Materials known as photonic crystals could form the building blocks of future optical computers and micro-scale communications devices. Scientists have developed a low-cost and versatile way to make photonic crystals, and combined them in ways that bring optical 'transistors' a step closer.
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2008
Read moreA University of Pittsburgh-led research team developed a process wherein the ability to conduct electricity can be turned on and off at nanoscale dimensions. This capability holds promise for more powerful and compact information technologies including ultra-high density information storage, reconfigurable logic devices, single-electron devices, and quantum computers.
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe Times Union today carries an article on the subject of nanotechnology and Washington lawmakers.
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2008
Read moreThese pearls in various colors are produced by researchers from the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University. The researchers use nanotechnology to make pearl in other colors.
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2008
Read moreA state board unanimously approved $300 million on Friday for International Sematech's move to Albany, N.Y., the final step in the oversight process.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreIn November 2007, Which?, the UK consumer advocat group, commissioned a short survey among the general public which highlighted low levels of awareness for nanotechnologies and how they are being used. Following on from this, Which? undertook an additional research project with consumers - the Citizens' Panel on Nanotechnologies - which was published yesterday.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
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RIKEN researchers have shown that electron beams, like light, can be twisted into vortices that have useful functions.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreProfessors Neal Skipper and Franco Cacialli, of the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London (UCL), have been awarded a GBP200,000 laboratory refurbishment grant to help them develop alternative fuel supplies for transport and electricity generation.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreDie Bundesanstalt f. Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA), das Bundesinstitut f. Risikobewertung (BfR) und das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) haben eine gemeinsame Forschungsstrategie 'Nanotechnologie: Gesundheits- und Umweltrisiken von Nanopartikeln' erarbeitet.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreA team from University College London has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and an extremely sensitive magnetometer called the 'HistoMag' to detect cancerous cells in samples of breast tissue.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreThe research of tiny microscopic cells is changing the way people look at the environment and nanotechnology.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreA University of Pennsylvania professor is exploring an approach to nanotechnology that will allow circuit theory to operate in an entirely new regime - one where 'current' is no longer defined as the movement of electrons and holes, but instead as an electromagnetic wave.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreAustralian researchers trying to regrow damaged spinal cords with tiny bionic implants are seeing for the first time what's happening at the nanoscale.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreUnder the joint auspices of the Ministry of Sciences & Technology (MOST) and China Association for Science & Technology, more than 1,600 Chinese scholars including CAS and CAE members, chief scientists of the National Basic Research Program (dubbed 973 Program) and directors of national key labs, have voted for China's top 10 events basic research in 2007.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreHave more than a casual interest to work on fuel cells, fiber lasers, hyper-spectral imagers, threat device detection or SIGINT, ELINT, MASINT and HUMINT technology? These and other needs were on deck at what was described as an 'unprecedented gathering' on Feb. 20: the first-annual NSWC Crane University Summit.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Missouri scientist Kattesh Katti recently discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. Katti's research has garnered attention worldwide and the environmentally-friendly discovery could have major applications in several disciplines.
Posted: Feb 28th, 2008
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