Extremely fast MRAM data storage within reach
Patented PTB invention solves the problem of "magnetic ringing".
Mar 8th, 2011
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CIC nanoGUNE's SPINTROS project awarded prestigious Starting Grant prize for innovative ideas in electronics
The leader of the CIC nanoGUNE nanodevices team received the prestigious award for scientific research, a Starting Grant of 1.3 million euros for the SPINTROS project. The European Research Council (ERC) concedes these grants to innovative and "risky" ideas at the frontier of knowledge and which, in the long term, can give rise to revolutionary developments and applications.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreScience at the Nanoscale: An introductory textbook
This textbook is targeted at the junior undergraduate level or as a reference text for advanced learners at pre-university and senior high school. It has evolved from the authors own teaching experience at tertiary institutions.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreEngineers demonstrate use of proteins as raw material for biofuels, biorefining
Two types of raw materials are currently used for biorefining and biofuel production: carbohydrates and lipids. Biofuels like ethanol are derived from carbohydrate raw materials such as sugars and lignocellulose, while biodiesels are derived from another raw material, lipid-rich vegetable oil.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreGraphene oxide's solubility disappears in the wash
Graphene Oxide has had a scrum of researchers fall upon it as it retains much of the properties of the highly valued super material pure Graphene, but it is much easier, and cheaper, to make in bulk quantities; easier to process; and its significant oxygen content appears to make it soluble in water. However new research has found that that last assumption is incorrect and unfortunately Graphene oxide's solubility literally comes out in the wash.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreMatt Tirrell to lead new molecular engineering program
Matthew Tirrell, a pioneering researcher in the fields of biomolecular engineering and nanotechnology, has been appointed founding Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago's new Institute for Molecular Engineering, effective July 1. The institute, created in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, will explore innovative technologies that address fundamental societal problems through modern advances in nanoscale manipulation and the ability to design at a molecular scale.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreNew 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new way to produce nanoparticles that can deliver drugs for cancer and other diseases. The new production system offers greater control over the size and composition of the particles, allowing large quantities of homogenous particles to be rapidly produced.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreBAE Systems keynote speaker at aerospace micro- and nanosensor technologies event
Highlighting the challenges of developing micro- and nanosensors for the aerospace industry - Thursday 10th March, Bristol.
Mar 8th, 2011
Read moreResearcher hunts for green catalysts
L. Keith Woo is searching for cleaner, greener chemical reactions. Woo, an Iowa State University professor of chemistry and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has studied catalysts and the chemical reactions they affect for more than 25 years. And these days, his focus is on green catalysis.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read more'Nano-Velcro' technology improves capture of circulating cancer cells
Circulating tumor cells, which play a crucial role in cancer metastasis, have been known to science for more than 100 years, and researchers have long endeavored to track and capture them. Now, a UCLA research team has developed an innovative device based on Velcro-like nanoscale technology to efficiently identify and "grab" these circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, in the blood.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreUltra fast photodetectors out of carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes have a multitude of unusual properties which make them promising candidates for optoelectronic components. However, so far it has proven extremely difficult to analyze or influence their optic and electronic properties. A team of researchers has now succeeded in developing a measurement method allowing a time-based resolution of the so-called photocurrent in photodetectors with picosecond precision.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreJapanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity
Japanese researchers have been immersing iron-based compounds in hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu to induce superconductivity.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT dedicated
The 365,000-square-foot building, designed by Cambridge-based architectural firm Ellenzweig, stretches along Main Street between Ames and Vassar streets, and houses 27 faculty labs and about 630 researchers.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreAlcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Thales and CEA-Leti join forces to combine unique expertise in III-V semiconductors and silicon technologies
Enlarged partnership in III-V Lab will target applications in telecoms, industrial control, environmental testing, defense, security and space.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreCosta Rica and Brazil are planning a cooperation in nanotechnology and aerospace engineering
Costa Rica and Brazil took the first steps to reach a bilateral agreement that would allow both nations to mutual cooperation in the development of nanotechnology, the space industry and in other areas of mutual interest.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreBook makes nanotechnology accessible to smaller readers
Although Dr. Moon Kim's zeal for nanotechnology springs in part from years of research into the structural characterization of advanced electronic materials, he doesn't see why kids shouldn't be exhilarated by the very small as well. Now he's taken two steps to help make that happen, writing a nanotechnology primer for kids and starting an internship program that brings them into his lab for weeks at a time.
Mar 7th, 2011
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