China will further industrialize the use of a new material developed with the help of nanotechnology to ensure the safety of its power grids, according to a Wednesday statement from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNT).

Creating an appropriate environment for negotiation and interaction between the Iranian parties active in this industry with the foreign companies present in the expo, presenting Iran's capabilities and products of the Iranian companies and marketing their sales, stabilizing Iran's position in the field of nanotechnology at international level, and identifying companies which provide commercial services or export products to China were among objective sought by the INIC's participation in the expo.

Researchers in China and Australia have observed superlubricity – the dropping of friction to near zero – on length scales much larger than before. They say that the phenomenon, which they measured in sheared pieces of graphite, could find applications in sensitive microscopic resonators or nanoscale gyroscopes.

Fujian takes the international lead with its Diode Pumped solid state Laser (DPL) technology development.

Brazil and China plan to work together to develop new technologies in the nanotechnology sector, according to a decree published in the official Brazilian newspaper by the Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation.

Samsung Electronics will build a plant in China to manufacture next-generation NAND flash memory chips used in smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices. Samsung said it has submitted an application to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy to construct the facility.

China is planning more supercomputers with homegrown chips in order to meet government demands, according to a Chinese researcher involved in the country's high performance computing.

Cambridge NanoTech, at the cutting-edge of nanotechnology development, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Laserwort Limited, to sell and service its full line of ALD equipment. Laserwort Limited has three strategically located offices in China including Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing.

New research by Danish and Chinese scientists could help revolutionize the way nanometals are understood and used in daily life.

New research by Danish and Chinese scientists could help revolutionize the way nanometals are understood and used in daily life.