University professor talks small
University of Virginia professor Rosalyn Berne discusses her book 'NANOTALK: Meaning, Belief and Ethics in the Development of Nanotechnology' during the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2008
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Materials Simulation Laboratory opens at University College London
UCL opens a new Materials Simulation Laboratory this week, bringing together 90 researchers and forming the largest concentration of materials modelling experts in the UK.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2008
Read moreCambridge Network welcomes new Founder Members
Four new companies have joined the ranks of Cambridge Network Founder Members - the exclusive category of membership that helps to shape and support the organisation.
Posted: Mar 31st, 2008
Read moreThree-dimensional imaging - first insights into magnetic fields
Researchers in Germany have succeeded, for the first time, in a direct, three-dimensional visualisation of magnetic fields inside solid, non-transparent materials.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2008
Read moreCIO Symposium looks at five technology forces
The Greater Dallas Chamber presented "Five Technology Forces Driving the Future" Thursday night. The seminar was the first of three planned for 2008 as a part of the CIO Symposium Series.
Posted: Mar 29th, 2008
Read moreResearchers achieve scalable fullerene production and separation
Russian researchers claim to have found a way to produce and purify high yields of fullerenes for commercial use by carefully tweaking existing techniques.
Posted: Mar 29th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Arkansas OKs $20m building for nanotechnology
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will build a $ 20 million Nanoscale Science and Engineering Building, the University of Arkansas System board of trustees voted Friday.
Posted: Mar 29th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology internet TV talk show debuts
InTimeTV has announced a new internet TV talk show for professionals: Nanotech Today. Nanotech Today, which is hosted by Dr. Ogan Gurel, is a truly global venue by which nanotechnology professionals can share ideas, trends and perspectives worldwide.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read more3 nanotechnology PhD studentships offered at the University of Canterbury
The Cluster Physics Group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand invites applications for 3 year PhD studentships.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreRussian space agency and Nanotechnology Corporation sign cooperation accord
The Russian Federal Space Agency and the Russian Nano-Technology Corporation have signed a three-year cooperation agreement, Agency Director Anatoly Perminov said.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreU.S. to support Czech research in exchange for radar base
The U.S. government wants to sponsor Czech researchers who would help the United States in the fight against terrorism in exchange for the deployment of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil, the Hospodarske Noviny daily reported Friday.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreTwo-photon nanoparticles for the improved detection of tumor cells
Researchers from several CNRS-associated laboratories in France have succeeded in synthesizing porous nanoparticles that are capable of absorbing the energy of two photons in the near infrared spectrum, and then re-emitting radiation used for medical imaging by fluorescence.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreStrength in nanoworms
Scientists in the US have mimicked the structure of bird nests to overcome the extreme fragility of highly insulating aerogels.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreNew horizons in modelling surface processes
Medical, environmental and chemical conundrums - including the mystery of how ice forms in the sky and goes on to create clouds - will be unravelled at a conference hosted by University College London to mark the opening of UCL's Materials Simulation Laboratory on Monday, March 31, 2008.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreThe spin Hall effect in platinum is mainly caused by scattering within the wire
Scientists hope to build spintronic devices using a phenomenon called the spin Hall effect, which results from a particle's intrinsic angular momentum, or spin, rather than its electric charge.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
Read moreThe future of computing - carbon nanotubes and superconductors to replace the silicon chip
The future of computing is under the spotlight at the Institute of Physics' Condensed Matter and Materials Physics conference at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London on March 26-28.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2008
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