Nanotechnology News – Latest Headlines
EU project hopes to revolutionize telecoms
A team of European scientists has published the details of its research into three-dimensional photonic crystals which they believe could revolutionize the world of telecommunications.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreThe Economist says nanotechnology is 'A Little Risky Business'
A major feature story in this week's The Economist magazine highlights the enormous promise of nanotechnology but also underscores the lack of research being done to determine how safe nanoscale materials are.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreNanoswitches toggled by light
Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close-on command. Such switchable nanochannels could be useful for future nanoelectronics and nanoscopic machines.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreEngineers give industry a moth's eye view
New industrial lens mimics nature.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreResearchers produce high performance field-effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60
The ability to produce devices with such performance with an organic semiconductor represents another milestone toward practical applications for large area, low-cost electronic circuits on flexible organic substrates.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2007
Read moreTop nanotechnology schools rent out their labs to businesses
Turning its patented synthetic material into path-breaking devices, a nanocompany's success hinges on finding room at an affordable research lab.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2007
Read moreConference at SUSCET tracks emerging trends in biotechnology
A Two-Day national conference on 'Emerging Trends in Biotechnology Engineering' was concluded today at the Department of Biotechnology, Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and Technology (SUSCET).
Posted: Nov 24th, 2007
Read moreU.S. Congress discloses intel earmarks for first time
In a break with tradition, Congress has revealed close to $80 million in earmarks boosting spy technology and training as part of the 2008 defense appropriations bill.
Posted: Nov 24th, 2007
Read moreDr. Sumio Iijima Awarded 2007 Balzan Prize for Nanoscience
Dr. Sumio Iijima was today awarded with the 2007 Balzan Prize for Nanoscience for his discovery of carbon nanotubes, and in particular the discovery of single walled carbon nanotubes and the study of their properties, by the International Balzan Prize Foundation.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2007
Read moreTransporting gold across physical boundaries
Max Planck researchers create nanoparticles that move back and forth between water and oil.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2007
Read moreIndustry day of the EU project NaPa - nanomanufacturing library of processes presented
The EU Project 'Emerging Nanopatterning Methods' (NaPa) held a one-day event to share its novel and exciting results on nanometer-scale fabrication with potential beneficiaries in a rich seminar program accompanied by a small technical exhibition.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read moreSnow Chair in nanotechnology inaugurated at ben Gurion University
The Milton and Frimette Snow Chair in Nanotechnology was inaugurated in the presence of the extended Snow family as part of the annual Ben-Gurion Day that marks the passing of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read more'Cooper pairs' can be found in insulators as well superconductors
Physicists show that Cooper pairs not only form in superconductors, but can also form their opposite - electrical insulators.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read moreNanotechnological magnets will bring smaller and more powerful hard disks
The Institute of Materials and Reagents of the Universty of Havana, with the contribution of the Technical University of Vienna and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil are carrying out a micro-structural study of two types of magnetic materials: Magnetically hard materials with submicronic micro-structure and nano-particulate systems with supersoft magnetic or superparamagnetic response.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read moreTokeshi wins the Lab on a Chip/Corning Inc Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize 2007
Manabu Tokeshi has been named as the 2007 winner of the Pioneers in Miniaturization prize.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read moreDiMI provides high-level training courses in the field of molecular imaging
The new DiMI (Diagnostic Molecular Imaging) training schedule 2008 is now available.
Posted: Nov 22nd, 2007
Read more
Subscribe to our Nanotechnology Research News feed
Engage with our Nanotechnology News on Facebook