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Researchers at Columbia University and Brookhaven National Laboratories in New York have succeeded in measuring both the conductance and the force across a nanoscale junction.

Researchers in the Netherlands, Israel and the US have studied how “multiple exciton generation” in certain larger-sized quantum dots depends on their composition.

A Canadian-based biotechnology start-up, ViveNano, is hoping to use nanotechnology to diminish residual chemicals in agricultural runoff.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will send a nanotechnology expert and provide related equipment to the Sri Lanka Institute of Technology (SLINTEC) under a deal signed this week.

This article, by Thomas W. Kenny, chief emerging technology advisor at Cedrus Investments and a professor at Stanford University, both in the United States, argues that investors should look toward companies that are developing solutions to address the world’s significant water challenges.

Talks between the European Parliament and the European Commission regarding an update on the EU regulation on novel foods have broken down.

Researchers from Harvard University, United States, have demonstrated a carbon nanotube-based filtration and electrolysis system that can completely remove or inactivate viruses and bacteria from water.

In this article, by Scott E. Rickert, CEO of Nanofilm, Ltd., located in Valley View, Ohio, United States, the author says the rising prices at the gas pump only reinforce the notion that countries need to take charge of preserving and protecting their energy independence.

Scientists from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, have found that nanoscale cellulose from tunicates, more commonly known as sea squirts, can be used to create skeletal muscle tissue.

Agriculture is a booming industry in Brazil, but the two-fold punch of an increasing population and agricultural output threatens the country’s plentiful water supply.

Four United States senators have asked that country’s Secretary of Treasury and of the Interior to use their authority with multilateral development banks, and under U.S. mining law, to block Chinese mining projects until China agrees to trade fairly in rare earth elements.

Russia’s state-backed nanotechnology corporation, RUSNANO, in a major foray into India’s high-tech market, has signed a collaboration agreement with SUN Group, a private, Indian-owned investment group active in Russia.

A two-day workshop hosted by United States and European Union officials resulted in both governments calling for a need to coordinate their nanotechnology research strategies to answer key questions about engineered nanoparticles.

A new desalination process, which promises to be faster, better and cheaper than conventional methods, has been developed by a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, in the United States.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have employed a focused laser beam of spot size less than 1 µm to study the localized photoresponse of individual metal oxide nanowires.

As silicon photovoltaics evolve towards thin-wafer technologies, efficient optical absorption at near-infrared wavelengths has become particularly challenging.

Researchers are busy exploring the use of nanoparticles for a range of medical applications from diagnosis to delivery and therapy.

Researchers at Cornell University are the first to have performed electrochemical measurements on individual pieces of monolayer graphene. The findings from the new study could help in making better electronic devices from the material. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/45372