Two Boston College physicists have been awarded $2.1 million in 'green energy' funding
Grant supports Boston College physicists in one of country's new energy frontier research centers.
May 8th, 2009
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Caltech physicists detect entanglement of one photon shared among four locations
Technique relies upon uncertainty principle.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreNew NanoCareer Day at UAlbany NanoCollege
More than 300 middle- and high-school students from throughout Tech Valley got a firsthand look at careers in the emerging field of nanotechnology while attending NanoCareer Day on May 7 at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreRussian President Medvedev about high technology innovations
It is only possible to solve the problem of creating and developing the innovative economy and IT industry by establishing the network of small and medium size enterprises. This announcement was made by Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev at the meeting with the winners of the student world championship in programming according to RIA Novosti.
May 8th, 2009
Read morePope will receive a nano Bible from Israel's president
Israeli President Shimon Peres will next week offer visiting Pope Benedict XVI an Old Testament that local scientists have fitted on to a pinhead-sized silicon chip, his office said on Friday.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreArgonne scientists receive tech transfer award for battery research
Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence on imported oil.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreThe mysterious monopole - predicted by theory, hunted for decades - found at last!
This week New Scientist cover article by journalist Eugenie Samuel Reich describes how a special material called spin ice, co-discovered in 1997 by Professor Steven Bramwell of the London Centre for Nanotechnology has come close to revealing a secret of the universe.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreMolecules that orchestrate the processes of life
The new book 'Machinery of Life' is a journey into the sub-microscopic world of molecular machines. Readers are introduced to the types of molecules within the cell, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids and polysaccharides.
May 8th, 2009
Read moreNew pulse probes reveal molecular secrets in atomic nuclei
Navin Khaneja, the Gordon McKay Professor of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, conducts research into the field of control theory, which uses mathematical models to examine the relationship between inputs and outputs of different systems.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreNREL high-efficiency solar cell wins federal Technology Transfer Prize
A new class of ultra-light, high-efficiency solar cells developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has been awarded a national prize for the commercialization of federally funded research.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreBacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent proteins
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have shown that bacterial proteins called phytochromes can be engineered into infrared-fluorescent proteins (IFPs). Because the wavelength of IFPs is able to penetrate tissue, these proteins are suitable for whole-body imaging in small animals.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreLage-area graphene films on copper step towards faster computers
The creation of large-area graphene using copper may enable the manufacture of new graphene-based devices that meet the scaling requirements of the semiconductor industry, leading to faster computers and electronics.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreN-type transistor made out of graphene nanoribbon
A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to create one of two basic types of semiconductors using an exotic, new, one-atom-thick material called graphene.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreNew approach to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films
By modifying a commonly used commercial infrared spectrometer to allow operation at long-wave terahertz frequencies, researchers at NIST discovered an efficient new approach to measure key structural properties of nanoscale metal-oxide films used in high-speed integrated circuits.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreChina develops world's first quantum cryptography network
Safe quantum communication will be ready for daily use with the world's first optical quantum cryptography network completed in east China's Anhui Province recently.
May 7th, 2009
Read moreSandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate.
May 7th, 2009
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