Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) have awarded nine faculty seed grants totaling $2.2 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.
Sep 17th, 2012
Read moreImec announced today a high number of engagements at this year's IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM 2012) in San Francisco, December 8-12, 2012.
Sep 17th, 2012
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National University of Singapore researchers at the Faculty of Engineering's Department of Bioengineering have discovered a new technology that paves the way for a new safe and non-invasive method of treating deep cancer.
Sep 17th, 2012
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A coating filled with tiny lubricant capsules could come to the rescue when metal surfaces dry out and friction builds up.
Sep 17th, 2012
Read moreThe Nanoweek Conference 2012 today began at the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin. Nanoweek 2012 runs until 21st September.
Sep 17th, 2012
Read moreResearchers successfully synthesized and modified the performance of cellulose acetate nanofilter membranes in order to separate nitro-aromatic poisons from water.
Sep 17th, 2012
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Researchers from ETH Zurich have quite literally created a 'cell phone': they have reprogrammed mammalian cells in such a way that they can 'phone' each other via chemical signals.
Sep 17th, 2012
Read moreACIN 2013 is an international symposium on Advanced Complex Inorganic Nanomaterials jointly organized by the University of Namur and the Universite Catholique de Louvain. The event will take place from July 14 to 19, 2013 in Namur, Belgium.
Sep 16th, 2012
Read moreResearchers made a breakthrough in eliminating volatile organic compounds that pollute the air by producing manganite nanocatalysts with spinel structure.
Sep 16th, 2012
Read moreScientists succeeded in the modification of adhesive and corrosive properties of hydroxyapatite nanocoatings by modifying the sub-layer through wire-brushing method.
Sep 16th, 2012
Read moreGrants of almost $19 million will help to develop technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced today.
Sep 14th, 2012
Read moreThe transparent electronics that were pioneered at Oregon State University may find one of their newest applications as a next-generation replacement for some uses of non-volatile flash memory, a multi-billion dollar technology nearing its limit of small size and information storage capacity.
Sep 14th, 2012
Read moreA variety of approaches have been used to make C-dots, but most require coating of the particles with other molecules to achieve useful luminescence. Now, work led by Amita Pathak at the Indian Institute of Technology has produced water-soluble C-dots that selectively emit light across the entire visible range without any surface coating.
Sep 14th, 2012
Read moreKorean researchers have proposed a new approach for supplemental treatment: Ceria nanoparticles could trap the reactive oxygen compounds that result from ischemia and cause cells to die.
Sep 14th, 2012
Read moreMain objective of the European NanoValid project is the development of new reference methods and certified reference materials, including methods for characterization, detection/quantification, dispersion control and labelling, as well as hazard identification, exposure and risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials.
Sep 14th, 2012
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Scientists create a nanomaterial whose unusual electrical properties could be exploited to increase computer chips' switching speed.
Sep 14th, 2012
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