Researchers from Harvard University and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have measured, for the first time, a repulsive quantum mechanical force that could be harnessed and tailored for a wide range of new nanotechnology applications.
Jan 7th, 2009
Read moreThey may never pose a challenge to Olympic superstar Michael Phelps, but the 'microswimmers' developed by researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom could break a long-standing barrier to improving delivery of medications for cancer and other diseases.
Jan 7th, 2009
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Massimo Marrazzo of Italy-based design firm Biodomotica has published a free e-book on printed flexible electronics.
Jan 7th, 2009
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Today, at the 39th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Ronald Ruth, president of Lyncean Technologies, announced that the Compact Light Source has started delivering on this promise by achieving three key milestones using its unique x-ray beam.
Jan 7th, 2009
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EngineersISO has just published new ISO/TR 12885:2008, Health and safety practices in occupational settings relevant to nanotechnologies, which focuses on the manufacture and use of engineered nanomaterials. The Technical Report is based on current information about nanotechnology, including characterization, health effects, exposure assessments, and control practices.
Jan 6th, 2009
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Orlando Auciello of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Jan 6th, 2009
Read moreA prototype of a cutting-edge 'three-dimensional printer', a Rapid Prototyping (RP) device, has been successfully developed by the group led by the Distinguished Professor Sen-Yung Lee of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreThe conference is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreTim Harper over at Cientifica has published a thought-provoking brief white paper that looks at the effects of the current financial crisis on the world of nanotechnologies.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreIt's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreScientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreResearchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen have now commissioned a process line in which electron devices can be printed from inorganic materials using an ink jet similar to those in any office printer.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreThe Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreThe Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK?s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for one of the largest funding rounds that has been made available to the micro and nanotechnology sector.
Jan 5th, 2009
Read moreA team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe.
Jan 2nd, 2009
Read moreIn a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery.
Jan 2nd, 2009
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