Random numbers game with quantum dice
A simple device measures the quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreA simple device measures the quantum noise of vacuum fluctuations and generates true random numbers.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreKing 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
Read moreThe Sixth Biennial International Congress on the relationship between neurobiology and nano-electronics titled "The Eye and The Chip" will bring together the world's leading researchers involved in advancing artificial human vision at Henry Ford Community College Sept. 13-15, 2010.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreAuf dem ITAFORUM 2010 diskutieren Naturwissenschaftler, Geisteswissenschaftler und Politiker ueber neue Technologien und ihre Folgen.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreGrenoble Ecole de Management is launching a new Winter School on Nanotechnology in collaboration with IEP - Grenoble, ESIEE-Univ Paris Est-LAST, FRIDA and supported by ANR-France.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreIn what could be a step toward higher efficiency solar cells, an international team including University of Michigan professors has invalidated the most commonly used model to explain the behavior of a unique class of materials called highly mismatched alloys.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreThe California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced plans to collaborate with Hamamatsu Photonics Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of photon detectors and camera systems, to apply nanoscience and nanotechnology to projects having global importance in health, medicine, energy and the environment.
Sep 9th, 2010
Read moreUsing a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have 'unveiled' a quartet of graphene's electron states and discovered that electrons in graphene can split up into an unexpected and tantalizing set of energy levels when exposed to extremely low temperatures and extremely high magnetic fields.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreResearchers from ETH Zurich's Institute for Field Theory and High Frequency Electronics have developed new surfaces for radar absorption. Thanks to this multifaceted application, window panes could even double up as solar panels in future.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreA North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other elements, just as strong as steel.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreScientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory have developed a new strategy for quicker and more precise detection of biomarkers - proteins which indicate disease. The work could pave the way for new tools to detect early stages of Alzheimer's and cancer at the molecular level.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreUnter der Leitung von Dr. Jan Hamaekers widmen sich die Fraunhofer-Forscher der Simulation neuer Materialien auf der Nano-, Mikro- und Makro-Skala auf Hochleistungs-Parallelrechnern. Dabei nutzen sie moderne numerischen Multiskalen-Methoden aus der Quantenmechanik, Molekueldynamik und der Kontinuumsmechanik.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreUniversity of Sydney researchers have discovered a new super-strength light alloy and had their key findings published in Nature Communications.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreHere is a news update from the ICPC Nanonet project on free DVDs and webinars this month.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreThe experiments conducted in the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences on super-thin liquid-crystal films created on water surface allowed the surprisingly slow and continuous rotational motion of molecules, rotating 'in unison', to be observed nearly with the naked eye.
Sep 8th, 2010
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites applications for the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for graduate environmental study for master's and doctoral level students.
Sep 8th, 2010
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