Nanoparticles deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells
Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln gets $8.1 million grant for its nanotechnology research
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received an $8.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and its nanotechnology research through 2014.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreNSF awards 14 materials research science and engineering centers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces 14 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) awarded as a result of the 2008 MRSEC competition (solicitation NSF 07-563).
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read more2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics awarded for carbon nanomaterials
Dr. Phaedon Avouris of IBM and Professor Tony Heinz of Columbia University were presented with the 2008 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics on 27 September 2008 during a day-long forum at Harvard University, attended by luminaries of the field.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreMaterials that mimic water-repellant surfaces found in nature
The team, led by Hui Wu at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, developed a new electrospinning technique that aligns hydrophobic polymer nanofibres as they form from solution by collecting them on a thin silver wire.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreCollaboration to develop the next generation of thermoelectric materials
Scientists at RTI are teaming up with several leading universities and a major aerospace company to develop the next generation of thermoelectric materials - revolutionary technologies that can efficiently convert heat differentials or waste heat into electrical energy for a wide range of applications.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreSEMATECH Technologists to Report Technical Results on New Materials and Device Structures
SEMATECH announced today that it has received the Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) Best Paper Award for its work on reliability of high-k metal gates.
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreNational Imaging Facility expands cutting edge technology for Australian research community
University of Queensland's cutting edge technology has expanded with the acquisition of an Australian first animal scanner system, part of a new National Imaging Facility (NIF).
Posted: Oct 1st, 2008
Read moreGerman researchers win Honda Prize 2008 for their world-first Atomic Electron Microscope
The Honda Foundation announced the Honda Prize for the year 2008 will be awarded to a German team of researchers of electron microscopy led by Dr. Maximilian Haider, Dr. Harald Rose, and Dr. Knut Urban.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology 'Safety for Success' dialog
The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission is organizing the 2nd Annual Nanotechnology "Safety for Success" Dialogue Workshop on Thursday, 2nd and Friday, 3rd October 2008.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreWhen nanoparticles seep right through skin
Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there - tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications - can breech our most personal protective barrier: The skin.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreMilitary interest in nanotechnology discussed at nano conference
Military interest in nanotechnology has long been know and understood, but for scientists who have hoped for interest in C60, the Army's call for fullerenes is a welcome surprise.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read more150 specialists attended the annual meeting of The European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine
The annual meeting of the working groups of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN) took place in the headquarters of Pharmamar, a biotechnology company of the Spanish Zeltia Group.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreNorth Carolina Biotechnology Center awards 11 bio- and nantechnology grants
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has issued $772,596 in Biotechnology Research Grants to 11 scientists at five universities from the Piedmont Triad to the coast.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreLandmark poll shows Americans have little to no understanding of nanotechnology
A groundbreaking poll finds that almost half of U.S. adults have heard nothing about nanotechnology, and nearly nine in 10 Americans say they have heard just a little or nothing at all about the emerging field of synthetic biology, according to a new report.
Posted: Sep 30th, 2008
Read moreSimple twists of fate - researchers reveal how gene regulation works
A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription.
Posted: Sep 29th, 2008
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