http://www.nanowerk.com/ Nanotechnology research news headlines from Nanowerk Copyright 2005-2010 Nanowerk LLC http://www.nanowerk.com/ http://www.nanowerk.com/images/logo10.gif michael@nanowerk.com (Michael Berger) en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:43:39 -0500 http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14727.php Researchers have developed a novel method of interpreting data from single-cell images to identify genetic interactions within biological networks, offering a glimpse into the future of high-throughput cell imaging analysis. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14727.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14728.php Brain cancer is notoriously difficult to treat with standard cancer-fighting methods, so scientists have been looking outside standard medicine and into nanomaterials as a treatment alternative. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14728.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14730.php Dirty fingernails have given way to wearing gloves for Michael Christiansen, who has followed his passion for science from fossil-hunting in the field to growing nanocrystals in a research lab. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14730.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14732.php VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed new pretreatment and curing methods that can be used with the sol-gel coating process. With the new pretreatment method, the adhesion of sol-gel coatings can be improved significantly. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14732.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14733.php Eine Arbeitsgruppe des Sonderforschungsbereichs 688 in Zusammenarbeit mit Wissenschaftlern vom DESY in Hamburg und der ESRF in Grenoble hat kuerzlich das erste voll funktionsfaehige Mikroskop fuer die Holografie von Nanostrukturen vorgestellt. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14733.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14734.php Paukenschlag fuer den Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftsstandort Muenster: Dem Bau des deutschlandweit einmaligen und 16 Mio. Euro teuren Nanobioanalytik-Zentrums (NBZ) steht nichts mehr im Wege, nachdem das NRW-Wirtschaftsministerium die Foerderung dieses Leuchtturmprojekts mit 10,2 Mio. Euro zugesagt hat. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14734.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14735.php A team of scientists from the ESRF and the ETH in Zurich (Switzerland) has managed to see how the electrons in the platinum reorganize as the adsorption is taking place and why catalysts are 'poisoned', i.e. why their activity is reduced. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14735.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14736.php The PhD thesis by Mr Hegoi Manzano Moro at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), entitled Atomistic simulation studies of cement components, aimed to provide an answer to these questions and to understand the properties and characteristics of the components of the material. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14736.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14739.php Scientists have observed electrons in a semiconductor on the brink of the metal-insulator transition for the first time. Caught in the act, the electrons formed complex patterns resembling those seen in turbulent fluids, confirming some long-held predictions and providing new insights into how semiconductors can be turned into magnets. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14739.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14707.php Last November, the Australian Secretary for Health released a public discussion paper inviting consultations on a Government proposal to strengthen regulation of industrial nanomaterials use in Australia. The deadline for submissions regarding the discussion paper is 5pm this Friday, February 12. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14707.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14709.php The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (abbreviated DFG, German Research Foundation in English) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency ( JST) are launching the research project 'Quantum Computing in isotopically Engineered Diamond' aiming to novel logic devices potentially enabling faster computing and unconditionally secure communications. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14709.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14711.php The International Workshop on Nanomedicine will be held in parallel with the 7th NanoSpain Conference. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14711.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14715.php New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Sensors for Agriculture and Environment Monitoring, finds that advanced techniques such as sensors, wireless communication technologies, and robotics are employed for precision agriculture/farming. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14715.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14718.php On Oct. 11-13, the best minds in carbon nanotechnology will gather at Rice University for a technical symposium during the Year of Nano, a series of events at the university celebrating the 25th anniversary of nano's big bang. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14718.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14719.php Call for applications for PhD scholarships at the International Doctorate Program 'NanoBioTechnology'. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14719.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14720.php Dr. Barbara Karn of EPA's National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) is lead author on a recently published article in Environmental Health Perspectives entitled 'Nanotechnology and In Situ Remediation: A Review of the Benefits and Potential Risks'. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14720.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14722.php A novel strategy for engineering semiconductor materials can boost the performance of water-splitting solar cells for hydrogen production, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14722.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14724.php Researchers in Chicago and London have developed a method for controlling the properties of magnets that could be used to improve the storage capacity of next-generation computer hard drives. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14724.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14705.php A world-renowned medical researcher discusses the key role that nanotechnology has begun to play in the detection and treatment of cancer in an article that will appear in the March 2010 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14705.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14689.php A finely tuned rare-earth metal catalyzes the exact interactions needed for site-selective molecular synthesis. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14689.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14690.php At next week's International Solid State Circuit Conference, imec and Holst Centre present their newest breakthroughs in ultra-low power design for wireless communications and wireless sensor networks, 3D design and in organic electronics with an impressive number of contributions including 10 reviewed publications and 6 contributions to tutorials and workshops. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14690.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14691.php Scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are now developing the electronics for a third-generation artificial retina as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) project to produce an 'epiretinal prosthesis' that could restore vision to millions of people around the world suffering from eye diseases. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14691.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14692.php An automated, continuous and repeatable process would realize cost-efficient separation. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14692.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14693.php Researchers have come up with a new method enabling the generation of ultrafast flashes of light in very high intensity in rapid succession, as they are needed for the creation of entangled photons. Aside from the quantum computer as a long-term goal, new possibilities in different areas of application are opening up, for instance optical spectroscopy. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14693.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14694.php The Government of the Russian Federation has published a transcript of a recent meeting between Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Russian Nanotechnologies Corporation CEO Anatoly Chubais. They have discussed the work of the Russian Nanotechnologies Corporation in the previous two years, its priority projects, and streamlining the legal basis of the corporation's work and of the overall development of the innovation sector. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14694.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14696.php Scientists develop new composite material that could revolutionise car design and manufacturing. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14696.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14697.php With the use of the new super material graphene, Swedish and American researchers have succeeded in producing a new type of lighting component. It is inexpensive to produce and can be fully recycled. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14697.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14698.php In a just-published paper in the magazine Science, IBM researchers demonstrated a radio-frequency graphene transistor with the highest cut-off frequency achieved so far for any graphene device - 100 billion cycles/second (100 GigaHertz). http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14698.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14699.php Scientists have developed a near-field microscope that can measure the optical properties of e. g. semiconductor thin films with a spatial resolution and sensitivity long thought unachievable due to fundamental physical laws. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14699.php http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14700.php For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=14700.php