Peter Julian, MP for Burnaby-New Westminster, tabled Bill C-494 in the House of Commons that will include nanotechnology in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, and require the Health and Environment Ministers to act.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreIran for the first time published a national nanotechnology standard entitled 'Nanotechnology - Vocabulary and Main Definition'.
Mar 17th, 2010
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New findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.
Mar 17th, 2010
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Since its development in China thousands of years ago, silk from silkworms, spiders and other insects has been used for high-end, luxury fabrics as well as for parachutes and medical sutures. Now, National Science Foundation-supported researchers are untangling some of its most closely guarded secrets, and explaining why silk is so super strong.
Mar 17th, 2010
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Exposure to short pulses of light changes how a polymer surface interacts with water droplets.
Mar 17th, 2010
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In einer Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaftlern der Universitaeten in Bielefeld, Kaiserslautern, Kiel und Wuerzburg wurde erstmals das ultraschnelle raeumliche Schalten optischer Anregung auf der Nanometerskala demonstriert.
Mar 17th, 2010
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A fibrous polymer scaffold can deliver liver-like cells into damaged liver for tissue repair.
Mar 17th, 2010
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To increase the storage density of disk drives beyond their present-day capabilities, scientists need to realize giant magnetoresistive spin valves for use in their read heads. A combination of the Heusler alloys are shaping up as attractive material components for such devices.
Mar 17th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at Louisiana State University have invented an optical sensor that surpasses a quantum limit to sensitivity previously believed to be unbeatable.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreThe eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that six additional companies spanning the entire semiconductor value chain have joined the Initiative to support the new DFEB mask roadmap for high-volume applications.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read morePhysiker der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen haben eine Methode entwickelt, mit der sie das Verhalten elektrochemischer Nanosysteme berechnen koennen.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreIn a new study, scientists at the Carnegie Institution used high pressure techniques to probe the connection between the density and electronic structure of a cerium-aluminum metallic glass, opening up new possibilities for developing metallic glasses for specific purposes.
Mar 16th, 2010
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Understanding the steps to the intricate dance inside a cell is essential to one day choreographing the show. By studying the molecules that give a cell its structure, University of Illinois researchers are moving closer to understanding one of those steps: the conga line.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreResearchers at the University of Rochester's Institute of Optics have discovered a way to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other mechanical devices.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreDie Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft foerdert mit 2,2 Millionen Euro eine neue Forschergruppe unter Leitung der TU Berlin die die elektronischen und optischen Eigenschaften von Nanoteilchen und kleinen molekularen Aggregaten aus Kohlenstoff und Silizium gezielt veraendern will.
Mar 16th, 2010
Read moreNew work focused on making a new artificial photosynthetic material which uses plant, bacterial, frog and fungal enzymes, trapped within a foam housing, to produce sugars from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
Mar 16th, 2010
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