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Protecting nanotechnology research results

Researchers provide guidelines for technology transfer, intellectual property rules and license agreements in the development of nanotechnology projects.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Laying the foundations for synthetic biology in Europe

Over a two-year period, various European research groups have debated the future of synthetic biology in the TARPOL ("Targeting environmental pollution with engineered microbial Systems a la carte") project.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Nanotechnology-tuned solar cells

Solar cells that are more effective and cost less in production: Within the EU-project N2P (Nano to Product) researchers developed nano tuned surfaces to gain both.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Curcumin shows anti-colon cancer activity

Researchers at National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC) have discovered that using a compound consisting of curcuminoids-succinate prodrugs can improve stability in phosphate buffer, releases curcumin derivatives in human plasma, and shows anti-colon cancer activities.

May 18, 2011 Read more

Sharpening the nanofocus: Researchers use nanoantenna to enhance plasmonic sensing

Such highly coveted technical capabilities as the observation of single catalytic processes in nanoreactors, or the optical detection of low concentrations of biochemical agents and gases are an important step closer to fruition. Researchers report the first experimental demonstration of antenna-enhanced gas sensing at the single particle level.

May 17, 2011 Read more

Leveraging supercomputers to simulate thin-film growth

A Toledo, Ohio, physicist has implemented a new mathematical approach that accelerates some complex computer calculations used to simulate the formation of micro-thin materials.

May 17, 2011 Read more

Nanocyrstalline diamond aerogel could improve optic materials

By combining high pressure with high temperature, Livermore researchers have created a nanocyrstalline diamond aerogel that could improve the optics for something as big as a telescope or as small as the lenses in eyeglasses.

May 17, 2011 Read more

IBM and ETH Zurich open collaborative Nanotechnology Center

IBM and ETH Zurich, a premiere European science and engineering university, hosted more than 600 guests from industry, academia and government, to open the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center located on the campus of IBM Research-Zurich. The facility is the centerpiece of a 10-year strategic partnership in nanoscience between IBM and ETH Zurich where scientists will research novel nanoscale structures and devices to advance energy and information technologies.

May 17, 2011 Read more

What is keeping nanotech innovation policymakers awake at night?

This is the core theme at the ObservatoryNANO workshop at the EuroNanoForum on June 1, 2011 in Budapest.

May 17, 2011 Read more

ISO publishes new nanotechnology standard: Nanomaterial risk evaluation

ISO/TR 13121:2011 describes a process for identifying, evaluating, addressing, making decisions about, and communicating the potential risks of developing and using manufactured nanomaterials, in order to protect the health and safety of the public, consumers, workers and the environment.

May 17, 2011 Read more

NanoChannels project wants to hear your opinion about nanotechnology

The NanoChannel team wants to hear your views on nanotechnologies. Please take the 5 to 10 minutes necessary to complete this survey.

May 17, 2011 Read more

Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds

Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by Cornell scientists that promote vascular growth could hasten healing, encourage healthy skin to invade the wounded area and reduce the need for surgeries.

May 17, 2011 Read more

Atomic-level understanding of crystal ceramics could lead to low-power memory devices

Researchers used theoretical calculations to understand exactly why and how a particular crystalline ceramic, a layered perovskite, is multiferroic.

May 17, 2011 Read more

Researchers outline method for DNA nanocomputation

Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have outlined a method for storing programs inside DNA that simplifies nanocomputing - computation at the molecular level.

May 16, 2011 Read more

New solar product captures up to 95 percent of light energy

Efficiency is a problem with today's solar panels; they only collect about 20 percent of available light. Now, a University of Missouri engineer has developed a flexible solar sheet that captures more than 90 percent of available light, and he plans to make prototypes available to consumers within the next five years.

May 16, 2011 Read more

Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity

The high-efficiency thermal waste heat energy converter actively cools electronic devices, photovoltaic cells, computers and large waste heat-producing systems while generating electricity.

May 16, 2011 Read more