http://www.nanowerk.com/ Nanotechnology research news headlines from Nanowerk Copyright 2005-2008 Nanowerk LLC http://www.nanowerk.com/ http://www.nanowerk.com/images/nanorss.gif 35 88 michael@nanowerk.com (Michael Berger) en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6518.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Researchers have studied the effect of spin chirality on the transport properties in solid-state materials. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6518.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6503.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 New-media art installations that caution visitors about a future when books are relics of the past, and nanoparticles represent a pervasive threat to human health, will be on display starting August 4 on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6503.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6504.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye to improve the optical absorption coefficient of the stained nanostructured electrodes, might color our dimming future energy security with a tint of rose, despite the looming depletion of fossil fuels. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6504.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6505.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 A delegation of scientists from Russia visited Albany NanoTech Wednesday, underscoring the high-tech facility's growing presence on the international stage. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6505.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6506.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 IIf Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6506.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6507.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Once limited to the electronics industry, semiconductor material may hold the key to improving early detection of prostate cancer among African-American men. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6507.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6508.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Physicists have created a structure with both crystalline and quasicrystalline characteristics on a quasicrystalline light lattice. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6508.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6510.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Researchers invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. The material has twice the efficiency of anything currently on the market, and could also work in power generators and heat pumps. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6510.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6511.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Juelich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6511.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6513.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 he newly formed Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute has named Dr. Alex Biris chief scientist at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, as its honorary president. He also serves as a founding member of the organization. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6513.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6514.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 University of Michigan engineers are offering a 16-piece lab-on-a-chip kit that brings microfluidic devices to the scientific masses. The kit cuts the costs involved and the time it takes to make a microfluidic device from days to minutes. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6514.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6515.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 The purpose of this worldwide program is to support the education of the new generations of artists and scientists and to promote the art-science-technology intersections and NanoArt for a better youth development. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6515.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6517.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 The performance of quantum computing can be improved by operating logic gates slowly. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6517.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6487.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Former EPA official highlights shortcomings of current federal oversight. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6487.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6489.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 On March 4 - 6, 2009, international experts will gather in Berlin for the NanoMed 2009 conference to discuss the state of the art in medical applications of nanotechnology. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6489.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6491.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 Researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research discovers defence strategies used by biofilm bacteria. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6491.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6494.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 NanoBioNet, the pre-eminent center of excellence for nanobiotechnology in Germany, is acting as representative of the leading German technology at Nano Korea 2008, the 6th International Nanotech Symposium and Exhibition in Korea. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6494.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6495.php Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:36 -0400 The National Nanotoxicology Research Centre (NNRC) is being developed at the UK Health Protection Agency's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) at Chilton in Oxfordshire. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6495.php