TMS prepares for record-breaking annual meeting
The TMS 2009 Annual Meeting promises to be the largest in the materials society?s 138-year conference history.
Aug 28th, 2008
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Wiley-Blackwell announces new impact factors in nanotechnology and materials science
Wiley-Blackwell announced that the ISI Journal Citation Report 2007 confirms its position as one of the leading publishers in the areas of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.
Aug 28th, 2008
Read more$1.2 million to advance technology that produces 3-D views of cellular processes
A University of Texas at Dallas researcher has received a $1.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health to further develop a new technology for the three-dimensional microscopic imaging of living cells - technology he believes may produce significant new insights into basic cellular processes.
Aug 28th, 2008
Read moreNanoparticles stick a perfect landing
A silicon nanoparticle flying at 8 times the speed of sound can slam into a surface and stick, but it bounces off if colliding at half that speed. This puzzling observation is now explained by computer simulations.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNanoRegulation conference will focus on voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance
As part of the NanoEurope to be held in St.Gallen (Switzerland) on September 16 and 17, 2008, the 4th International NanoRegulation Conference will focus on this subject of risks associated with nanotechnology.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreLab-on-a-chip could improve success of in vitro fertilization
In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny 'lab on a chip' to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNew nanotechnology center helps entrepreneurs move products to market
Small or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton?s Research Park.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology researchers develop fabrication technique for large-area molecular networks
A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreEuropean Space Agency commissions nanotechnology encyclopedia for space materials
The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed the UK's National Physical Laboratory to survey nanotechnology capabilities in Europe. NPL's Nanomaterials group will lead a consortium to identify the next generation of nano and smart materials that will be used in future space missions.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreQuantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors may point to new materials
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read moreNano-Krater: Hochgeladene Ionen verdampfen Atome von Kristalloberflaeche
Wissenschaftler vom Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) konnten ein weiteres Mal erfolgreich ihr Know-how in der Nano-Strukturierung von Oberflaechen demonstrieren.
Aug 27th, 2008
Read morePhotonic crystal drug detective
A new high-throughput screening system based on photonic crystals could quickly and cheaply detect molecules that disrupt binding between proteins and DNA, offering a new way to look for novel classes of drugs, say scientists in the U.S.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreRare earth elements as tags for living cell protein microscopy
While sophisticated microscopes allow scientists to take pictures of a single molecule, capturing images of single molecules in a living cell has been particularly challenging. Lawrence Miller, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, hopes to meet that challenge with the help of a four-year, $1.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreAACR Hosts Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development Meeting
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutics Development Meeting features the latest findings in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. This year's meeting focuses on new biologic markers and imaging methods.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreSemiconductor nanotechnology used to create microlens for telecommunication frequencies
Using semiconductor nanotechnology, Srinivas Sridhar, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Chair of Physics at Northeastern University, and his team of researchers from the university?s Electronic Materials Research Institute have created a new microlens that focuses infrared light at telecommunication frequencies.
Aug 26th, 2008
Read moreNew method could reduce cost of making expensive cancer and arthritis drugs
Researchers at the University have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs.
Aug 26th, 2008
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