gallons of the Company’s patented Nansulate(R) Translucent PT insulation and ... Read More »

Can Nanotechnology Improve Lithium-ion Batteries to Make a Difference for Electric Vehicles?

I have followed carefully the nanotechnology-related developments for improving Li-ion batteries for use in mobile phones and other gadgets. However, I have been less enthusiastic about the prospects of nanotechnology in improving Li-ion batteries for use in electric vehicles (EVs). My skepticism was initially tickled by John Petersen over at Alt Energy Stocks, who I have referred to before in this blog, ... Read More »

City-made nano paint to add colour to Gulf

KOLKATA: Nanotechnology-enabled paints that have been indigenously developed in the city will soon add sheen to highrises in the Gulf. Innovation Centre for Applied Nanotechnology (I-CanNano), that has developed a range of water-based hygienic paint, tied up with Dubai-based Van O Mark LLC to manufacture and market paints developed in Kolkata. Van O Mark trades in construction chemicals. “Over 60 ... Read More »

Nanolane: Installation of a Demo Centre in China.

In 2008, China overtook the United States in the number of scientific publications in the domain of nanotechnology for the first time. Such growth is not just the luck of the draw but due to a financing policy which the Chinese government have been carrying out since 2000, which has created large clusters all over the country around the great ... Read More »

Bashkiria to invest in nanotechnology

Photo: RIA Novosti Russia’s republic of Bashkiria in the Urals is going to become a center of innovations and high technology, the republic`s head Rustem Khamitov said addressing the International Congress of Nanotechnology in Ufa. Mr. Khamitov added that by the end of 2015 Bashkiria is expected to spend about 90 billion roubles on innovative products, twenty times more than ... Read More »

Nanotech veteran Kundahl named to lead NC nanobiotech group COIN

The Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology, the nonprofit North Carolina nanobiotechnology group better known as COIN, has named a nanotechnology industry veteran as its new executive director. Griffith Kundahl comes to Durham, North Carolina-based COIN from the University of Denver School of Engineering and Computer Science where he worked as director of global programs. His experience includes serving as the ... Read More »

U of A researcher probes underground world of methane-producing bacteria

Dr. Sushanta Mitra looks at a photo of microorganisms that convert coal into natural gas right in the ground. Photograph by: Candace Elliott, edmontonjournal.com EDMONTON – Bacteria that feed on coal seams and create methane gas could be coaxed to produce more of the clean-burning fuel, a new source of energy locked in the world’s vast coal deposits. That’s one ... Read More »