The simulation of laser-based production processes has to cover a wide span of time and length scales, especially in new techniques from micro- and nanophotonics. This requires special algorithms which have already been used successfully at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, as well as a massive amount of computer power. Fraunhofer ILT has built a high-performance computer cluster at the Center for Nanophotonics.
Dec 16th, 2010
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Um herauszufinden, wie Fluessigkeiten sich im Kontakt mit nanostrukturierten Oberflaechen verhalten, haben die Wissenschaftler des Exzellenzclusters 'Center of Smart Interfaces' (CSI) der TU Darmstadt ein Nanoanalytiklabor gegruendet.
Dec 16th, 2010
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Citing uncertainty about risks, Commission urges enhanced coordination and transparency, ongoing risk analysis, public engagement, and stepped up ethics education for researchers.
Dec 16th, 2010
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This year's event will explore and debate commercial opportunities, market trends and new technical developments in the titanium dioxide industry.
Dec 16th, 2010
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The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine research projects targeting innovative manufacturing technologies in fields ranging from biopharmaceuticals and electronics to renewable energy sources and energy storage.
Dec 16th, 2010
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Together with Italian researchers, ETH Zurich scientists have developed a novel organometallic fuel cell. In addition to generating electrical energy, it also produces fine chemicals from renewable raw materials - with no waste.
Dec 16th, 2010
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Wissenschaftler nutzen den Lichtdruck um einzelne Goldnanopartikel praezise zu plazieren.
Dec 16th, 2010
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Scientists found that earthworms absorbed discarded copper nanomaterials present in soil.
Dec 15th, 2010
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Fortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create catalytic materials that have the potential to remove contaminants from gas or liquid.
Dec 15th, 2010
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For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements listed on the Periodic table of the chemical elements posted on walls of chemistry classrooms and on the inside covers of chemistry textbooks worldwide. The new table, outlined in a report released this month, will express atomic weights of 10 elements - hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, chlorine and thallium - in a new manner that will reflect more accurately how these elements are found in nature.
Dec 15th, 2010
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A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University sheds light on how a technique that is commonly used for making single-metal nanoparticles can be extended to create nanoparticles consisting of two metals - and that have tunable properties.
Dec 15th, 2010
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University of Georgia researchers have developed a technique that can diagnose a common type of pneumonia within minutes, potentially replacing existing tests that can take several days for results.
Dec 15th, 2010
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In a proof of principal study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) have shown that a set of genetic instructions encased in a nanoparticle can be used as an 'ignition switch' to rev up gene activity that aids cancer detection and treatment.
Dec 15th, 2010
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In ihrer neuen Anlage koennen die Dresdener Forscher wichtige Vakuumtechnologien in beliebiger Reihenfolge kombinieren und somit die Entwicklung preisguenstiger Solarzellen beschleunigen.
Dec 15th, 2010
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Simple blood tests with new high sensitive assay show that even small changes accurately forecast 90-day prognosis.
Dec 15th, 2010
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The lens is what matters: if lens arrays could be made of glass, it would be possible to make more conveniently sized projectors. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a process that allows this key component to be mass produced with extreme accuracy.
Dec 15th, 2010
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