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Radically simple technique developed to grow conducting polymer thin films

Conductive plastic coatings could lead to new solar cells, windows, sensors.

November 2, 2010 Read more

Cancer drug linked to quantum dots increases drug uptake, reduces inflammatory response

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory lung diseases.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Microfluidics-imaging platform detects cancer growth signaling in minute biopsy samples

New method allows faster, more efficient screening for improved diagnostics.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Microreactor speeds nanoparticle production by 500 times

Engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a new method to speed the production rate of nanoparticles by 500 times, an advance that could play an important role in making nanotechnology products more commercially practical.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Quantum computing with braids in flatland

Braided anyons could lead to more robust quantum computing.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Pivoting hooks of graphene's chemical cousin could revolutionize work of electron microscopes

The single layer material Graphene was the subject of a Nobel prize this year but research led by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick has found molecular hooks on the surface of its close chemical cousin, Graphene Oxide, that will potentially provide massive benefits to researchers using transmission electron microscopes. They could even be used in building molecular scale mechanisms.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Funding fuels search for nanotechnology energy solutions

The 1-year-old Institute for Intelligent Energy Systems at UT Dallas has received its first major research grant: a one-year, $1.25 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore the use of nanotechnology in electrical energy storage.

November 1, 2010 Read more

Faster inspection of micro-optical components

The EU's SMARTHIEHS project will make the testing of MEMS structures one hundred times as fast as it is now, leading to cheaper and more reliable electronic equipment for everyone.

November 1, 2010 Read more

A*STAR musters leaders of automotive industry in R+D consortium for next-generation vehicles

Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced the funding of eight new projects under its Capabilities for Automotive Research (A*CAR) consortium, bringing the total value to S$17.5 million for the consortium's 10 research projects jointly selected with industry partners to tackle current challenges in the automotive industry.

November 1, 2010 Read more

SOCMA Nanotechnology Coalition endorses NanoSafety Consortium for carbon

The Nanotechnology Coalition, affiliated with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), is pleased to announce its support for the NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon (NCC) and the SOCMA Nanotechnology Coalition's new designation as a supporting institute/association under NCC's by-laws.

November 1, 2010 Read more

AFOSR awards grants to 43 scientists and engineers through its Young Investigator Research Program

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $16.5 million in grants to 43 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.

October 30, 2010 Read more

Winners announced in 2010 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Recognizing the innovative ideas of today's college and university students, the Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of Invent Now, announced that a way to implant human liver cells in mice to facilitate drug testing and a way to manufacture composite structural poles have won top honors in this year's competition.

October 30, 2010 Read more

ASU faculty receive federal grant to pursue their research of nanotechnology regulation

A team of professors at Arizona State University, including three faculty members of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, has received a quarter-million-dollar federal grant to pursue their research of nanotechnology regulation.

October 30, 2010 Read more

Research team 'watches' formation of cells' protein factories for first time

A team from The Scripps Research Institute has revealed the first-ever pictures of the formation of cells' 'protein factories'. In addition to being a major technical feat on its own, the work could open new pathways for development of antibiotics and treatments for diseases tied to errors in ribosome formation.

October 29, 2010 Read more

Creation of a high-performance 'metal-insulator-metal' diode could change modern electronics

Researchers at Oregon State University have solved a quest in fundamental material science that has eluded scientists since the 1960s, and could form the basis of a new approach to electronics. The discovery outlines the creation for the first time of a high-performance 'metal-insulator-metal' diode.

October 29, 2010 Read more

University of Houston gets $1.2 million grant for alternative energy research

The University of Houston has received a $1.2 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to help design the next generation of technologies for the alternative energy industry.

October 29, 2010 Read more