The work of Europe's scientific funding body has been marred by ongoing tensions with the European Commission and 'stupid' bureaucratic rules, agency representatives have told MEPs.
Apr 13th, 2010
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The Annual Report (pdf download) marks yet another successful year for DTU Nanotech. They have seen an increase in research funding, an increase in the number of citations of our papers, and an increase in the number of students.
Apr 13th, 2010
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Katherine Aidala, the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics at Mount Holyoke College, has won the National Science Foundation's prestigious Early Career Award for her work in nanophysics - work aimed at finding cost-effective solutions to the world's energy problems.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read more$600,000 grant through NSF's Partnerships for Innovation Program supports economic and workforce development through nanotechnology-enabled innovations in clean energy.
Apr 13th, 2010
Read moreUsing a sensor that weighs cells with unprecedented precision, MIT and Harvard researchers have for the first time measured the rate at which single cells accumulate mass - a feat that could shed light on how cells control their growth and why those controls fail in cancer cells.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreZinc stapling of insulin exemplifies a general strategy to modify the pharmacokinetic and biological properties of a subcutaneous protein depot. The engineering of novel lattice contacts in protein crystals can enable control of supramolecular assembly as a therapeutic protein nanotechnology.
Apr 12th, 2010
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New research findings suggest that an experimental ultrasensitive medical imaging technique that uses a pulsed laser and tiny metallic 'nanocages' might enable both the early detection and treatment of disease.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreBerkeley Lab scientists have made the largest two-dimensional polymer crystal self-assembled in water to date. This entirely new material mirrors the structural complexity of biological systems with the durable architecture needed for membranes or integration into functional devices.
Apr 12th, 2010
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A new study from North Carolina State University shows that size plays a key role in determining the structure of certain hollow nanoparticles. The researchers focused on nickel nanoparticles, which have interesting magnetic and catalytic properties that may have applications in fields as diverse as energy production and nanoelectronics.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method for identifying genetic variation, including mutations, in active genes. Hopes are strong that the method represents an important research tool that will lead to the development of new diagnostic tests.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreAt the German Physical Society's annual Spring meeting the organization's Surface Science division selected Dr. Leo Gross, IBM Research - Zurich, for the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award, a new scientific prize created and supported by Surface Science, a journal of Reed Elsevier. Gross was selected as the prize recipient for his work on charge measurement of atoms and atomic resolution of molecules with noncontact atomic force microscopy.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreLeaders in the semiconductor industry will focus on economic challenges in advanced lithography during the fourth biannual SEMATECH Litho Forum May 10-12 at the Marriott Marquis in New York, NY.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreNYU Langone Medical Center researchers have developed a powerful new method to investigate the discrete steps necessary to turn on individual genes and examine how the process goes wrong in cancer and other diseases.
Apr 12th, 2010
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Physicists of the Max Born Institute in Berlin report that electrons in semiconductor crystals have a negative inertial mass when strongly accelerated in an electric field.
Apr 12th, 2010
Read moreNanoparticles are recognized as promising building blocks for future applications, however their fixation on surfaces or in a matrix is everything else than a simple task. Now physicists observed that a double layer of spherical C60 carbon-molecules, called fullerenes, is an ideal substrate for these microscopic particles.
Apr 12th, 2010
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A study released this week suggests that anti-cancer chemotherapies which use nanoparticles to deliver drugs deep inside tumor tissue will be more effective if the particles are positively electrically charged because they are taken up to a greater extent by proliferating cells.
Apr 12th, 2010
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