Why do certain electronic components undergo spontaneous, irreversible breakdown? Why do certain mechanical parts, without any apparent wear, suffer failure? An initial, empirical answer to such questions has been provided by observations and measurements made by researchers.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2008
Read moreIn a finding that could provide controlled motion in futuristic nanomachines used for drug delivery, fuel cells, and other applications, researchers in Pennsylvania report that chemical signaling between synthetic microcapsules can trigger and direct movement of these capsules.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2008
Read moreEPA today announced $1.75 million in SBIR contracts to 25 small businesses to research and develop new environmental technologies.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2008
Read moreMaking minute, molecular motors is the ultimate goal of the EU-funded SYNNANOMOTORS project, which was one of the winners of the Descartes Prize for Transnational Collaborative Research at the recent European Science Awards.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreA University of Texas at Dallas team will play a key role in a new $15 million research project designed to enable manufacturing at an almost unimaginably small scale: one atom at a time.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreThe Indian growth story is continuing and moving forward at a steady pace overcoming problems, said Commerce and Industry Secretary G.K. Pillai while speaking at the Chem Summit 2008 in the capital on Tuesday.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreDr. John Elter will head CNSE's Center for Sustainable Ecosystem Nanotechnologies.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreA team of researchers from CEA and the Universite de Technologie de Troyes associated with CNRS has observed, through a microscope, plasmons on the surface of conductors measuring 30 nanometers.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreScientists have made an important step on the long road to artificially imitating photosynthesis. They were able to synthesise a stable inorganic metal oxide cluster, which enables the fast and effective oxidation of water to oxygen.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreFor the first time ever, OLEDs and OLED-on-CMOS integration offer the possibility to integrate highly efficient light sources with photo detectors on a single CMOS chip. This enables monolithically integrated optoelectronic applications based on standard silicon.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreMiguel Jose Yacaman, a world-renowned authority in the field of nanotechnology, has joined The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to chair the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Sciences.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreOne day soon a biosensing nanodevice developed by Arizona State University researcher Wayne Frasch may eliminate long lines at airport security checkpoints and revolutionize health screenings for diseases like anthrax, cancer and antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Posted: Mar 25th, 2008
Read moreStanford R. Ovshinsky has become a living legend in the scientific and business communities, having once been profiled in a one-hour PBS program on NOVA entitled ?Japan?s American Genius.? The most recent exciting advancement is his solid hydrogen storage system, a metal hydride solid which can be stored in a granular, inert form in compact tanks.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2008
Read moreThe European Disposales and Nonwovens Association (EDANA) has announced that the Nonwovens Research Academy will return in 2008 following its success at the University of Leeds in 2007.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2008
Read moreLight-emitting diodes that give a warm glow to your home or office will be available within a few years, say Swedish researchers working with nanowires.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2008
Read moreSouth Korean engineers said that they had developed a method to mass-produce nano-porous films needed to make high quality aluminum and used in other advanced materials.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2008
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