Matrix protein key to fighting viruses
Researchers from Durham University's Centre for Bioactive Chemistry are developing methods that show how proteins interact with cell membranes when a virus strikes.
Apr 29th, 2009
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DOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Center at Brookhaven Lab
Brookhaven National Laboratory will be home to one of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers announced on Monday by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreUniversity of Texas receives $30 million for solar cell and geological storage research
With two $15 million grants, scientists and engineers aim to revolutionize solar cells and provide the fundamental science for geological storage of greenhouse gases as part of two Energy Frontier Research Centers established at The University of Texas at Austin by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreCenter to conduct nanoscale investigations of plant cells for better biomass fuels
Cutting edge approaches and methodology employed by plant and molecular biologists, chemists, physicists, material scientists, computational modelers and engineers will be applied to plant cells in the newly funded Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, a Department of Energy, Energy Frontier Research Center at Penn State.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreArizona drives solar innovation with $4 million investment in Solar Technology Institute
Science Foundation Arizona announced five new solar investments totaling $4 million and the opening of the Solar Technology Institute (STI) to advance Arizona's renewable energy leadership.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreTOK Joins SEMATECH's Resist Materials and Development Center at UAlbany
SEMATECH, a global consortium of chipmakers, and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK), a leading manufacturer of photoresists, announced today that TOK has joined SEMATECH?s Resist Materials and Development Center at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreThe first bio-sensing technology conference
The first ever international conference focusing on the importance of bio sensing technology is to be held at the Marriott Hotel and the Council House in Bristol on 10-12 November 2009.
Apr 29th, 2009
Read moreUniversity of Michigan receives an energy frontier research center in solar energy
The University of Michigan will be home to a $19.5-million Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) that will explore new materials to better convert solar energy to electricity, the White House has announced.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreNew assessment tool provides standard reference for evaluating emerging technology companies
A new tool from Lux Research, the Lux Innovation Grid, provides a standard reference for evaluating companies active in emerging technologies, based on the proprietary insights of Lux Research's analyst team.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreNanoparticles can enhance immune response from a vaccine up to 10-fold
Liquidia Technologies today presented data at the National Foundation of Infectious Disease (NFID) Annual Meeting which supports new insight into a technology that could provide more safe and effective vaccines for a wide variety of diseases.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreDOE to establish Energy Frontier Research Centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be home to two of 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced today by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read morePennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center approves Technical Advisory Chair, hires project manager
Pennsylvania's Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority awards Center $500,000 for energy research and commercialization.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreIndustry's demand for micro- and nanoproducts unwaning at Hannover Messe
The exhibitors at the IVAM Product Market 'Micro, Nano and Materials' bring home good news from the MicroTechnology/HANNOVER MESSE: 'We are highly satisfied with the course of the fair - the quantity and quality of visitors has been ideal'.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreMembrane-penetrating nanoneedle delivers molecules into cells
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreWie finden unzaehlige Atome ihre Positionen im Kristall?
Der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) foerdert die international ausgerichtete 1. Chemnitzer DAAD-Sommer-Akademie zum Thema 'Strukturbildung - Von der Atomwolke zum Kristall (Structure Formation - From a Cloud of Atoms to a Crystal)'.
Apr 28th, 2009
Read moreNew model of time Is precursor to a major revolution in physics
Jay Pritzker Fellow in Theoretical Physics, Alexander F. Mayer, will present a talk at the American Physical Society (APS) Meeting in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, May 2, 2009 entitled 'The Geometry of Time in General Relativity'.
Apr 28th, 2009
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