Entries Tagged 'From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News' ↓
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Foreign Companies May Apply for Russian Nanotechnology Funding
August 3rd, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Russia’s state-run Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RCNT) is allowing companies from other countries to apply for and receive funding under the same conditions as Russian companies.
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Green Nanotechnology: Tiny Particles Could Soon Be Fueling 'Clean Tech' Industry
August 3rd, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
This article identifies a number of academic and industry projects focused on developing environmental applications of nanotechnology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, efficiently create and use energy, and remediate existing pollution.
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New Nanomaterial Makes Plastic Stiffer, Lighter And Stronger
August 3rd, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Researchers from Michigan State University in the U.S. have developed a nanomaterial called xGnP Exfoliated Graphite NanoPlatelets that can make plastic stiffer, stronger, and lighter and could be used to create more fuel-efficient airplanes and cars and more sturdy medical and sports equipment and to enhance the performance of electronics, fuel cells, batteries and solar cells.
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Officials Begin Monitoring Manufacture and Storage of Nanomaterials
July 28th, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
This article says that U.S. state and local governments have initiated programs to monitor the manufacture and storage of nanomaterials in the absence of U.S. federal government regulations.
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Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Continues African Oil and Gas Market Expansion, Announces New Distributor in Nigeria
July 28th, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
U.S. company Industrial Nanotech, Inc. has announced that Megaros Industrial Products Inc., Industrial Nanotech’s African distributor for its proprietary Nansulate® energy saving coatings, has entered an agreement with Henriboss Global Marketing Nigeria Inc. to market and promote the coatings in Nigeria.
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Bacteria in Sewage Sludge Prevent Certain Nanoparticles Clumping Together
July 28th, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Researchers from the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering in Switzerland have published a new study indicating that cerium dioxide nanoparticle can bind to the surface of bacteria in sewage sludge and potentially enter bodies of water.
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Nanotechnology Putting CoQ10 and Other Dietary Supplements into Water
July 24th, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara in the U.S. have developed a nanotechnology-based method to enable otherwise insoluble compounds like CoQ10 to solubilize into water.
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New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into Electricity
July 24th, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Researchers from Ohio State University in the U.S. report that thermoelectric materials used to improve the efficiency of cars by converting wasted engine heat into electricity could also be used in power generators and heat pumps.
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Carbon Nanotubes with Nanoscopic Paraffin Coating Form Self-Cleaning Surfaces
July 22nd, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Researchers from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology in India have developed a superhydrophobic, self-cleaning surface made from carbon nanotubes with a nanometer-think coating of paraffin.
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Nanotechnology Soon Allow People to Clean Their Blood Plasma
July 22nd, 2008 — From the Meridian Institute's Nanotech Dev News
Leonid Melamed, the head of Russia’s state-run nanotechnology corporation Rosnanotech, has announced that they are testing a new nanotechnology-based method for cleaning blood plasma inexpensively.
