Professor Rod Boswell and the Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion Group at ANU have been working with plasmas for many years and recently became interested in the possibility using plasma deposition technology to dramatically reduce the cost of making fuel cells.
Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreA certain type of piezoelectric material can covert energy at a 100 percent increase when manufactured at a very small size ? in this case, around 21 nanometers in thickness.
Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreThe event will cover the recent FP7 project calls announced in the Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies. Materials and new Production technologies (NMP) area.
Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreThe partnership will oversee the development of collaborations in nanoscience, technology and engineering with the King Abdullah Institute of Nanotechnology.
Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreJudith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, has been awarded funds from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to assist faculty researchers with the most promising patentable inventions with funding grants of up to $50,000. The money, known as Gap grants, is designed to help bridge the chasm between an interesting idea and a commercial product.
Dec 1st, 2008
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Penn State reports a record $717 million in research funding for 2007-2008, ranking the University among top universities nationwide. Such a vibrant enterprise plays a key role in finding solutions to public problems and growing the economies in Pennsylvania and the nation, according to the University.
Dec 1st, 2008
Read moreScientists at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have uncovered new properties of imidazolium salts (IMSs), which suggest that they could play a vital role in disease prevention and treatment.
Dec 1st, 2008
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Scientists studying a material that appeared to lose its ability to carry current with no resistance say new measurements reveal that the material is indeed a superconductor - but only in two dimensions.
Dec 1st, 2008
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A magazine that showcases the latest research, discoveries and innovations from the University of Cambridge has now been launched online.
Nov 30th, 2008
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The creation of chirality from the elementary building blocks of matter is one of the great mysteries of the origin of life. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to induce this handedness in pre-biological molecules.
Nov 29th, 2008
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In the future, tablet-shaped robots could perform some surgical operations without injuring the body.
Nov 29th, 2008
Read moreAccessNano provides teachers with 13 ready-to-use, versatile, web-based teaching modules, featuring PowerPoint presentations, experiments, activities, animations and links to interactive websites. Topics covered fit into current Australian curricula requirements, and include teaching units for Years 7-11.
Nov 29th, 2008
Read moreOwe Orwar, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Chalmers, has received a SEK 25 million (approximately $3 million) research grant from the European Research Council for a nanoscience program entitled 'Soft-Matter Nanotechnology to Create Artificial Life Forms'.
Nov 29th, 2008
Read moreThe two-day event brings together Alberta's small-tech researchers, companies and special-purpose agencies and organizations, to share and exchange timely information on their work, their businesses, special programs and initiatives, challenges and opportunities.
Nov 28th, 2008
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Given the increased global interest in the use of nanotechnology and concerns on the potential food safety implications, FAO and WHO have planned to convene a joint Expert Meeting which aims to identify knowledge gaps including issues on food safety, review current risk assessment procedures, consequently support further food safety research and develop global guidance on adequate and accurate methodologies to assess potential food safety risks that may arise from nanoparticles.
Nov 28th, 2008
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Radiation from x-ray lasers such as x-ray free electron lasers are of wide interest, as they will allow a large number of applications such as the study of the structure of single molecules. However, for such applications to be realized, the x-rays need to be strongly focused at the nanoscale. Researchers in Japan have now developed a mirror suitable for this task.
Nov 28th, 2008
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