The lens is what matters: if lens arrays could be made of glass, it would be possible to make more conveniently sized projectors. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a process that allows this key component to be mass produced with extreme accuracy.
Dec 15th, 2010
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Der Bund fuer Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) hat heute eine Datenbank veroeffentlicht, in der ueber 200 Produkte mit Nano-Materialien aufgelistet sind.
Dec 15th, 2010
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Presenting ethical governance of technology development based on higher-order reflexivity, where ethical considerations become an integral part of the technology development cycle.
Dec 14th, 2010
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A Drexel University team of engineers, scientists and biologists have developed a carbon nanotube-based device for probing single living cells without damaging them. This technique will allow experts to identify diseases in their early stage and advance drug discovery.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Genetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits.
Dec 14th, 2010
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The Institute of Nanotechnology will host a conference 'Advanced Technologies for an Ageing Population' in Glasgow on 23-24 March 2011.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Despite its current elusiveness in many parts of the northern hemisphere, no-one can boycott the sun! Harnessing nanotechnology development for sustainable energy enables us to focus on energy security and move away from our dependence on an ever-depleting supply of fossil fuels from regions that are often destabilised through ownership of these resources.
Dec 14th, 2010
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One of the rarest metals on Earth may be an excellent option for enabling future flash memory chips to continue increasing in speed and density, according to a group of researchers in Taiwan, who describe incorporating nanocrystals of iridium into critical components of flash memory.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Manufacturing semiconductors for electronics involves etching small features onto wafers using lasers, a process that is limited by the wavelength of the light itself. The development of a new, intense 13.5-nm light source will resolve this issue by reducing the feature size by an order of magnitude or so.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Moving a step closer toward quantum computing, a research team in the Netherlands recently fabricated a photodetector based on a single nanowire, in which the active element is a single quantum dot with a volume of a mere 7,000 cubic nanometers.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Autonomous microsystem with its own solar cell.
Dec 14th, 2010
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SCF-III, in this series will provide a continued forum for discussions in this rapidly growing field of syntactic foams and composite foams. Syntactic foams and rigid polymer, metal, and ceramic foams containing a reinforcing and/or functional phase are the intended focus of this conference.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Although engineering has long played a key role in developing technology for diagnosing and treating human disease, it has only recently started to have an impact on understanding the cellular and molecular basis of disease. In the past decade or so, engineers have started making major contributions to understanding diseases such as malaria, hereditary blood diseases and cancer, according to Subra Suresh, former dean of MIT's School of Engineering.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Engineers at Duke and Harvard universities have developed a "magnetic sponge" that after implantation into a patient can 'squeeze' out drugs, cells, or other agents when passed over by a magnet.
Dec 14th, 2010
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A research group headed by MANA Scientist Dr. Minoru Osada and Principal Investigator Dr. Takayoshi Sasaki of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) successfully developed a novel nanoferroelectric by a solution-based bottom-up nanotechnology.
Dec 14th, 2010
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Bioengineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been exploring a unique phenomenon whereby randomly dispersed microparticles self-assemble into a highly organized structure as they flow through microscale channels.
Dec 13th, 2010
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