Engineers at Purdue University are creating a wireless device designed to be injected into tumors to tell doctors the precise dose of radiation received and locate the exact position of tumors during treatment.
Apr 8th, 2008
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The researchers have been successful in capturing 100-nanometer particles of polystyrene using optical tweezers.
Apr 8th, 2008
Read moreDespite oil prices that hover around $100 a barrel, it may take at least 10 or more years of intensive research and development to reduce the cost of solar energy to levels competitive with petroleum, according to an authority on the topic.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreThe 2008 MRS Spring Meeting concluded in San Francisco on March 28. As a special feature of the meeting, the MRS conducted the fifth installment of the popular 'Science as Art' competition.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreCarnegie Mellon University's Nadine Aubry and colleague Pushpendra Singh of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are leading a research team to develop a manufacturing strategy that could improve technologies used in tissue engineering and information technology.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreThe Russian Federal Space Agency is teaming up with state tech giant Rosnanotekh to promoting nanotechnology in the country?s key industries.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreTo confront what they call 'the gravest challenge of our time,' nanoTX USA'08 organizers today dispatched an open letter to senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama on behalf of the scientific community.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreThe discovery of the scientists at Nano-Science Center and the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Jonas Hauptmann, Jens Paaske and Poul Erik Lindelof, is a step on the way towards a new means of data-storage, in which electricity and magnetism are combined in a new transistor concept.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreThe relationship between a thin liquid film or drop of liquid and the shape of the surface that it wets is explained with a new simplified mathematical formula published this week in Physical Review Letters.
Apr 7th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology seeks to create new products by harnessing incredibly small substances. While the industry is booming, the potential dangers to humans remain unknown.
Apr 6th, 2008
Read moreValued for its antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to washing machines. But as silver?s benefits propel it to the forefront of consumer nanomaterials, scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen environmental and health consequences of nanosilver.
Apr 6th, 2008
Read moreMore than a thousand children, adults and families throughout Tech Valley received an up-close look at the exciting world of nanotechnology when the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany held its inaugural Community Day today at CNSE's Albany NanoTech Complex.
Apr 5th, 2008
Read moreNanoscience came alive in the NYSUT (New York State United Teachers) conference center as 80 Capital District educators gathered for a preview of the new NYSUT-sponsored 'SEMI High Tech U Teacher' program.
Apr 5th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the University of Delaware, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ohio State University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Minnesota and the University of South Carolina are studying how the properties of mineral nanoparticles change as a function of their size.
Apr 4th, 2008
Read moreTodd D. Giorgio, professor of biomedical engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt News Service reported.
Apr 4th, 2008
Read moreThe UK Prime Minister today named Professor Mark Welland as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence.
Apr 4th, 2008
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