On March 10-11, 2011 The US and EU jointly held a workshop to engage in an active discussion about environmental, health, and safety questions for nano-enabled products; encourage joint programs of work that would leverage resources; establish communities of practice, including identificaiton of key points of contact /interest groups/themes between key US and EU researchers and key US and EU funding sources. The presentations from this workshop are now available online.
Aug 10th, 2011
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Nature knows two opposite types of solids: one that emerges upon compression from a liquid and a second that appears if the pressure on a liquid is reduced. While the former is typical for substances in our everyday life the latter occurs for example in a dense quantum liquid of electrons (such as in metals) or ions (in exotic white dwarf or neutron stars). Now it has been shown that there exists yet a third form of matter that inherits both of these properties.
Aug 10th, 2011
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Two completely different quantum systems were successfully joined at Vienna University of Technology. This should pave the way to feasible quantum-computer microchips.
Aug 10th, 2011
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Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), the leading Democratic appropriator for scientific research, today announced the award of $978,242 from the National Science Foundation for three research grants - including two dealing with nanotechnology - for projects at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University
Aug 10th, 2011
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A new form of low-cost solar cell that can be printed onto plastic and metal is a step closer to production after the State and Federal Governments announced a boost in funding for the ongoing research project.
Aug 9th, 2011
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has committed $417,822 to continue funding UC Santa Barbara's innovative Internships in Nanosystems Science, Engineering and Technology (INSET) program.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Prof. Fernando Patolsky and Dr. Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences have developed an easy-to-use sensor that, when dipped into a cocktail, will instantly detect the presence of a date rape drug.
Aug 9th, 2011
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The Commercialization of Micro-Nano Systems (COMS) conference is presented by the Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF). It brings together leaders from around the globe, across many industry sectors, to focus not just on science and technology - but on solutions in Small Tech commercialization.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Two recent studies conducted at SSRL Beam Line 6-2 used a combination of techniques, together termed "X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Microscopy", to study lithium-ion batteries.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Following the successful completion of a two-year evaluation phase, the University of Ulm, the Heidelberg-based company CEOS GmbH and Carl Zeiss Nano Technology Systems have signed an agreement to embark on the next phase of the SALVE project.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Researchers in Japan demonstrate novel approaches to resolve the issues of device patterning and doping of graphene.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) are composed of helical shaped carbon nanofibers and show promise as fillers, electromagnetic wave absorbers, and tactile sensors.
Aug 9th, 2011
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A national team of experts, led by a Case Western Reserve University researcher, has received a multi-million-dollar grant to bring unrivaled qualities found in one- and two-dimensional nanomaterials into three dimensions.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Research involving scientists from The University of Nottingham is pioneering a new method of studying and making molecules. The work could pave the way for the production of nanomaterials for use in a new generation of computers and data storage devices that are faster, smaller and more powerful.
Aug 9th, 2011
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Researchers are working on next generation's computer: They made cold atoms interact with miniature gold wires as small as a thousandth of a millimeter. Illuminating the wires with laser light in a special way, the physicists concentrated the light field at the surface of the wires and, by that, generated so-called surface plasmons.
Aug 9th, 2011
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An undergraduate student has overcome a major hurdle in the development of invisibility cloaks by adding an optical device into their design that not only remains invisible itself, but also has the ability to slow down light.
Aug 9th, 2011
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