Graphene gets a Teflon makeover
University of Manchester scientists have created a new material which could replace or compete with Teflon in thousands of everyday applications.
Nov 8th, 2010
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Quantum memory for communication networks of the future
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in storing quantum information using two 'entangled' light beams. Quantum memory or information storage is a necessary element of future quantum communication networks.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreReaktionsweg zur Herstellung graphenartiger Materialien
Empa-Forschende haben mit einer oberflaechenchemischen Methode graphenartige Materialien synthetisiert und den entsprechenden Reaktionsmechanismus im Detail aufgeklaert.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreGraphene: Singles and the few
A timely review analyzing the correlation of synthesis methods and physical properties of single-layer and few-layered graphene flakes.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreSEMATECH researchers to present breakthrough innovations in III-V MOSFETs, FinFETs and resistive RAMs at IEDM
Revealing research breakthroughs, engineers from SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program will present technical papers at the 56th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) from December 6-8, 2010, at the Hilton in San Francisco, CA.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read morePlasma as a fast optical switch
Just like an electrical switch allows the flow of electricity into electrical circuits, relativistic transparency in plasma can act like a fast optical switch allowing the flow of light through otherwise opaque plasma.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreNIMS signs MOU with Inter University Accelerator Centre of India on nanomaterial fabrication by ion beams
The Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi, India, and the Quantum Beam Center, NIMS, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on collaborative research for 'the Fabrication and modification of nanomaterials by ion beams'.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreNIMS and University College London agree cooperation on organic nanomaterials, computational materials science
This agreement will not only reinforce the existing collaboration between UCL and NIMS in the field of computational materials science, organic nanomaterials and photocatalytic materials, but also envisage new collaboration and exchange of researchers.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreNanotechnology exhaust gas catalyst has 10x higher thermal agglomeration resistance than conventional materials
A research team at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) in Japan has developed an exhaust gas catalyst material with approximately 10 times greater thermal agglomeration resistance than conventional materials. This dramatic improvement in thermal agglomeration resistance opens the road to a large reduction in the amount of rare metals used in exhaust gas purification technologies.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreElastic electronics: Rules for fabrication of ordered monolayers of semiconducting polymers
A group of scientists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with employees of the Warsaw University of Technology and the Atomic Energy Commission in Grenoble, have managed to determine how thin layers of highly ordered polymers can be created - a key element in the production process of organic electronic systems.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreNanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize agriculture
Nanotechnology has a number of solutions to make agriculture more efficient.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreIntroduction to environmental and health aspects of nanotechnology
The Society for Risk Analysis offers a 'Introduction to Environmental and Health Aspects of Nanotechnology' on December 5, 2010, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreA*STAR IME Leads New Copper-Wire Bonding Consortium In Advancing Industry Performance And Expertise
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has announced the launch of the Copper Wire (Cu-Wire) Bonding Consortium.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read more'Nano-urchins' as anode material for greener batteries
Montroseite, a vanadium oxide mineral first discovered 60 years ago, could be used as an anode for greener batteries, say Chinese researchers.
Nov 8th, 2010
Read moreProfessor Susan Lindquist from the Whitehead Institute receives Max Delbruck Medal In Berlin
The American molecular biologist Susan Lindquist from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, is the 2010 recipient of the Max Delbruck Medal awarded in Berlin, Germany. Lindquist, who is also a biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was honored for her work on protein folding.
Nov 7th, 2010
Read moreDubai college's nanotechnology hope for cancer patients
The side effects of chemotherapy could be largely wiped out by a so-called 'magic bullet' nanotechnology system being researched in Dubai, according to an associate professor at Dubai Pharmacy College.
Nov 7th, 2010
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