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CEA-Leti creates an HgCdTe infrared imaging array with record-breaking thermal resolution

Designed for defense and security applications, array achieves sensitivity close to one-thousandth of a degree Kelvin.

November 29, 2010 Read more

Atomic-level study explains how to soften a diamond

Dr. Lars Pastewka's and Prof. Michael Moseler's team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg/Germany can now reveal the secret of why it is that diamonds can be machined.

November 29, 2010 Read more

Scientists put a new spin on nanotechnology

An international team of researchers has succeeded in creating artificial spin ice in a state of thermal equilibrium for the first time. Allowing them to examine the precise configuration of this important nanomaterial.

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Bundesregierung: Keine international abgestimmte Definition zu Nanomaterialien

Nach Angabe der Bundesregierung gibt es keine international abgestimmte Definition fuer Nanomaterialien.

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Integration of technology and market Is key for development of China's new materials industry

Despite fruitful scientific achievements in the new materials industry, there is a lack of key technical patents in China.

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Bridging between Earth and space: technology breakthroughs for scientific progress

TECHBREAK is a new foresight initiative led by the European Science Foundation to identify the technology areas that could benefit the space sector. It goes beyond space-related technologies to bring in expertise from sectors where technology is evolving faster, ranging from photonics and nanotechnology to energy, nuclear propulsion and robotics.

November 29, 2010 Read more

Wie Diamant weich wird

Nach Jahrhunderten entschluesseln Freiburger Fraunhofer-Forscher den atomaren Mechanismus des Diamantschleifens.

November 29, 2010 Read more

Nanoelectromechanical relay technology to be developed for ultra-low power computation

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced a collaborative partnership with Stanford University in USA to develop nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay technology to enable ultra-low power computation.

November 29, 2010 Read more

Indian and Australian institutes to cooperate on nanobiotechnology research

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India and Deakin University, Australia signed a memorandum of understanding to announce the setting up of a Centre of Excellence, the TERI-Deakin Nano Biotechnology Research Centre in the field of Nano Biotechnology in India.

November 28, 2010 Read more

Diamond-based electronics

Researchers from Taiwan have demonstrated the possibilities of fabricating n-type conducting ultrananocrystalline diamond films by Li-doping at very low temperature of about 570C by simply using a Li-based substrate material.

November 26, 2010 Read more

Revealing the secrets of chemical bath deposition

X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy is well known as a versatile and powerful technique for examining the microstructure of everything from crystalline solids to amorphous materials, even liquids. Its extreme sensitivity also makes it an ideal tool for probing the kinetics of various chemical reactions in situ. Experimenters utilizing the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science's Advanced Photon Source at Argonne recently demonstrated a new wrinkle for XANES that has opened a window on a poorly-understood technique for deposition of materials.

November 26, 2010 Read more

Watching extreme lasers at work

Frame-by-frame observations of the ionization of argon atoms under extremely bright and energetic illumination could prove a boon to research.

November 26, 2010 Read more

Researchers image atomic structural changes that control properties of sapphires

Materials scientists from Case Western Reserve University and the Institute of Solid State Research in Juelich, Germany have produced particularly clear changes in the atomic structure of sapphire following deformation at high temperatures.

November 25, 2010 Read more

BMBF gibt der Quantenkommunikation Starthilfe

Das Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) moechte die Anwendung von Quantentechnologien in der Informationstechnik vorantreiben. Dazu hat es jetzt rund 13 Millionen Euro fuer insgesamt vier Verbundprojekte zur Verfuegung gestellt.

November 25, 2010 Read more

Ecosystem experiments to assess the environmental impact of nanoparticles

32 alternate realms, known as mesocosms, house individual types of nanoparticles as part of a research effort conducted by the Center for the Environmental Implications of Nano Technology (CEINT) based at Duke University.

November 25, 2010 Read more

Nanosensor helps discover how pathogens hijack host plants

A research team led by the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology developed a novel trick for identifying how pathogens hijack plant nutrients to take over the organism. They discovered a novel family of pores that transport sugar out of the plant.

November 25, 2010 Read more