Dr. Lars Pastewka's and Prof. Michael Moseler's team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg/Germany can now reveal the secret of why it is that diamonds can be machined.
Nov 29th, 2010
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An international team of researchers has succeeded in creating artificial spin ice in a state of thermal equilibrium for the first time. Allowing them to examine the precise configuration of this important nanomaterial.
Nov 29th, 2010
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Nach Angabe der Bundesregierung gibt es keine international abgestimmte Definition fuer Nanomaterialien.
Nov 29th, 2010
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Despite fruitful scientific achievements in the new materials industry, there is a lack of key technical patents in China.
Nov 29th, 2010
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TECHBREAK is a new foresight initiative led by the European Science Foundation to identify the technology areas that could benefit the space sector. It goes beyond space-related technologies to bring in expertise from sectors where technology is evolving faster, ranging from photonics and nanotechnology to energy, nuclear propulsion and robotics.
Nov 29th, 2010
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Nach Jahrhunderten entschluesseln Freiburger Fraunhofer-Forscher den atomaren Mechanismus des Diamantschleifens.
Nov 29th, 2010
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The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced a collaborative partnership with Stanford University in USA to develop nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay technology to enable ultra-low power computation.
Nov 29th, 2010
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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India and Deakin University, Australia signed a memorandum of understanding to announce the setting up of a Centre of Excellence, the TERI-Deakin Nano Biotechnology Research Centre in the field of Nano Biotechnology in India.
Nov 28th, 2010
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Researchers from Taiwan have demonstrated the possibilities of fabricating n-type conducting ultrananocrystalline diamond films by Li-doping at very low temperature of about 570C by simply using a Li-based substrate material.
Nov 26th, 2010
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X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy is well known as a versatile and powerful technique for examining the microstructure of everything from crystalline solids to amorphous materials, even liquids. Its extreme sensitivity also makes it an ideal tool for probing the kinetics of various chemical reactions in situ. Experimenters utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne recently demonstrated a new wrinkle for XANES that has opened a window on a poorly-understood technique for deposition of materials.
Nov 26th, 2010
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Frame-by-frame observations of the ionization of argon atoms under extremely bright and energetic illumination could prove a boon to research.
Nov 26th, 2010
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Materials scientists from Case Western Reserve University and the Institute of Solid State Research in Juelich, Germany have produced particularly clear changes in the atomic structure of sapphire following deformation at high temperatures.
Nov 25th, 2010
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Das Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) moechte die Anwendung von Quantentechnologien in der Informationstechnik vorantreiben. Dazu hat es jetzt rund 13 Millionen Euro fuer insgesamt vier Verbundprojekte zur Verfuegung gestellt.
Nov 25th, 2010
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32 alternate realms, known as mesocosms, house individual types of nanoparticles as part of a research effort conducted by the Center for the Environmental Implications of Nano Technology (CEINT) based at Duke University.
Nov 25th, 2010
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A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for identifying how pathogens hijack plant nutrients to take over the organism. They discovered a novel family of pores that transport sugar out of the plant.
Nov 25th, 2010
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The prestigious Business Innovation Awards 2010, which showcases the very best of UK innovation in science and technology, has announced the nine companies shortlisted for its three award categories for 2010 - emerging + nanotechnology, energy + environment, and digital connected world.
Nov 25th, 2010
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