Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health is organizing the 4th International Conference on Nanotechnology - Occupational and Environmental Health on 26-29 August 2009 in Paasitorni, Helsinki, Finland.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
The London Centre for Nanotechnology is leading two international projects to develop radically new approaches to miniaturising computer systems, which would require less energy and make data storage completely stable, among other benefits.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
How do you handle the tiny components needed for constructing nanoscale devices? A European consortium has built two microrobotic demonstrators that can automatically pick up and install carbon nanotubes thousands of times thinner than a human hair.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
Scientists of Dresden BIOTEC and MPI-CBG measure drag/friction of single molecules.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
Scientists have known for a long time that when DNA is damaged, a key enzyme sets off a cellular 'alarm bell' to alert the cell to start the repair process. Researchers have now identified a whole family of proteins capable of a direct response to the alarm signal.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
Aviza Technology, Inc., a supplier of semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, and certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain assets to Sumitomo Precision Products.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
While the researchers can't promise delivery to a parallel universe or a school for wizards, books like Pullman's Dark Materials and JK Rowling's Harry Potter are steps closer to reality now that researchers in China have created the first tunable electromagnetic gateway.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced that it will hold a meeting of its Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) this September in Chicago, co-located with the NanoBusiness Alliance's Eighth Annual NanoBusiness Conference.
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Posted on: Aug 14th, 2009
Researchers in Japan have found a simple way to mimic the initial stage of photosynthesis by mechanically trapping a guest molecule inside a cage structure.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
New analytic tool from Lux Research provides guide to increasingly complex battery space.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
Sigma-Aldrich publication continues to be a premier forum for chemical research.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
A diagram of the three-terminal single-molecule transistor looks like an elaborate necklace and pendant, made up of six-sided rings of carbon atoms bedecked with hydrogen and nitrogen atoms.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
mproving medical monitoring and diagnosis through wearable bio-technology devices is IMEC's aim at Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
A team of scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences will be working with the National Cancer Institute as part of a national effort to bring more targeted cancer therapies to patients as quickly as possible.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
SYNOPSYS INC. today announced the broad availability of silicon-proven High-Definition Multimedia Interface transmitter and receiver digital controllers and PHY IP solutions as part of Synopsys' DesignWare IP portfolio.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University announced today that they are developing a regional partnership to explore complementary scientific research efforts.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
A new centre for doctoral training at UCL is preparing to train the next generation of experts in the growing science of photonics.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
Research at the University of Liverpool has found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical state of superstructures.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
Shocking's embedded nano-composite technology solves a problem that has been plaguing the electronics industry for years. It will make design at both the system and chip level considerably easier and more effective.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
Fundierte Entscheidungshilfe zum Umgang mit Nano-Know-how gibt die Fachtagung NanoPatentierung am 9. September 2009 in Darmstadt.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
AIXTRON AG announced today that in the second quarter 2009 Visual Photonics Epitaxy Co., Ltd (VPEC) placed an order for two AIX 2600G3 IC MOCVD reactors. They will be delivered in the first quarter 2010 and installed at the company's state-of-the-art production facility in Ping-Jen City, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
The FlexTech Alliance, focused on developing the electronic display and the flexible, printed electronics industry supply chain, today announced the award of a $450,000 contract to Solarmer Energy, Inc. to design and synthesize high efficiency donor polymer materials for use in Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs).
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Posted on: Aug 13th, 2009
Leading nanoscientist Paul S. Weiss has been named director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and holder of the Fred Kavli Chair in Nanosystems Sciences.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Alfa Aesar, a Johnson Matthey Company, has published a new Research Chemicals Catalog Addendum that includes products added since the publication of the 2008/09 full line catalog.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Researchers have discovered that defects at the grain boundary in ultrananocrystalline diamond hold primary responsibility for the fundamental mechanism of energy dissipation.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Four recent accomplishments underscore the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) internationally recognized leadership in working with diverse partners to further research on the occupational safety and health implications and applications of nanotechnology.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
A Northwestern University professor and his students have found a new way of turning graphite oxide - a low-cost insulator made by oxidizing graphite powder - into graphene, a hotly studied material that conducts electricity.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple, yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical applications, such as improved computer security codes.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., a leading provider of distributed power generation systems in China and a fast-growing manufacturer of wind turbines, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire 100% of EVATECH Co., Ltd. of Kyoto, Japan, a 22-year-old designer and manufacturer of industrial equipment for LCDs and plasma display panels.
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Posted on: Aug 12th, 2009
The ProMiNaS Workshop on The Convergence of Conventional Microelectronics and Nanotechnology will be held in Grenoble, France, from Sept. 15 to 17, 2009, on the site of the Micro and Nanotechnologies Innovation Campus MINATEC.
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