R. Stanley Williams, a senior fellow at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and founding director of HP's Quantum Science Research group, will discuss nanoscale computing in a free public lecture on Thursday, October 25, hosted by UC Santa Cruz.
Posted: Oct 15th, 2007
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A research team has created an easy-to-produce material from the stuff of computer chips that has the rare ability to bend light in the opposite direction from all naturally occurring materials. This startling property may contribute to significant advances in many areas, including high-speed communications, medical diagnostics and detection of terrorist threats.
Posted: Oct 14th, 2007
Read moreThe Russian nanotechnology supervision council should give consideration to proposals from Russian scientists for diverse uses of nanotechnology in the economy and healthcare, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has said.
Posted: Oct 14th, 2007
Read moreIn case you get bored this weekend and want to brush up on your nanotechnology skills, Glenn Fishbine has posted a free nanotechnology course on his website.
Posted: Oct 13th, 2007
Read moreResearchers have shown that nanodiamonds - much like the carbon structure as that of a sparkling 14 karat diamond but on a much smaller scale - are very effective at delivering chemotherapy drugs to cells without the negative effects associated with current drug delivery agents.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreThe Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has developed a new initiative to identify technologies that are making an impact across the industry. Technologies that Could Change the Way You Manufacture is a member-driven program to discover and showcase new and emerging technologies that are making a difference in manufacturing.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
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The LA Auto Show, which will take place from November 16-25, 2007 in Los Angeles, CA, will include a Design Challenge a part of the Design Los Angeles automobile designers' conference. The topic this year is RoboCar of 2057.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreA new report summarizes the contents and results of the 3rd International NanoRegulation Conference which took place from September 12-13, 2007 in St. Gallen (Switzerland).
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreSome 3500 visitors attended the NanoEurope event in St.Gallen in mid-September to familiarize themselves with promising future applications of nanotechnology. Nanomedicine was one of the focal subjects discussed at the NanoEurope 2007.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreThe College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany today announced that a globally recognized expert in metrology technology for nanoelectronics is the newest addition to its growing cadre of world-class faculty.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreThe Phantoms Foundation organizes the 2nd EU FET-Cluster meeting from November 13-16, 2007 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreThe University at Buffalo has received a $750,000 grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to recruit an internationally known scientist in nanotechnology.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreIn 2008 the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) will celebrate its 200th anniversary. To mark this special occasion the KNAW will organise a number of scientific and festive events on the theme 'the magic of science', including a photography competition.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
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Mazda Motor Corporation has unveiled a new generation of catalytic converters that use 70 to 90 per cent less of the precious metals which help to purify exhaust emissions.
Posted: Oct 12th, 2007
Read moreExpert disputes the claim that the so-called agglomeration of engineered nanomaterials will result in super-sized clusters so large that they cannot penetrate deep inside the body, thereby eliminating the potential for harm.
Posted: Oct 11th, 2007
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A transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons (the smallest particles of light) has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Posted: Oct 11th, 2007
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