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Student designer and fiber scientists create a dress that prevents colds and a jacket that destroys noxious gases By Anne Ju Olivia Ong with her designs Anne Ju/Cornell Chronicle Design student Olivia Ong ’07 hugs two garments, treated with metallic nanoparticles through a collaboration with fiber scientists Juan Hinestroza and Hong Dong, that she designed as part of her fashion ... Read More »

Scalable device for quantum information processing July 24, 2012 Scalable device for quantum information processing Enlarge Microtrap chip (Phys.org) – Researchers in NPL’s Quantum Detection Group have demonstrated for the first time a monolithic 3D ion microtrap array which could be scaled up to handle several tens of ion-based quantum bits (qubits). The research, published in Nature Nanotechnology, shows how ... Read More »

Rusnano Capital LLC teamed up with New York-based I2BF Global Ventures to invest $150 million in nanotechnologies for Russia’s agriculture and water industries. Rusnano Capital, a unit of Russia’s state-owned OAO Rusnano, and clean-technology investor I2BF started a seven-year fund to invest in international businesses whose applications can be used in Russia, they said in an e-mailed statement. The I2BF-RNC ... Read More »

OCAST awards $745,000 to three nanotechnology research projects Projects seek to advance nanotechnology in batteries, clean water and plastics. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology will award a total of $745,000 to the three successful applicants in the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Applications Project. The research projects, to be completed within three years, require an improved likelihood for ... Read More »

Innovative Research on Microcantilevers by Purdue University Research has been done for the development of small vibrating microcantilever sensors which can be used to identify biological and chemical agents. Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating “microcantilevers,” like the one pictured here, to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security ... Read More »

Australians risking skin cancer to avoid nanoparticles More than three in five Australians are concerned enough about the health implications of nanoparticles in sunscreens to want to know more about their impact. And while the initial scientific information released suggests little cause for alarm, it does justify the community’s confusion. Quality Graphene Samples – The highest quality graphene at the ... Read More »

Industrial Nanotech Announces First Sale of Nansulate Coatings to Nuclear Power Facility Industrial Nanotech has declared the first sale of Nansulate, its patented protective and insulation coating line based on nanotechnology, to a nuclear power facility located in the US. The nanotechnology-based coating line delivers efficient thermal insulation with superior weathering resistance and significant protective performance features such as lead ... Read More »