Today, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released its latest assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI): Report to the President and Congress on the Fourth Assessment of the National Nanotechnology Initiative.
Apr 27th, 2012
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Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley have directed the first self-assembly of nanoparticles into device-ready materials. Through a relatively easy and inexpensive technique based on blending nanoparticles with block co-polymer supramolecules, the researchers produced multiple-layers of thin films from highly ordered one-, two- and three-dimensional arrays of gold nanoparticles.
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreStrong Arm Technologies Inc., made up of students from the Rochester Institute of Technology, beat out more than 120 teams from over 25 colleges and universities across the state to capture the grand prize in the 3rd annual New York State Business Plan Competition, held April 26 at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.
Apr 27th, 2012
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Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells.
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreEngineers at Stanford have found a novel method for "decorating" nanowires with chains of tiny particles to increase their electrical and catalytic performance. The new technique is simpler, faster and provides greater control than earlier methods and could lead to better batteries, solar cells and catalysts.
Apr 27th, 2012
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Some medicines have to be taken either before, after, or during a meal because food ingredients can affect its absorption or bioavailability. Australian researchers have now encapsulated drugs in a matrix of silicon dioxide and lipids to simulate the administration of pharmaceuticals with food.
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreThe most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of Exeter.
Apr 27th, 2012
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In a collaboration with Waseda University in Tokyo, London Centre for Nanotechnology researchers have grown highly boron doped diamond layers only 1nm in thickness, a technique known as d-doping, for the realisation of high performance field effect transistors (FETs).
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreThis outstanding textbook collects on about 1,000 pages the fundamental concepts and key technologies related to advanced electronic materials and devices. The third edition now holds 47 chapters a 20-30 pages, grouped into eight sections.
Apr 27th, 2012
Read moreThe Centre for cooperative Research Biomagune will hold a symposium (Safety issues and regulatory challenges of nanomaterials) to analyze the regulatory framework challenges of the European nanotechnology industry on the 3 and 4 of May in Donostia-San Sebastian.
Apr 27th, 2012
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The mitotic spindle, an apparatus that segregates chromosomes during cell division, may be more complex than the standard textbook picture suggests, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
Apr 26th, 2012
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Thanks to advances in polymer chemistry and a wide variety of monomer constituents to choose from, the world of multiblock polymers is wide open. These polymers can result in an astonishing array of materials, customizable to almost any specification. However, the flood of options could be overwhelming, without a theoretical framework to guide research.
Apr 26th, 2012
Read moreResearchers at the University of Washington have studied vessel walls and found the cells pull more tightly together, reducing vascular leakage, in areas of fast-flowing blood. The finding could influence how doctors design drugs to treat high cholesterol, or how cardiac surgeons plan their procedures.
Apr 26th, 2012
Read moreA new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive treatment for soft tissue tumors in the liver, lung, prostate, head and neck, kidney and pancreas.
Apr 26th, 2012
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New insight on molecular motor movement.
Apr 26th, 2012
Read moreThis high-level scientific meeting aims to present a broad range of current research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as well as related policies (European Commission, etc.) or other kind of initiatives (nanoGUNE, FinNano, GDR-I, etc.).
Apr 26th, 2012
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