Nanotomography produces incredible high-resolution 3-D images of nanostructures
X-rays from a synchrotron can produce incredible high-resolution three-dimensional images of nanoscale crystal structures .
Posted: Aug 29th, 2008
Read moreResearchers for the first time observe harmonious coexistence of magnetic and superconductive states
Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with colleagues at institutions in Switzerland and Canada, have observed, for the first time in a single exotic phase, a situation where magnetism and superconductivity are necessary for each other's existence.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreNew Chemical Bonding Center provides a new approach for using solar energy
The California Institute of Technology Chemical Bonding Center project, called 'Powering the Planet,' will increase the number of its collaborators to fulfill its goal of efficiently and economically converting solar energy and water into hydrogen and oxygen fuels.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Washington buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotechnology research
The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale. A $1.3 million gift from the Washington Research Foundation provides about half the cost of the $2.5 million electron beam lithography machine, which will be the only one of its kind in the Northwest.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreUnique laser technology allows observation of what happens in live cells
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body?s chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreTMS prepares for record-breaking annual meeting
The TMS 2009 Annual Meeting promises to be the largest in the materials society?s 138-year conference history.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreWiley-Blackwell announces new impact factors in nanotechnology and materials science
Wiley-Blackwell announced that the ISI Journal Citation Report 2007 confirms its position as one of the leading publishers in the areas of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read more$1.2 million to advance technology that produces 3-D views of cellular processes
A University of Texas at Dallas researcher has received a $1.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health to further develop a new technology for the three-dimensional microscopic imaging of living cells - technology he believes may produce significant new insights into basic cellular processes.
Posted: Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreNanoparticles stick a perfect landing
A silicon nanoparticle flying at 8 times the speed of sound can slam into a surface and stick, but it bounces off if colliding at half that speed. This puzzling observation is now explained by computer simulations.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNanoRegulation conference will focus on voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance
As part of the NanoEurope to be held in St.Gallen (Switzerland) on September 16 and 17, 2008, the 4th International NanoRegulation Conference will focus on this subject of risks associated with nanotechnology.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreLab-on-a-chip could improve success of in vitro fertilization
In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny 'lab on a chip' to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNew nanotechnology center helps entrepreneurs move products to market
Small or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton?s Research Park.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology researchers develop fabrication technique for large-area molecular networks
A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreEuropean Space Agency commissions nanotechnology encyclopedia for space materials
The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed the UK's National Physical Laboratory to survey nanotechnology capabilities in Europe. NPL's Nanomaterials group will lead a consortium to identify the next generation of nano and smart materials that will be used in future space missions.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreQuantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors may point to new materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNano-Krater: Hochgeladene Ionen verdampfen Atome von Kristalloberflaeche
Wissenschaftler vom Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) konnten ein weiteres Mal erfolgreich ihr Know-how in der Nano-Strukturierung von Oberflaechen demonstrieren.
Posted: Aug 27th, 2008
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