Nanotechnology News

RSS

BASF Research Units Increasing Production Efficiency and Sustainability

BASF's research units are its pulsating lifelines. The worldwide Verbund of creative thinkers is constantly producing new ideas and projects, driving forward the company even in economically difficult times

2 Feb 2009

Nansulate Thermal Insulation Being Incorporated into Solar Panels and Solar Hot Water Systems

Industrial Nanotech announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate protective thermal insulation coatings are now incorporated into solar hot water heater and solar panel systems

2 Feb 2009

Quantum Dots, Part of the Nanotechnology Revolution May Be Toxic to Health and the Environment

Researchers in Texas are reporting that quantum dots (QDs) — a product of the revolution in nanotechnology increasingly used in electronics, solar cells, and medical imaging devices — may be toxic to cells under acidic or alkaline conditions

29 Jan 2009

Mandatory Nanotechnology Rule to Protect Human Health and the Environment

The Canadian government reportedly is planning to release in February the world's first national regulation requiring companies to detail their use of engineered nanomaterials

28 Jan 2009

Green Earth Technologies Working at the Carwash

Green Earth Technologies announced today that their "G"-Branded Ultimate Biodegradable green automotive cleaning products are now being offered to the car wash & detailing industry in a bulk program

27 Jan 2009

Catalyst Key to Making Ethanol Powered Fuel Cells

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible

26 Jan 2009

Dudek Teaming with Catalyx Nanotech to Sequester Carbon and Produce 'Green' Hydrogen

CATALYX NANOTECH, INC., is teaming with Dudek to pursue low-cost, "green" high-grade graphite and hydrogen production with no by-products using a patented technology. Catalyx Nanotech, a privately funded company focused on nanotechnology applications, and Dudek, a California-focused environmental and engineering consulting firm, are seeking multiple landfills in Southern California on which to site production facilities. Catalyx Nanotech anticipates commencing production in the first plant in late 2009.

14 Jan 2009

Engineers Establish Center of Excellence in Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management

Most of the water infrastructure systems are over 100 years old, and many "have not received adequate upgrades, maintenance, repair and rehabilitation over time," said Sunil Sinha, a 2007 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award recipient and an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) at Virginia Tech.

12 Jan 2009

Research Grant Awarded to Use Nanotechnology to Develop Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business' to use nanotechnological expertise to develop organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells

5 Jan 2009