Quantum dance - new material could revolutionize computing
An international team of scientists, led by a Princeton University group, has observed an exciting and strange behavior in electrons' spin within a new material that could be harnessed to transform computing and electronics.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreFlorida State University pioneers research into advanced materials with new facility
With the cutting of a ribbon, The Florida State University today ushered in a new era for the development of composite materials that promise a wide variety of commercial and industrial uses.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreSingle nanocatalyst behavior revealed
Before you can design the perfect nanoparticle catalyst, you first need to understand the fundamental science that governs their reactivity, say scientists from the US. And they claim to have done just that, using single molecule spectroscopy to reveal that nanocatalyst surface properties respond to changes to the concentration of reactants.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreNanoparticle impact database launched
Research into the possible medical and environmental dangers of nanoparticles received a major boost with the launching of a project to develop a sophisticated database of scientific publications related to nanoparticle toxicity.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreMontemagno keynotes the 2009 conference on nanotechnology for the forest products industry
Join your industry colleagues for the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, which will be held June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. The theme of this year's event is 'Unlocking the Potential of Nano-Enabled Biomaterials'.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read more22-booth Spanish nanotechnology pavillion at nano tech 2009
After a very successful 2008 edition, the Phantoms Foundation and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade will promote the Spain Pavilion at nano tech 2009, as an initiative under the program 'Espana, Technology for Life'.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreIMEC to present latest breakthroughs in advanced semiconductor lithography research
IMEC technologists will present their newest breakthroughs in advanced semiconductor lithography research and development at next week's SPIE Advanced Microlithography Conference, to be held February 23 - 27 in San Jose, California.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreAustralian nanotechnology joint venture to commercialize clean technologies
South Australia continues to be a focal point for expertise in clean and sustainable technologies with the launch of new venture CleanFutures.
Posted: Feb 18th, 2009
Read moreNew textiles - research and development in the textile-clothing-technical textiles industry
The Textile Industry Research Association AITEX is organizing 'New Textiles. R+D in the Textile - Clothing - Technical Textiles Industry', an Information Day which will take place on 31 March 2009 in Brussels, Belgium.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read morePlasmonic nanosurgery project part of $3.2m NSF CAREER award for UTexas
Eight engineering assistant professors at The University of Texas at Austin have been awarded Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation, an honor which recognizes promising young faculty and supports their research with five years of funding.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreTel Aviv University scientists develop highly accurate nano-scale biomonitoring solution
Working in the miniaturized world of nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University researchers have made a big leap forward in the detection of pollutants.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreGerman nanotechnologist and atomic physicist each awarded $1.6 million for especially innovative research projects
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has announced that it will fund two new especially innovative and high-risk research projects.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreNew nano-hydrogels capable of detecting cancer cells
A Spanish research team is designing a system with nano-hydrogels that contains a mixture of anti-tubercular pharmaceutical drugs and which release this medication in a controlled and constant manner over long periods of time.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreNanomechanical sensors identify viruses faster
A more specific and faster detection of viruses has been identified in new research by Trinity College Dublin's Professor of Physics, Martin Hegner at Trinity College's Centre of Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and an international team of researchers.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreNanotechnology-based approach for protecting people from nerve gas
A veterinary pharmaco-toxicologist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech is leading a team that has been awarded almost $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to explore the development of a nanotechnology-based approach for protecting people from the deadly affects of nerve gases like Sarin, VX, and others that can be used as agents of terror.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
Read moreEngineers tune a nanoscale grating structure to trap and release a variety of light waves
The structure's graded depths arrest light at multiple locations and different frequencies.
Posted: Feb 17th, 2009
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