CRANN has been awarded 15.5m euros in non-exchequer funding, following a competitive process, to lead two major European nano research projects which will create 17 R+D roles.
Apr 9th, 2010
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Trinity College Dublin (TCD) scientists based at the Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), TCD School of Medicine, in collaboration with CRANN, will lead a pan-European team that has attracted funding worth approximately 12m euros, to develop a cutting edge nanotechnology process which will enable the early and rapid diagnosis of most common cancer types.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreCould inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study would suggest so.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreLeti announced today that it has demonstrated a fully CMOS-compatible laser source coupled to a silicon waveguide, a major milestone toward the WADIMOS project's goal of fabricating silicon photonics circuits in CMOS foundries.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at AIST have developed an ultra-thin metal substrate using low carbon steel as the base, which enables lower cost than stainless steel foil.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at AIST have developed continuous production equipment for metal nanoparticles and have succeeded in the practical use of a process where metal nanoparticles are synthesized continuously with uniform quality.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreProfessor Chang-Hwan Choi of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology was named as a recipient of the 2010 Young Investigator Program award by the Office of Naval Research.
Apr 9th, 2010
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Experiments can sometimes lead to the discovery of completely unanticipated phenomena. Such is the case with the remarkable behavior exhibited by peptide nanostructures (in the form of supramolecular filaments) observed during experiments carried out at the Advanced Photon Source.
Apr 9th, 2010
Read moreSuffolk University junior Nathaniel Steinsultz's excellence in physics has been recognized with a 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Award for Math, Science and Engineering.
Apr 8th, 2010
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Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new class of silver-based catalysts for the production of the industrially useful chemical propylene oxide that is both environmentally friendly and less expensive.
Apr 8th, 2010
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The single-atom thick material graphene maintains its high thermal conductivity when supported by a substrate, a critical step to advancing the material from a laboratory phenomenon to a useful component in a range of nano-electronic devices.
Apr 8th, 2010
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Researchers have successfully used direct chemical vapor deposition (CVD) to synthesize single-layer films of graphene on a dielectric substrate.
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreUsing a sophisticated nanotechnology-based 'vaccine', researchers were able to successfully cure mice with type 1 diabetes and slow the onset of the disease in mice at risk for the disease.
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreUtilizing carbon dioxide as an energy source with the aid of sunlight is the goal being pursued in a new research project for recycling of greenhouse gases.
Apr 8th, 2010
Read moreHP today announced advancements in research from HP Labs that could change the way computer systems are designed while better equipping them to process the current 'information explosion'.
Apr 8th, 2010
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An exotic state of matter that physicists call a 'quantum spin-liquid' can be realized by electrons in a honeycomb crystal structure.
Apr 8th, 2010
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