A promising cure for ovarian cancer seeking funding to begin clinical trials; a person-to-person car-sharing program that could reduce carbon emissions; a device to enable power-generation facilities to save billions of dollars annually - these were the winning ventures
Mar 17th, 2010
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Ein neues von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefoerdertes Projekt untersucht Moeglichkeiten, mithilfe von Nanoporen neuartige Speicherbausteine zu erzeugen.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreCarl Zeiss will be holding the eleventh 'Day of Microscopy', this time under the motto 'Travel to New Dimensions'.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreThe Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Japan Science and Technology Agency are launching the research project 'Quantum Computing in isotopically Engineered Diamond' aiming to novel logic devices potentially enabling faster computing and unconditionally secure communications.
Mar 17th, 2010
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The Federal Institute for Occpuational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Germany has published part 2 of its report on 'Characterisation of ultrafine particles for workers protection'.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read morePeter Julian, MP for Burnaby-New Westminster, tabled Bill C-494 in the House of Commons that will include nanotechnology in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and require the Health and Environment Ministers to act.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreIran for the first time published a national nanotechnology standard entitled 'Nanotechnology - Vocabulary and Main Definition'.
Mar 17th, 2010
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New findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.
Mar 17th, 2010
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Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures. Now, National Science Foundation-supported researchers are untangling some of its most closely guarded secrets, and explaining why silk is so super strong.
Mar 17th, 2010
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Exposure to short pulses of light changes how a polymer surface interacts with water droplets.
Mar 17th, 2010
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In einer Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaftlern der Universitaeten in Bielefeld, Kaiserslautern, Kiel und Wuerzburg wurde erstmals das ultraschnelle raeumliche Schalten optischer Anregung auf der Nanometerskala demonstriert.
Mar 17th, 2010
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A fibrous polymer scaffold can deliver liver-like cells into damaged liver for tissue repair.
Mar 17th, 2010
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To increase the storage density of disk drives beyond their present-day capabilities, scientists need to realize giant magnetoresistive spin valves for use in their read heads. A combination of the Heusler alloys are shaping up as attractive material components for such devices.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at Louisiana State University have invented an optical sensor that surpasses a quantum limit to sensitivity previously believed to be unbeatable.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreThe 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 that six additional companies spanning the entire semiconductor value chain have joined the Initiative to support the new DFEB mask roadmap for high-volume applications.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read morePhysiker der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sie das Verhalten elektrochemischer Nanosysteme berechnen koennen.
Mar 16th, 2010
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