Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell. Such nanotubes could form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much smaller and more powerful solar arrays.
Sep 12th, 2010
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Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a pressure-sensitive electronic material from semiconductor nanowires that could one day give new meaning to the term 'thin-skinned'.
Sep 12th, 2010
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A workshop scheduled to take place in Iacocca Hall on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 13 and 14, will explore how nanotechnology can help the drive to develop alternative sources of energy while improving the efficiency of existing methods of energy generation.
Sep 11th, 2010
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The most powerful atom resolving microscope in the UK was today revealed at the University of Cambridge.
Sep 10th, 2010
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SPADnet - 'Fully Networked, Digital Components for Photon-starved Biomedical Imaging Systems' - is a new collaborative research project funded by the European Union within the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Theme of its Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7).
Sep 10th, 2010
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This prestigious annual prize rewards the works of a prominent personality who has made an exceptional contribution to the dynamism, reputation and influence of French scientific research.
Sep 10th, 2010
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Researchers from The Australian National University have developed the ability to move particles over large distances, using a specially designed laser beam.
Sep 10th, 2010
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It's alway good to listen to both sides of an argument. In that respect, a blog entry on the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)'s website is quite interesting. Titled 'State-level nano regulation: Yes, indeed, the industry 'should have seen it coming' - it caused it!', Richard Denison gives his take on the role of state and federal regulations relating to nanomaterials.
Sep 10th, 2010
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Scientists succeeded in mapping the inner life of an intact human cell three-dimensionally via cryo-electron tomography. In this way they were able to show where the ribosomes are located in the cell and how they are arranged.
Sep 10th, 2010
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In der Zukunft koennten wenige Millionstel Millimeter grosse Nanofaehren Wirkstoffe oder auch Gene in Zellen schleusen. Derartige Therapien haetten den Vorteil, dass der Wirkstoff keine Nebenwirkungen auf dem Weg durch den Organismus ausloesen kann. Der therapeutische Effekt entfaltet sich erst am Ziel, sodass etwa auch toxische Krebsmedikamente in der Chemotherapie relativ niedrig dosiert werden koennen.
Sep 10th, 2010
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$250M initiative includes $28m assembly investment to rehabilitate iconic electronics lab and enable new university-industry-government partnership.
Sep 9th, 2010
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Channels could be used for sensitive detectors or water-desalination systems.
Sep 9th, 2010
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Oberflaechen lassen sich gezielt so strukturieren, dass sie die Erforschung von Molekuelstrukturen erheblich voranbringen.
Sep 9th, 2010
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A one day workshop organized by the Observatory for Micro and Nanotechnologies (CNRS-CEA, France), titled Multicellular assemblies : Architectures, Properties, Engineering, will take place on october 20, 2010 in Paris.
Sep 9th, 2010
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A simple device measures the quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers.
Sep 9th, 2010
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King Harald of Norway presented the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience to the eight laureates from US, Germany and Great Britain at spectacular gala performance at Oslo Concert Hall in Oslo, Norway, on 7 September.
Sep 9th, 2010
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