Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Researchers at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University have developed, characterized, and modeled a new kind of probe used in atomic force microscopy (AFM), which images, measures, and manipulates matter at the nanoscale.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Two European consumer organisations - the European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC) and the European consumer voice in standardisation (ANEC) - have jointly launched a first stab at a nanotechnology inventory to tell consumers which products on the EU market contain nanomaterials.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances to the United Kingdom's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in a 'Report on Nanosilver' has recommended to British government agencies that they gather information about products containing nanosilver, saying that the information on both the hazards of and exposure to nanosilver is urgently required.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
Oeffentliche Ausschreibung eines Auftrags der Bundesanstalt fuer Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin im Rahmen von Fremdforschung.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
JPK Instruments, a world-leading manufacturer of nanoanalytic instrumentation for research in life sciences and soft matter, is happy to announce the latest member of their nanotechnology characterization systems family: the ForceRobot300, the new standard in single molecule force spectroscopy.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
These tools will support the introduction of memory chips at technology nodes of 40nm and below.
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Posted on: Nov 10th, 2009
A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Asylum Research, along with Intertech Corporation, Asylum’s representative for Russia, hosted a distinguished group of Russian scientists in late October to discuss the latest advances in AFM technology and nanotechnology.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
University of Sydney researchers Dr Tim Schmidt and Professor Max Crossley have come up with an ingenious low-cost device to harvest low energy photons, with the potential of significantly boosting the efficiency of conventional solar cells using a process called upconversion.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
A Cornell research team has invented a simple way to make graphene electrical devices by growing the graphene directly onto a silicon wafer.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States, once the world leader in the discovery and growth of crystalline materials, is now falling behind other nations.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became 'sexy,' University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development of the next generation of super efficient solar cells.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Tejal A. Desai (University of California, San Francisco) is looking at ways to enhance the oral availability of drugs by designing new delivery devices that will help their absorption in the gut, which she will present on November 12 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS in San Jose.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
In an international first, scientists from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) produced a Bose-Einstein condensate of the alkaline-earth element strontium, thus narrowly winning an international competition between many first-rate scientific groups.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his latest unpublished findings from two studies.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Scientists and industry leaders from around the world will gather in Boston Nov. 14-19, 2009, for the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics International Conference, which will feature groundbreaking information on important cancer therapies in development.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced the availability of DFEB methodology guidelines and training sessions for physical design engineers, which will be made available to members and non-members.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
In order to reduce spacecraft weight without sacrificing structural integrity, NASA is pursuing the development of materials that promise to revolutionize not only spacecraft construction, but also a host of potential applications on Earth.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Methods for recycling and purifying water remain a top concern for the Space Program.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are seeking applications proposing research to provide data that improves the scientific understanding of fate/transport and behavior of engineered nanomaterials.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
To celebrate its fifth year of publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface in conjunction with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) honoured the best research article published in the journal at an awards ceremony in London on 6th November.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Rudolph Technologies, Inc., a worldwide leader in process characterization solutions for the semiconductor manufacturing industry, announced today that Touch Micro-System Tech, a major manufacturer of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) located in Taiwan, has reported a substantial reduction in per-wafer inspection time using Rudolph's NSX Inspection System and Discover Data Analysis software.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Elliot Scientific has been signed by Oxford Lasers to promote its Alpha table-top Laser Micromachining System.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
This online workshop on 'Nanotechnology for Water Purification' aims to bring together experts in this field who are interested in cooperating with their peers in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and other parts of the world.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
JDSU today announced that it has licensed patent rights for fundamental picosecond laser technology to Hamamatsu Corporation for the development of microelectronic products.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
On 29 October 2009, the European Commission adopted the Communication 'Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 - Second Implementation Report 2007-2009'.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Elliot Scientific is now taking advanced orders for a compact CW DPSS (Diode Pumped Solid State) laser that outputs in the UV at a wavelength of 266 nm.
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Posted on: Nov 9th, 2009
Businesses, researchers, civil society representatives and regulators involved or interested in nanotechnologies are invited to take part in the final International Conference of the FramingNano FP7 project whose primary objective has been the development of a sustainable governance framework for nanotechnologies.
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