The light, tickling tread of a pesky fly landing on your face may strike most of us as one of the most aggravating of life's small annoyances. But for scientists working to develop pressure sensors for artificial skin for use on prosthetic limbs or robots, skin sensitive enough to feel the tickle of fly feet would be a huge advance. Now Stanford researchers have built such a sensor.
Sep 13th, 2010
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UC Riverside chemists study quadrupedal molecular machines to provide an answer.
Sep 13th, 2010
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The Tech Museum today raised the curtain on its most ambitious exhibition, The Tech Silicon Valley Innovation Gallery, revealing cutting-edge technology developed by the world's foremost experts on computing, digital design, communication and collaboration. The nearly 3,000-square-foot gallery captures the spirit of Silicon Valley ingenuity, examining the core of innovation -- the microchip -- and immersing visitors in the exciting world of nanotechnology, digital art and mapping.
Sep 13th, 2010
Read moreSensitive, yet tough. That's nanoDESI. The nanospray Desorption ElectroSpray Ionization technique analyzes tiny samples of atmospheric aerosols.
Sep 13th, 2010
Read moreCANEUS International will be holding CANEUS 2010 Workshops as part of the International Week on Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT) for Space 2010. The event is being held at the ESTEC-ESA Centre in The Netherlands the 13-17 September 2010.
Sep 13th, 2010
Read moreThe NSF funded project titled, 'Collaborative Research: New Graph Theory from and for Nanoconstruct Design Strategies', focuses on using mathematics and computers to design nanoconstructs to carry out practical jobs in the future.
Sep 13th, 2010
Read moreIn der von der European Science Foundation (ESF) gefoerderten Tagung (EuroQUAM 2010. Cold Quantum Matter: Achievements and Prospects) werden die neuesten Ergebnisse aus einem der aufregendsten Forschungsfelder der Physik praesentiert. Im Zentrum stehen dabei die ungewoehnlichen Eigenschaften ultrakalter Quantenmaterie.
Sep 13th, 2010
Read moreArkema, CNRS, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse and Universite Paul Sabatier have signed a framework agreement to set up a joint research laboratory, NAUTILE (NAnotUbes et ecoToxIcoLogiE), the first public/private joint laboratory dedicated to the study of the ecotoxicological impact of carbon nanotubes in the aquatic environment.
Sep 13th, 2010
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Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much smaller and more powerful solar arrays.
Sep 12th, 2010
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Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic material from semiconductor nanowires that could one day give new meaning to the term 'thin-skinned'.
Sep 12th, 2010
Read moreA workshop scheduled to take place in Iacocca Hall on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 13 and 14, will explore how nanotechnology can help the drive to develop alternative sources of energy while improving the efficiency of existing methods of energy generation.
Sep 11th, 2010
Read moreThe most powerful atom resolving microscope in the UK was today revealed at the University of Cambridge.
Sep 10th, 2010
Read moreSPADnet - 'Fully Networked, Digital Components for Photon-starved Biomedical Imaging Systems' - is a new collaborative research project funded by the European Union within the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Theme of its Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).
Sep 10th, 2010
Read moreThis prestigious annual prize rewards the works of a prominent personality who has made an exceptional contribution to the dynamism, reputation and influence of French scientific research.
Sep 10th, 2010
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Researchers from The Australian National University have developed the ability to move particles over large distances, using a specially designed laser beam.
Sep 10th, 2010
Read moreIt's alway good to listen to both sides of an argument. In that respect, a blog entry on the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)'s website is quite interesting. Titled 'State-level nano regulation: Yes, indeed, the industry 'should have seen it coming' - it caused it!', Richard Denison gives his take on the role of state and federal regulations relating to nanomaterials.
Sep 10th, 2010
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