Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (UniCat) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are pleased to present a first of its kind joint symposium dedicated to the advancement of catalysis on 2 November 2009 at Biopolis, Singapore
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Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Y-Carbon, Inc., a nanomaterials company founded in 2004 and headquartered in King of Prussia, PA announced today that James Horan has joined the company as its CEO.
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Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Danish nanophysicists have developed a new method for manufacturing the cornerstone of nanotechnology research - nanowires. The discovery has great potential for the development of nanoelectronics and highly efficient solar cells.
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Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
Forensic science is exploring new horizons with Gandhinagar-based Directorate of Forensic Science by starting a new research on application and use of nanotechnology for solving complex crimes.
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Posted on: Nov 2nd, 2009
While efforts to involve the public in decision making on new technologies such as nanotechnology are impressive, they need to be substantially rethought, argues a new report from the EU-funded DEEPEN project.
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Posted on: Nov 1st, 2009
Converting sunlight to electricity might no longer mean large panels of photovoltaic cells atop flat surfaces like roofs. Using zinc oxide nanostructures grown on optical fibers and coated with dye-sensitized solar cell materials, researchers have developed a new type of three-dimensional photovoltaic system. The approach could allow PV systems to be hidden from view and located away from traditional locations such as rooftops.
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Posted on: Nov 1st, 2009
A tiny cage of gold covered with a smart polymer, it responds to light, opening to empty its contents, and resealing when the light is turned off.
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Posted on: Oct 31st, 2009
Scientists have created quasicrystals out of self-assembling nanoparticles for the first time.
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Posted on: Oct 31st, 2009
The QDI 2010 PV instrument is designed to measure the transmission and reflectance of photovoltaic cells whether they be the traditional crystalline silicon, one of the thin film variety or such components as super- and substrates. Even protective glass and concentrator modules can be analyzed.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Dr. Michael Kaschke, Member of the Carl Zeiss AG Executive Board and President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, has been appointed an Honorary Professor in the Faculty for Electrotechnology and Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Next month in San Jose, CA, the AVS 56th International Symposium and Exhibition will showcase a spectrum of science and engineering research that is leading to breakthroughs in nanotechnology, alternative energy, materials research, and medicine - from fuel cells and batteries of the future to programmable materials and innovative approaches to drug design.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Clarkson University recently hosted high school students from Colton-Pierrepont Central School for a Nanotechnology Day.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Duke University bioengineers have developed a simple and inexpensive method for loading cancer drug payloads into nano-scale delivery vehicles and demonstrated in animal models that this new nanoformulation can eliminate tumors after a single treatment.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
This week's most interesting nanotechnology news.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
A Spanish-US team of researchers has used a groundbreaking method to replicate the wings of butterflies and the colours of insects on a nanometric scale. The resulting technology has great potential to be used in a wide range of optical structures such as diffusers for solar panels or optical sensors.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
The advances made in nanotechnology, particularly with respect to the biological and medical fields, are a testament to the herculean leaps made in nanotechnology in a short period of time, according to medical experts.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
The EU's three-year FoXy programme has come to an end. The research group is very satisfied, and the EU Commission is handing out praise.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Die LMU-Biophysiker Professor Dieter Braun und Franz Weinert haben eine 'nichtinvasive' optische Molekuelfalle entwickelt.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
The Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center has begun a new initiative for the development of new products and companies using advanced materials technologies within the energy industry.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
CSR today announced that it has shipped more than 1.5 billion units and processed more than one million wafers from foundry partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. CSR also announced that it is collaborating with TSMC on a leading edge 40 nanometer low power RF process technology and that CSR has validated a broad range of proprietary connectivity IP blocks at this node for incorporation into their next generation Connectivity Centre SoCs.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
BIND Biosciences, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing an entirely new class of targeted nanotherapeutics, announced today the selection of Omid Farokhzad, M.D., co-Founder and member of the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board, as a 2009 Mass High Tech All-Star for his contributions in life sciences.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
By analyzing data from the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the PHENIX collaboration at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, USA, including scientists from the RIKEN BNL Research Center and the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, has now ruled out gluons as the dominant contributor to proton spin.
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Posted on: Oct 30th, 2009
Akimitsu Okamoto and colleagues from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako have designed new fluorescent probes that turn on only when a specific nucleic acid strand is recognized.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United States have built the first optical frequency comb - a tool for precisely measuring different frequencies of visible light - that actually looks like a comb.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material's ability to become superconducting, i.e., carry electrical current with no energy loss.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Inspired by water-resistant lotus leaves, the Pitt-developed solution repels freezing rain and provides the first evidence of anti-icing ability in superhydrophobic coatings.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that the disease can be detected earlier for more effective treatment.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease. One approach showing promise in overcoming multidrug resistance in tumors is to combine two different anticancer agents in one nanoscale construct, providing a one-two punch that can prove lethal to such resistant cells.
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Posted on: Oct 29th, 2009
Researchers at the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have developed another fiber optic technique that can detect lymph node metastases and destroy them on the spot, an action that could prevent the further spread of breast cancer, melanoma, or gastrointestinal cancer, all of which spread through the lymphatic system.
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