Star Trek? MIT develops 'tractor beam' for cells
Tool could manipulate tiny objects on a chip.
Oct 30th, 2007
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'Nature-made' computers: engineers teach nature to 'grow' high-tech components
Computers don't grow on trees, but with a little prodding from engineers, nature can produce computer components.
Oct 30th, 2007
Read moreCould nanotechnology revolutionize natural gas industry?
Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction or be an enormous missed opportunity, claim two industry experts.
Oct 30th, 2007
Read moreSpeed plays crucial role in breaking protein's H-bonds
Researchers at MIT studying the architecture of proteins have finally explained why computer models of proteins' behavior under mechanical duress differ dramatically from experimental observations.
Oct 30th, 2007
Read moreEvolution in the nanoworld
The observation of molecular organization at surfaces may lead to further insight of how simple, inanimate molecules can build up biological entities of increasing structural and functional complexity, such as membranes, cells, leaves, trees, etc.
Oct 30th, 2007
Read moreNew nanotechnology fabrication plant will spark regional development
A $1.8 million nanotechnology pilot plant to develop and test new products will 'be the spark' for development of Allegany County and the region, said State Senator Catharine Young at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the new facility.
Oct 30th, 2007
Read moreNew system would use rotating magnetic field to detect pathogens
Researchers at Purdue and Duke universities have developed a technique that uses a magnetic field to selectively separate tiny magnetic particles, representing a highly sensitive method for potentially diagnosing disease by testing samples from patients.
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreCATRENE program to succeed MEDEA+ as European nanoelectronics R&D champion
MEDEA+, the EUREKA pan-European Programme for advanced co-operative Research and Development in Microelectronics, announced details of the new EUREKA programme called CATRENE (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics) that will take up the challenge of increasing Europe's strength in micro- and nanoelectronics after the highly successful MEDEA+ programme reaches its conclusion in 2008.
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreIs there progress on nanotechnology risk research?
An article in today's Congressional Quarterly asks the question Is There Progress on Nanotechnology Risk Research?
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreFrench nanotechnology boosted by US and Japanese investment
More and more companies from the USA and Japan are investing and launching partnerships in France to take advantage of its cutting-edge nanotechnology expertise.
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreUTSA/UT lead national nanoscience consortium
Researchers nationwide team up to achieve means of controlling optical energy at nanoscale levels.
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreNovel progress in the molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system
Chinese and German scientists have made progress in the molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system.
Oct 29th, 2007
Read moreVideo shows buckyballs form by 'shrink wrapping'
Experiments, simulations reveal birth secret of tiny carbon spheres.
Oct 26th, 2007
Read moreResearchers race ahead with latest spintronics achievement
In a rapid follow-up to their achievement as the first to demonstrate how an electron's spin can be electrically injected, controlled and detected in silicon, electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech now show that this quantum property can be transported a marathon distance in the world of microelectronics - through an entire silicon wafer.
Oct 26th, 2007
Read moreUMass Lowell boosts nanotechnology with $80m science center
Chancellor Marty Meehan announced today a sweeping plan for the future of the UMass Lowell campus, including the location of the new Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center.
Oct 26th, 2007
Read moreSilicon photonics awarded major research funding
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded a grant valued at GBP 5m to a consortium of researchers in the UK, led by the University of Surrey, to work on Silicon Photonics.
Oct 26th, 2007
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