Next month Rice University's Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology will kick off its Week of Nano with the Buckyball Discovery Gala, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the buckminsterfullerene at Rice and the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry that followed.
Sep 20th, 2010
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A nanoparticle-based catalyst developed at Rice University may give that tiger in your tank a little more roar.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreEverybody who's ever used a TV, radio or cell phone knows what an antenna does: It captures the aerial signals that make those devices practical. A lab at Rice University has built an antenna that captures light in the same way, at a small scale that has big potential.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreResearchers have mapped out an approach to virtual organizations that might allow scientific advances made in part by citizen scientists to move forward much more quickly.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreThe multi-welled microplate, long a standard tool in biomedical research and diagnostic laboratories, could become a thing of the past thanks to new electronic biosensing technology developed by a team of microelectronics engineers and biomedical scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreThe Nano Israel 2010 Conference and the Exhibition accompanying will be held on November the 8th and the 9th in the Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreThe Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN) in the UK has announced the launch of BlueSkyNano, an award scheme aiming to increase engagement between industry and academia. The first award is in partnership with the University of Surrey.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreEine der traditionsreichsten Auszeichnungen der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), die Liebig-Denkmuenze wurde am Montag in Dresden bei der Tagung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte an den Berliner Chemiker Prof. Joachim Sauer verliehen.
Sep 20th, 2010
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The discovery, the researchers say, may lead to new ways for sensing of glucose in diagnosing diabetes or provide a catalyst to capture the sun's energy and turn it into clean fuel.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreRadio transmitters that can withstand temperatures of up to 900 degrees C could soon be dropped into the depths of the earth to provide early warning of a volcanic eruption.
Sep 20th, 2010
Read moreEPA is issuing significant new use rules (SNURs) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for two chemical substances which were the subject of Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). The two chemical substances are identified generically as multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) (PMN P-08-177) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) (PMN P-08-328).
Sep 19th, 2010
Read moreLast April the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (ICHP) Nanobiosciences Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), of the European Commission organised a 2-day workshop to present an overview of various aspects of hazard, exposure and risk assessment of nanomaterials. Last week they published a report and the presentations from this event.
Sep 19th, 2010
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A new material could help surgeons more accurately locate breast cancers, reduce the need for second surgeries and minimize pre-surgical discomfort for patients. Microscopic gas-filled spheres of silica, a porous glass, can mark the location of early-stage tumors to show their position using ultrasound imaging in the operating room.
Sep 19th, 2010
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Marshall University has received $4.7 million in federal funding to support the new Center for Diagnostic Nanosystems at the university's Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center.
Sep 18th, 2010
Read moreThe cross-disciplinary team of Prof. Wen-Chau Liu of Department of Electrical Engineering and Prof. Huey-Ing Chen of Department of Chemical Engineering and the research team of Prof. Mi-Ching Tsai of Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, have each won a silver medal in invention from the 2010 National Invention and Creation Award with the inventions of Semiconductor Transistor-Type Hydrogen Sensor and Multi-DOF Ultrasonic Motor with Magnetic Preload, respectively.
Sep 18th, 2010
Read moreStudy evaluates the manufacture, material use and performance of solar cell technology.
Sep 17th, 2010
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