Nanoparticle News articles from April 2004

Nanoparticle News archives from April 2004

COMMENTARY: Confusion in the Mass Media.
April 1, 2004... A study linking a fullerene derivative to brain damage in fish made national and international headlines last month, with coverage in a number of major newspapers. Unfortunately, many of these high profile reports misinterpreted the science,...

MARKET ANALYSIS: Nanocomposite Market to Exceed $211M in 2008.
April 1, 2004... The total worldwide market for polymer nanocomposites reached 24.5 million pounds valued at $90.8 million in 2003, and is is expected to grow at an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 18.4%, reaching $211.1 million by 2008, according to a...

BIOTECHNOLOGY NEWS: Access Pharma Collaborates with Major Drug Company.
April 1, 2004... Access Pharmaceuticals has entered into a research collaboration with a "U.S. major drug delivery company" to assess its nanoparticle aggregate technology. Due to confidentiality provisions in the agreement, Access says it cannot disclose...

Quantum Dots Allow Real-Time Imaging.
April 1, 2004... With the help of semiconductor nanocystals, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and their collaborators at the Universidad de Buenos Aires have captured movies of signal transmission processes involved in the...

WHO'S WHO IN NANOTECH: Nantero Co-Founder Stresses Manufacturability.(Interview)
April 1, 2004... Greg Schmergel is co-founder, president and CEO of Nantero, Inc. Prior to co-founding Nantero, Schmergel held executive positions at About, Inc., the 5th largest Web property, and ExpertCentral.com, Inc., both of which he founded or co-founded....

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: Lucent's Nanograss Technology Could Build Better Batteries.
April 1, 2004... MPhase Technologies, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Lucent Technologies to develop nanotechnology-based power cell technology. Bell Labs, the R&D arm of Lucent Technologies, and the New Jersey Nanotech Consortium at Bell Labs, have...

Nanoporous Ceramic Removes Mercury from Waste Water.(Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
April 1, 2004... Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have engineered a nanoporous ceramic to remove mercury and other toxic substances from coal-burning power-plant waste water. The material relies on technology...

ELECTRONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS Nanotube Transistor Improved With Polymer.
April 1, 2004... Duke University researchers headed by assistant chemistry professor Jie Liu have found a way to reduce the power consumption of field effect transistors based on carbon nanotubes using a polymer gate. Liu's group is among a number that have...

INDUSTRY NEWS: German Chemicals Firm Partners with Nanophase.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Altana Chemie AG, the specialty chemicals business of Altana AG, has formed an exclusive global partnership with Nanophase Technologies Corp. for product development in the areas of paints, coatings, and plastics. The partners plan to...

Wilson Greatbatch Acquires NanoGram.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. has completed the acquisition of NanoGram Devices Corp., a Fremont, CA-based company focused on developing nanoscale materials for use in various battery and medical device applications. Under the terms...

Sumitomo and NEC Sign Patent License Agreement.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Sumitomo Corp. and NEC Corp. have signed an agreement granting Sumitomo a non-exclusive license under basic Japanese patents related to carbon nanotubes owned by NEC. Anticipating a rapid increase in demand for single-wall carbon nanotubes...

NEWS BRIEFS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Nanophotonics Lab Under Construction. The Photonics Center at Boston University (Boston, MA) has commenced construction of a new, $1.5-million-dollar nanophototonics laboratory, scheduled to open in September, 2004. The 1,000-sq.-ft. facility...

GRANTS AND FUNDING.(Microelectronics Advanced Research Corp.)
April 1, 2004... UC Riverside Team Nets $1.5M. A team of researchers from the University of California (UCR, Riverside, CA) received $1.5 million from the Microelectronics Advanced Research Corp. (MARCO), a not-for-profit research management organization, to...

FINANCIAL RESULTS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Altair Revenues Drop in 2003. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Reno, NV) reported revenue for fiscal 2003 of $72,851, a net loss of $6.2 million, and a net loss per share of $0.19, compared to fiscal 2002 revenue of $253,495, a net loss of...

PEOPLE.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... New Board Members Join NeoPhotonics. Steve Jurvetson, co-founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Bandel Carano, a general partner of Oak Investment Partners, are taking seats on the board of directors of NeoPhotonics. They...

RESEARCH NEWS.(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)(National Institute for Materials Science)
April 1, 2004... Fullerene Derivative Harms Fish. Researchers have found that hydrated nanoclusters of carbon fullerenes can cause significant brain damage in fish. In a controlled laboratory study, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) researcher Eva...

PATENTS.(Coripharm Medizinproduckte GmbH)(Holon Academic Institute of Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Implant Material Designed with Nanocrystals. Coripharm Medizinproduckte GmbH (Dieburg, DE) has invented a resorbable bone implant material for use in surgery, orthopedics, traumatology and dentistry designed to combine the advantages of...

NEW PRODUCTS.(Dental Nanocomposite)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Kerr Introduces Dental Nanocomposite. Kerr Corp. (Orange, CA) has entered the market for dental nanocomposites with the introduction of its Premise product, which it says results in low-shrinkage, higher-quality aesthetic tooth restorations....

CALENDAR.(Calendar)
April 1, 2004... May 12-16, 2004 Nano- and Microstructured Materials Symposia, 2004 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Contact: MRS, Tel: 724/779-3003, Fax: 724/779-8313, Email: info@mrs.org. May 17-19, 2004 NanoBusiness 2004, New...

TECHNOLOGY INSIGHT: Environmental and Defense Applications of Reactive Filtration and Protection Systems.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Olga B. Koper, Senior Director, Technical Services, NanoScale Materials, Inc., Manhattan, KS Reactive nanoparticles of metals and metal oxides can exhibit remarkable abilities in reducing the potential threats of highly toxic substances in...

Introduction.(Environmental protection with the help of Nanotechnology)
April 1, 2004... Depletion of natural resources coupled with population increases, higher living standards and increased industrial output has caused deterioration of our environment. Solving pollution problems has gained new importance with a major focus on...

Contamination Avoidance.
April 1, 2004... Nanotechnology will provide superior filters for trapping and destroying chemical and biological contaminants; disinfectants for self-decontaminating surfaces, lightweight protective textiles capable of minimizing penetration and providing...