New York State unveils new Pollution Prevention Institute; Green Manufacturing Center showcased
This new institute intends to help New York state businesses be more sustainable by applying cleaner production and product stewardship practices. These practices have proven to reduce environmental impact, while enhancing the economic viability of industry.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2008
Read moreFestkoerper mit Speicherfunktionen: Energie, Information, Stoffe
Zu neuen Forschungsergebnissen und Entwicklungen bei Festkoerpern mit Speicherfunktionen veranstaltet die Fachgruppe Festkoerperchemie und Materialforschung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) vom 24. bis 26. September ihre diesjaehrige Vortragstagung an der Universitaet in Bayreuth.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2008
Read moreNanoscale 'trojan horse' to improve antioxidant absorption
Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized 'trojan horse' particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body.
Posted: Aug 25th, 2008
Read moreNew Zealand university has summer research scholarships that include nanotechnology
The University of Canterbury has more than doubled the number of its Summer Research Scholarships and, for the first time, is making them available to students from throughout New Zealand and overseas.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology's promise for global defense industry
The global defence industry is pumping billions of dollars in nanotechnology research, examining how nanoscience can improve defence capabilities.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreLearning from living organisms to design self-organizing networks of wireless sensors
European and Indian researchers are applying principles learned from living organisms to design self-organizing networks of wireless sensors suitable for a wide range of environmental monitoring purposes.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology typesetting with 40 nm block letters
The world's first nanoscale book was published as a work of fine art by Robert Chaplin at the Nano Imaging Facility of Simon Fraser University.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreHow nanotechnology benefits the science of renewable energy storage
The science of renewable energy storage and how nanotechnology can benefit that science is the subject of Los Alamos National Laboratory?s next Frontiers in Science Lecture beginning August 26 in Los Alamos.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreBeyond jewelry - nanotechnology engineers new uses for gold
The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT nanotechnology researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology fire protection coating for wood
Here is a nice lttlie video we found on YouTube - it apparently shows a nanotechnology fire protection coating for wood.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2008
Read moreMorphing Aircraft Materials, Mechanisms and Systems
Morphing Aircraft Materials, Mechanisms and Systems will take place from November 17-20, 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2008
Read morePartnership accelerates research into new-generation plastics
A sustainable future for the plastics industry is a step closer to reality, thanks to a new agreement between The University of Queensland and Queen's University Belfast.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2008
Read moreGraphene Week 2009
This conference in March 2009 will be devoted to the rapidly progressing science and technology of graphene.
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2008
Read moreMeasuring the performance of antimicrobial products against biofilms
Montana State University scientist Darla Goeres knows that there is more than one way to grow a biofilm, a fact that she uses to make sure that when a product claims it kills '99 percent' of bacteria, it really does the job.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreLeading edge medical technology on display in November in Germany
COMPAMED, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market of medical manufacturing opens its doors simultaneously to MEDICA from November 19 to 21, 2008 again in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2008
Read moreMilitary funds $35 million research program on traumatic brain injury
A consortium of physicians and scientists in the Houston region is now undertaking a research initiative to improve diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and develop innovative treatment strategies.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2008
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