Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tenders for the assessment of impacts of NMP (Nanotechnology, materials, processes) technologies and changing industrial patterns on skills and human resources.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
In his speech at the University of Surrey Iijima will talk about his work and the possibilities for the future.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
IBM scientists have demonstrated a promising and practical method that effectively eliminates the mechanical wear in the nanometer-sharp tips used in scanning probe-based techniques. This discovery can potentially be used in the development of next generation, more advanced computer chips that have higher performance and smaller feature sizes.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Researchers at Ben Gurion University have developed thin films that exhibit carrier multiplication. This development is of great interest for future solar cells.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Researchers from the Basque technological centre CIDETEC-IK4, the Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Berkeley (U.S.) have developed a highly sensitive electrochemical sensor that can detect possible mutations in DNA more quickly than has been possible in the past.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
EU-funded researchers in Austria investigating ultracold atomic physics have generated an exotic state wherein atoms are aligned in a one-dimensional structure, creating a stable 'many-body phase' with new quantum mechanical states.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Zemetrics, an optical metrology product company founded last year to provide new concept surface metrology systems, has brought its first system, ZeMapper, to the precision engineering and R+D market.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
The new facility is located in an Irvine, California modern technology park. The new site focuses on application support, contract inspection services, software training, and demonstration of ZEISS equipment.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Research reported in the September issue of the journal Nature Nanotechnology finds that nanoscience and nanotechnology indeed are highly multidisciplinary - but not much more so than other modern disciplines such as medicine or electrical engineering that also draw on multiple areas of science and technology.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Nanocyl announced today it is now offering a large packaging for its NC 7000 multiwall carbon nanotubes that will help its customers reduce shipping costs, and safely optimize the compounding process.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Fifty years after it was originally discovered, scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have elucidated the function of a microscopic network of tubules found in neurons. This structure modulates the strength of connections between two neurons, thereby contributing to our ability to learn and to adapt to new situations.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
CYTOO SA, a provider of innovative enabling technologies and products for high content cell analysis, premiered what it believes is the world's first and most comprehensive commercially available portfolio of cell adhesive micropattern products to the cell biology research community.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants.
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Posted on: Sep 7th, 2009
Researchers isolated bacteria with large numbers of tiny projections called pili which were more efficient at transferring electrons to generate power in fuel cells than bacteria with a smooth surface.
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Posted on: Sep 6th, 2009
The Fellows will be honored at the Awards Ceremony during the Biophysical Society's 54th Annual Meeting on Monday February 22, 2010 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
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Posted on: Sep 6th, 2009
The eight recipients will receive their awards at the Society's 54th Annual Meeting on Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Moscone Convention and Exhibitions Center in San Francisco.
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Posted on: Sep 5th, 2009
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees Friday approved a $34 million bond issue for UALR that will generate $31.6 million for capital projects over the next three years, including a $9 million nanotechnology center.
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Posted on: Sep 5th, 2009
The 2010 Kavli Prize call for nominations has been opened by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Academy will receive nominations through December 15, 2009.
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Posted on: Sep 5th, 2009
Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first ever biological robot using mold.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
First raft of products arising from the cooperation due to be marketed by 2010. Focus is on antimicrobial surfaces and applications which prevent biofilms.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
Funded by the National Science Foundation through the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the goals of the NNN are to build a network of experts and organizations that facilitates the transition of nanotechnologies from core laboratory research to production manufacturing and to foster technology transfer and information exchange between all community stakeholders.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
The newly formed American Society for Nanomedicine (ASNM) is holding its inaugural conference on October 22-25, 2009 in the Washington D.C.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
This week's most interesting nanotechnology news.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
As we begin to see early signals of economic recovery in Europe, Nanotech Europe (September 28-30, 2009 in Berlin, Germany) looks at the role nanotechnology will play in future economic development.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
A primitive quantum computer that uses single particles of light (photons) whizzing through a silicon chip has performed its first mathematical calculation. This is the first time a calculation has been performed on a photonic chip and it is major step forward in the quest to realise a super-powerful quantum computer.
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Posted on: Sep 4th, 2009
NUCRYST Pharmaceuticals, a developer and manufacturer of medical products that fight infection and the Advanced Wound Management division of Smith and Nephew plc announced today the European launch of Acticoat Flex3 and Acticoat Flex7.
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Posted on: Sep 3rd, 2009
ShengdaTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of nano-precipitated calcium carbonate (NPCC) in China, today announced the acquisition of Anhui Chaodong Nanomaterials Science and Technology Co., an inactive NPCC facility in Hanshan County in the Yangtze River Delta region of Anhui Province with 10,000 metric tons of annual NPCC production capacity.
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Posted on: Sep 3rd, 2009
The country's virtually nonexistent nanotechnology industry will need 150,000 specialists by 2015, Rusnano chief Anatoly Chubais told reporters at the Bauman State Technical University, where he unveiled the corporation's educational program Wednesday.
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Posted on: Sep 3rd, 2009
Researchers for the first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real material.
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Posted on: Sep 3rd, 2009
How safe are nanoparticles? Amanda Barnard, at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Clayton, Australia, reveals how computation can help to identify and prevent nanohazards.
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