Medium-size enterprises, which have increased their materials efficiency by innovative solutions in development, design, production and organization, can apply for the award up to 15 October 2009.
Oct 1st, 2009
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The worldwide competition NanoArt 2009 is open to all artists 18 years and older. The online exhibition will open for public on January 20, 2010.
Sep 30th, 2009
Read moreIn a speech today at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama Administration?s goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA.
Sep 30th, 2009
Read moreTheir breakthrough will help scientists understand how catalysts work. If this is understood even better catalysts could be created.
Sep 30th, 2009
Read moreA Kansas State University physicist is continuing his study of atomic collisions with the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Sep 30th, 2009
Read moreBereits zum sechsten Mal laden das dortmund-project, der Mikrotechnik-Fachverband IVAM und die MST.factory dortmund am 28. Oktober zur MST-Regionalkonferenz ein.
Sep 30th, 2009
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Scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting an advance toward overcoming one of the key challenges in nanotechnology: Getting molecules to move quickly in a desired direction without help from outside forces.
Sep 30th, 2009
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Die geheimnisvolle Antimaterie ist nicht nur exotisches Beiwerk in Kinofilmen wie 'Illuminati', sondern auch ein faszinierendes Wissenschaftsgebiet. An der Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen werden die Antiteilchen von Elektronen gewonnen, die so genannten Positronen, und das in der weltweit hoechsten Intensitaet.
Sep 30th, 2009
Read moreTotal and Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (LPICM), a joint R+D research team between the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and France's Ecole Polytechnique engineering school, today announce the creation of a joint research team focusing on thin film technologies for photovoltaic solar applications.
Sep 30th, 2009
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Brain implants that can more clearly record signals from surrounding neurons in rats have been created at the University of Michigan. The findings could eventually lead to more effective treatment of neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and paralysis.
Sep 29th, 2009
Read moreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today outlined a new research strategy to better understand how manufactured nanomaterials may harm human health and the environment.
Sep 29th, 2009
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New research announced today by a team of leading scientists working with the UK's national Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, could have a significant impact on the development and refinement of new eco-friendly pest control methods for worldwide agriculture.
Sep 29th, 2009
Read moreTwo scientists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis have received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for their research on carbohydrate synthesis.
Sep 29th, 2009
Read moreFrom scopes that help premature babies breathe to techniques for imaging live neurons and beating hearts as they develop, the latest optical and laser technology being deployed in medicine and the biosciences will be on display at the Optical Society's Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, which takes place Oct. 11-15 in San Jose, Calif.
Sep 29th, 2009
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University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing 'designer dots' that can be tailored for specific applications.
Sep 29th, 2009
Read moreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced 20 grants in these areas for FY 2009, awarding a total of $39,991,202 over four years to 94 investigators from 27 institutions through the NSF Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI).
Sep 29th, 2009
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