Foods produced using emerging nanotechnology are less likely to come up against consumer hurdles than genetically modified foods since they do not involve tinkering with genes, and therefore have a greater perception of naturalness, says a new paper.
Posted: Mar 14th, 2008
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Researchers at RIKEN?s Discovery Research Institute in Wako, in collaboration with researchers at Osaka University, have developed a new microscopy method that in principle allows for almost arbitrary enhancements in imaging resolution.
Posted: Mar 14th, 2008
Read moreWithout their products chemical companies would be praised as ethical leaders. Chemical products are a space for complex and emotional debates where it is hard to register reputation gains. Companies rather manage to do so at the levels of working conditions, impact of production and institutional impact, states a report published today by Geneva-based ethical reputation research firm Covalence - Covalence Chemical Industry Report 2007.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe European Parliament has funded a study on interactions between new technologies and the job market; flexicurity and training/vocational training.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe International Workshop on Nanomedicine organized by OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), in collaboration with Higher Education Commission of Pakistan was inaugurated by Mr. Ejaz Rahim, the Federal Health Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on March 13, 2008 at COMSTECH Secretariat building in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreIn today?s Science Express, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of quantum mechanics. The problem the physicists addressed is how a fundamental particle in matter loses track of its quantum mechanical properties through interactions with its environment.
Posted: Mar 13th, 2008
Read moreThe 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
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