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International nanoscience award for Irish scientist

Professor John Boland, Director of CRANN, the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded nanoscience institute at Trinity College Dublin, has today been named the Laureate of the 2011 ACSIN Nanoscience Prize for his outstanding work in the development and application of scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy and in the use of these tools to advance our understanding of chemical and physical phenomena of materials.

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Nanopores on a chip

Scientists have succeeded in arranging nanopores on a tiny microchip and using it to determine the mass of chain-like molecules, so-called polymers, with a high degree of precision.

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Simulations unlock carbon nanotube potential for industry

Akron team leverages supercomputers to better understand tie molecules.

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Using laser light to cool object to quantum ground state

For the first time, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in collaboration with a team from the University of Vienna, have managed to cool a miniature mechanical object to its lowest possible energy state using laser light. The achievement paves the way for the development of exquisitely sensitive detectors as well as for quantum experiments that scientists have long dreamed of conducting.

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Physicists to develop new way of electronic computing

UC Riverside's Roland Kawakami leads a 4-year $1.85 multicampus research project aimed at speeding up applications that process large amounts of data.

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Bionic manufacturing - Components based on nature's example

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institutes for Mechanics of Materials IWM and for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT are collaborating on a project entitled "Bionic Manufacturing", which aims to develop products that are lightweight but strong and economic in their use of materials - imitating the perfected structures found in nature.

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Molecular sudoku

Sudoku puzzles represent a popular exercise recommended to improve logical and creative thinking. A team of scientists from the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, ICREA, and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona investigated the properties of a special kind of sudoku, made by assembling tiny molecules into a 3x3 square array.

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Call for papers for the Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

You are invited to submit your latest research for publication in the Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems.

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Master Scholarships in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics (EUROPHOTONICS)

This master program aims at giving an extensive two-year teaching program from fundamentals to advanced research topics in Photonics and its interdisciplinary applications.

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Microscopic organic medical imaging system to detect disease and track medication

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are developing microscopic organic medical imaging systems to support a new generation of breakthrough treatments for currently incurable diseases and chronic life-threatening illnesses.

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ISO releases Nanotechnology Vocabulary Part 7: Diagnostics and therapeutics for healthcare

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released ISO/TS 80004-7:2011 which is applicable to the use of nanotechnologies in medical diagnostics and therapeutics.

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Sulfur in hollow nanofibers overcomes challenges of lithium-ion battery design

Researchers have used sulfur-coated hollow carbon nanofibers and an electrolyte additive to fabricate a superior rechargeable lithium battery cathode. According to Cui, putting silicon nanowire anodes and sulfur-coated carbon cathodes into one battery could be the next generation in battery design.

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'Electron superhighway' could pave way for creation of elusive quantum-particle pairs

Rice University physicists have created a tiny "electron superhighway" that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer that will use quantum particles in place of the digital transistors found in today's microchips.

October 4, 2011 Read more

Nanofair 2012 - Call for Papers gestartet

Ab sofort koennen Beitraege fuer die Nanofair 2012 in Dresden eingereicht werden.

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Materials scientists develop topological insulator with a switch

Scientists at Stanford and SLAC have found a potential way to harness the amazing properties of topological insulators - materials that conduct electricity only along their surfaces - for use in electronics and other applications.

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Material scientist wins competition for best nanotechnology photo

By using lasers to help grow nanotubes on a silicon plate, the researchers have created structures that, when viewed under a scanning electron microscope, resemble a jellyfish in the ocean. This image was recently awarded first prize in the national photo competition "Making Nano Visible."

October 4, 2011 Read more