Diamonds can add more than sparkle and style to X-ray experiments at the Linac Coherent Light Source. They are giving scientists a way to focus the LCLS's powerful X-rays to a much tinier, brighter point without destroying the very device that does the focusing, according to a report from the Swiss team that created the new diamond-based technology.
Sep 22nd, 2011
Read moreThe National Research Council, Canada is developing an innovative technology for smart glass with possible applications in sectors such as building, aircraft, automotive and displays. The micro-blinds are actuated by electrostatic forces; they allow the dynamic control of light transmission at remarkable speed and could lead to major energy savings in buildings. The idea is based on a cost-efficient manufacturing scheme.
Sep 22nd, 2011
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Researchers from Thailand's NANOTEC pitched the "i-Guard Air Filter Sheets" technology to potential investors during the NSTDA Investor Day 2011 this morning to drum up interest from potential investors and entrepreneurs.
Sep 22nd, 2011
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On Friday, September 16, 2011, Stefan W. Hell, head of the Department of NanoBiophotonics at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, received the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Prize "for his groundbreaking development of light microscopy and its applications in biological settings".
Sep 22nd, 2011
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The University of Queensland's Associate Professor Lianzhou Wang has won a Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award for his work on new nanomaterials for efficient solar energy conversion technology.
Sep 22nd, 2011
Read moreFuehrende europaeische Wissenschaftler bereiten derzeit das Human Brain Project vor, welches die Erforschung der Funktionsprinzipen des Gehirns eng mit moeglichen Anwendungen in der Informationswissenschaft verbinden soll.
Sep 22nd, 2011
Read moreZum neunten Mal folgten Lithographie-Experten aus aller Welt der Einladung des Fraunhofer IISB zum "Fraunhofer IISB Lithography Simulation Workshop". Das Fachtreffen mit dem Schwerpunkt Modellierung adressiert ein internationales Publikum aus Industrie und Forschung und legt Wert auf einen deutlichen Praxisbezug der behandelten Fragestellungen.
Sep 22nd, 2011
Read moreResearchers were able to define two little quantum dots (QDs), occupied with electrons, in a semiconductor and to select a single electron from one of them using a sound wave, and then to transport it to the neighbouring QD. A single electron "surfs" thus from one quantum dot to the next like a fish on a wave. Such manipulation of a single electron will in the future also enable the combination of considerably more complex quantum bits instead of classical bits.
Sep 22nd, 2011
Read moreA study published by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (ASI) has shed first-ever light on a class of heterometallic molecular structures whose unique features point the way to breakthroughs in the development of lightweight fuel cell technology.
Sep 22nd, 2011
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Scientists at Cambridge University have shown an amazing degree of control over the most fundamental aspect of an electronic circuit, how electrons move from one place to another.
Sep 21st, 2011
Read moreRecent theoretical work conducted at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology explains the surprisingly small effect of macroscale phase segregation on the overall efficiency of blended organic photovoltaic materials by showing that electrons can effectively burrow through a skin layer to get to the device's cathode.
Sep 21st, 2011
Read moreBio-inspired coating resists liquids and could lead to a broad range of advances in fuel transport, anti-bacterial surfaces, and more.
Sep 21st, 2011
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Nanofactory Instruments, AB, a Swedish company that develops and markets scanning probe microscopy instrumentation, have received the 2011 Microscopy Today Innovation Award.
Sep 21st, 2011
Read moreA new 'smart' window system has the unprecedented ability to inexpensively change from summer to winter modes, darkening to save air conditioning costs on scorching days and returning to crystal clarity in the winter to capture free heat from the sun, scientists are reporting.
Sep 21st, 2011
Read moreIn the framework of the Polish Presidency of the EU Council 2011, the European Commission Joint Research Centre and EASAC (the European Academies Science Advisory Council) jointly organise this event in Brussels, including the launch of the report "Impact of engineered nanomaterials on human health: considerations on benefit-risk assessment".
Sep 21st, 2011
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As part of IBM Research's newly extended global Summer intern program, eight undergraduate students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Union College, and University of Notre Dame, joined IBM Research Zurich in Switzerland for two months.
Sep 21st, 2011
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