Selling chip makers on optical computing
By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn't so far fetched.
Nov 24th, 2009
Read moreBy designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn't so far fetched.
Nov 24th, 2009
Read moreResearchers at the University of Illinois have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling photolithography and a self-folding process driven by capillary interactions.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreBy producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research may lead to a new treatment for kidney stones using biomolecules.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe future Andalusian Centre for Nanomedicine and Biotechnology, BIONAND, in Malaga/Spain is seeking Heads for its main research areas: Nanodiagnostics, Therapeutic Nanosystems and Nanobiotechnology as well as for its Nano-Imaging Research Facility.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreTwo new studies reveal in unprecedented detail how the ribosome interacts with other molecules to assemble new proteins and guide them toward their destination in biological cells. The studies used molecular dynamics flexible fitting (MDFF) to examine the interaction of the ribosome with two prominent molecular partners.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education has announced the national and state Professor of the Year Awards. Physicist Greg Salamo, the Joe N. Basore Professor in Nanotechnology and Innovation in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, was named Arkansas Professor of the Year.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreAdmission applications are now being accepted for the nation's first comprehensive undergraduate degree program in Nanoscale Science.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe goal of CONTACT is to establish a tailored supply chain of new CNT-filled composites with enhanced mechanical and electrical properties for applications including electrodes, structural materials and windblades.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreAs world leaders prepare for climate talks in Copenhagen next month, developing nations have tabled a controversial proposal which would effectively end patent protection for clean technologies.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the research centre Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) provides highest magnetic fields for materials research.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering hosted more than 200 Girl Scouts from across upstate New York on November 21, as the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York participated in NanoExplorations, a program designed to provide a close-up look at the exciting world of nanotechnology.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreThe Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its founding in 2010. The center will commemorate the occasion by co-organizing three symposia in February, March, and June.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreTeasing out unwanted knots in quantum communication, while keeping the information intact.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreNew database for material scientists, physicists, chemists and engineers will encompass all 400 volumes of Landolt-Boernstein.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreProfessor Franco Cacialli has become a fellow of the American Physical Society upon the recommendation of the Division of Materials Physics.
Nov 23rd, 2009
Read moreScientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem.
Nov 22nd, 2009
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