The group aims to carry out synergetic research in the fields of optics, optronics, microelectronics and associated instrumentation, crowning a long standing collaboration on these subjects. Another objective is to industrially develop the results that have already been obtained within the scope of this collaborative effort.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe study of the smallest things is bringing big money to Oakland Community College's Auburn Hills campus. A $1.9 million grant was awarded to the campus Tuesday for its plans to develop a center for the study of nanotechnology.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe winners included experts in the mysterious dark energy, a team developing molecular motors, climate experts, medical researchers and an economist. This year the award ceremony featured three prizes: the Descartes Prize for Transnational Collaborative Research, the Marie Curie Excellence Awards and the Science Communication Prize.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreToh-Ming Lu, the R.P. Baker Distinguished Professor of Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been named a lifetime fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS has recognized Lu for his contributions to the advancement of materials research, specifically his 'seminal contributions to the fundamental understanding of thin film morphological evolution.'
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreAcclaimed nanotechnology researcher Ted Sargent has been awarded a $10 million dollar grant from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia - an international graduate-level research university set to open in September 2009.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreEin Forschungsverbund aus Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft will die von Professor Stefan Hell erfundene 'Lichtmikroskopie in ungekannter Schaerfe' in eine biomedizinische Routinemethode ueberfuehren.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow that is limiting the potential of computer chips in everything from personal computers to portable music players.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe European ICT research project OLLA organizes its fourth and last edition of the International Summer School on OLEDs. During this event an international group of top experts will explain and discuss the latest developments and challenges of Organic Light Emitting Diodes, a new and promising lighting technology.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
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The cooling of atoms to near absolute zero has been possible thanks largely to laser-based techniques, but only about 10 percent of elements in the periodic table have the necessary atomic level structure. A new two-step technique promises to cool atoms representing 90 percent of the elements.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
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Bold, beautiful and groundbreaking, this year's Wellcome Image Awards delve deep into our understanding of modern medicine and science.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreTwo leaders in biomedical research - the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University School of Medicine - will join forces in a new stem cell initiative that will catalyze research and serve as a magnet for scholars from around the world.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
Read moreA new SME initiative outlines what's hot, what's not, and what's 'green'
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
Read moreThis meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, 2008, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, in the South Auditorium, Madison Building, Concourse Level, located at 600 Dulany Street, in Alexandria, Virginia.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
Read moreBest known as the blueprint for life, DNA is also a marvel of architecture that can be used to build 3-D structures measured in billionths of a metre, according to a study released Wednesday.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
Read moreHao Yan, a Biodesign Institute researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellowship.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
Read moreA novel aerosol version of the most common tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, administered directly to the lungs as an oral mist, offers significantly better protection against the disease in experimental animals than a comparable dose of the traditional injected vaccine, researchers report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Posted: Mar 12th, 2008
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