India's nanotechnology research lacks commercialization know-how
India's expanding nanotechnology research is not translating into market products due to weak links between Indian scientific institutes and industry, experts have cautioned.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreNewest Molecularium movie: 'Molecules to the MAX'
A world-renowned nanotechnology pioneer, Richard W. Siegel, has produced an IMAX movie based on scientifically accurate molecular modeling and simulations.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreInaugural Kavli laureates honored in Oslo ceremony
In a ceremony at Oslo Concert Hall, seven pioneering researchers in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience were honoured as the first Kavli Prize laureates, receiving a gold medal and scroll.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreMIT's Portable Light project wins award for technology that benefits humanity
A groundbreaking renewable energy project directed by Sheila Kennedy, professor of the practice of architecture at MIT and principal of KVA MATx in Boston, has won an international award for technology that benefits humanity.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnologie biomimetique: un nouveau type de biocapteur
Des chercheurs de l?Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel et de l'Institut de recherches en technologies et sciences pour le vivant, viennent de mettre au point une nouvelle generation de biocapteurs.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreInternational group addresses lack of consensus on nanotoxicology test procedures
A team of materials scientists and toxicologists announced the formation of a new international research alliance to establish protocols for reproducible toxicological testing of nanomaterials in both cultured cells and animals.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreSchneller speichern auf gerundeten Nanomagneten
Bis zu zehnmal schneller koennten magnetische Datenspeicher schalten, wenn sie aus einer Grundsubstanz aufgebaut werden, die nicht wie bisher aus flachen, sondern aus runden Bauteilen besteht.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreScientists find new mechanism for hydrogen bonds
Bernd Winter and colleagues, from BESSY, Max-Born-Institut, Uppsala University, and MPI fuer Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, report how water solvates its intrinsic hydroxide (OH-) anion. Unraveling this behavior is important to advance the understanding of aqueous chemistry and biology.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology images - thrilling and unsual insights
Thrilling and unsual insights. BASF Research has posted images on its website that allow the viewer to explore structures that would otherwise only be seen by analytical chemists.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreWidespread use of nanosilver challenges regulatory agencies
Widespread use of nanoscale silver will challenge regulatory agencies to balance important potential benefits against the possibility of significant environmental risk, highlighting the need to identify research priorities concerning this emerging technology, according to a new report.
Posted: Sep 9th, 2008
Read moreNew chemical reactions have implications for biofuels and replacement for petro-chemicals
If your experiment doesn?t go the way you expect, take a closer look - something even more interesting may have happened. That strategy has led scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to discover a fundamental shift in an enzyme?s function that could help expand the toolbox for engineering biofuels and other plant-based oil products.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
Read moreResearchers find that polarization changes at the nanoscale
How small is too small to be useful? Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films - materials that are used in electronic devices from computer memories to iPhones and polarize when exposed to an electric charge - and found that when it comes to polarization, both size and location matter.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
Read moreNew area of fullerene chemistry could drive tomorrow's molecular semiconductors
Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry Dorn has developed a new area of fullerene chemistry that may be the backbone for development of molecular semiconductors and quantum computing applications.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
Read moreFirst congress dedicated to the emerging field of neuroinformatics
The emerging neuroinformatics field combines neuroscience and informatics research to develop advanced tools and approaches to understanding the structure and function of the brain.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
Read moreWatchdog group slams FDA for continued delay and inaction
The Food and Drug Administration came under heavy fire today at a meeting it held to once again solicit comments regarding the agency?s oversight of nanomaterials. A coalition of nonprofit consumer and environmental groups accused the agency of being derelict in its duty to protect Americans from harmful products.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
Read moreNeural nanomachines project funded by NIH's EUREKA program
Fueled by a new initiative at the National Institutes of Health called the EUREKA program, two Arizona State University (ASU) teams have received million-dollar grants to pursue the next frontiers in biomedical research.
Posted: Sep 8th, 2008
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