Electric-powered dragster sets new world speed record
Altairnano batteries power electric vehicle to National Hot Rod Association world speed record for electric dragsters: quarter mile in 8.10 seconds at 153.6 mph.
Posted: Dec 17th, 2007
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Big boost for tiny technology
Neil Kane and his staff had figured out how to rearrange methane gas to create industrial diamonds, but their company could not afford to build the highly specialized lab needed for developing such nanotechnology.
Posted: Dec 17th, 2007
Read moreChip-shrinking may be nearing its limits
Sixty years after transistors were invented and nearly five decades since they were first integrated into silicon chips, the tiny on-off switches dubbed the 'nerve cells' of the information age are starting to show their age.
Posted: Dec 17th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology Centre to be set up in TNAU
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has proposed to establish a Nanotechnology Center.
Posted: Dec 17th, 2007
Read moreFirst India-China-Russia Conference calls for economic, political synergy
The first India-China-Russia Trilateral Conference had business leaders and senior officials from the three countries engaged in a unique effort to synergize their strengths in manufacturing, science and technology and services.
Posted: Dec 15th, 2007
Read morePractical nanotechnology - from growing bladders to the iPhone
An article today on forbes.com is showing some of the most stunning examples of how nanotechnology is profoundly reshaping scores of areas of science.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreASU paves way for bioscience education
To help meet the need of Arizona??s booming bioscience sector and create the next generation of highly skilled, interdisciplinary scientists, the Arizona Board of Regents recently approved an innovative Arizona State University graduate degree in biological design.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreNIOSH issues guidance on nanotechnology exposure of medical workers
NIOSH issued an interim nanotechnology guidance today that deals with the issue of possibly screening medical workers that are potentially exposed to engineered nanoparticles in the manufacture and industrial use of nanomaterials.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreUniversity of South Carolina hires leading scientist in polymer-nanocomposite, fuel-cell research
One of the world??s leading scientists in nanotechnogy and fuel-cell research will join the University of South Carolina??s faculty in 2008.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreTop Chinese scientist receives prestigious British chemistry society's highest honor
One of China's top chemists, Bai Chunli, becomes the first Chinese scientist honored by the Royal Society of Chemistry of the UK for his innovative research on chemistry.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreEnzyme-powered delivery vehicles
Dutch scientists have made nanotubes move using enzyme-powered motors.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology specialists make smallest ever advent calendar
A group of nanotechnology specialists in Germany have got into the Christmas spirit by making what they believe is the smallest ever Advent calendar. It would take about five million of the miniature calendars to cover a postage stamp.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreBiochips on guard of health
The project of the laboratory of biological microchips at the Institute of Molecular Biology (Russian Academy of Sciences ) is one of the winners at the contest of projects on the ??Living Systems? priority direction of the Federal Target Program guided by the Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (Rosnauka).
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreLight from crystals wins German Future Prize 2007
Together with Dr. Andreas Bräuer of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena, Dr. Klaus Streubel and Dr. Stefan Illek of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors have won the German Future Prize 2007, the technology and innovation award bestowed by the German President, for their joint development of LED-based illumination modules.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreVCU Across the Spectrum launches in December
Research in biology, chemistry and medicine intersects with the arts, business and world studies in the premiere issue of Across the Spectrum, a new online magazine showcasing the scope of Virginia Commonwealth University??s nearly $230 million research program across both of its campuses.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
Read moreOklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative announces 2007 survey results
The Oklahoma Nanotechnology Initiative announced results from the 2007 Oklahoma Nanotechnology Impact Survey it recently conducted among Oklahoma business leaders, researchers and educators as well as the general public to gauge their nanotechnology perception.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2007
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