The Second International Conference on Space Elevator Climber and Tether Design in Luxembourg on December 6-7, 2008 follows the successful 1st European Workshop on Space Elevator Climber and Tether Design held last year.
Posted: Oct 5th, 2008
Read moreThe International Symposium on Graphene Devices: Technology, Physics, and Modeling (ISGD 2008) in Japan in November aims to bring together the researchers actively working on the field of 'Graphene Devices: technology, physics and modeling' so as to stimulate discussions on the state of the art.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2008
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Baoyou Geng and colleagues at the Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, made magnetite nanotubes in an egg white solution.
Posted: Oct 4th, 2008
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South Dakota scientists' work building next-generation devices to harvest solar energy will be easier thanks to a National Science Foundation grant for state-of-the-art equipment.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreNorthwest Missouri State University has received a $1.14 million federal grant that will be used to equip nanoscience laboratories in the University?s new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
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A bacteria cell's 'crisis command center' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and danger.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe European X-ray Laser Project (XFEL) will harness a high energy short-wave laser light that is one billion times more brilliant than most modern x-rays to provide immensely detailed images of molecules and atoms.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreAn advanced course on 'Morphing aircraft - materials, mechanisms and systems' will be held from 17 to 20 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
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A team of researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the wind on Mars.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe East of England's reputation as a world leader in nanotechnology was boosted when the Japanese government unveiled plans to locate a new research satellite at the University of Cambridge as part of a $150 million global program.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreRecent accomplishments by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) highlight the agency's leadership in collaborative research to determine if workers are at risk of job-related illness or injury in the production and industrial use of nanomaterials. The accomplishments include two new peer-reviewed papers, two new international partnerships, and a professional award.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe Safety of Nanoparticles Interdisciplinary Research Centre (SnIRC) is to host a 2 day workshop on October 20th - 21st 2008 at Central Science Laboratories, York, UK to discuss and evaluate EMERGNANO, a major evaluation of emerging evidence from Nanotechnology EHS research worldwide.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe University of Limerick has secured a 5 million euros technology research contract aimed at significantly reducing MRSA infection rates in hospitals across the world.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
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Carbon atoms are the building blocks for millions of organic molecules, yet this variety is built on the simple rule that carbon almost always shares a total of four chemical bonds with its neighbors. Now, an international team of chemists has mapped a highly unusual compound containing a carbon atom that hooks up to six atoms at once.
Posted: Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe book includes a general explanation of the properties, manufacture and uses of nanomaterials to provide the basis for assessing and understanding their life cycle. It also explores the possible risks that nanomaterials pose to human health and the environment, describes developing regulations around the world to manage those risks, and presents a framework for evaluating the balance between risk and reward as nanomaterials are manufactured, used and released to the environment.
Posted: Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreToday Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan dubbed 'Clean Power by 2030' that, according to its creators, has the potential to significantly decrease the U.S. dependency on oil and fossil fuels while allowing for an estimated $1 trillion in profits before the program comes to an end in 2030.
Posted: Oct 2nd, 2008
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