The European X-ray Laser Project (XFEL) will harness a high energy short-wave laser light that is one billion times more brilliant than most modern x-rays to provide immensely detailed images of molecules and atoms.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreAn advanced course on 'Morphing aircraft - materials, mechanisms and systems' will be held from 17 to 20 November in Lisbon, Portugal.
Oct 3rd, 2008
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A team of researchers at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya has designed the first chip manufactured completely in Spain that will be used to measure the wind on Mars.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe East of England's reputation as a world leader in nanotechnology was boosted when the Japanese government unveiled plans to locate a new research satellite at the University of Cambridge as part of a $150 million global program.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreRecent accomplishments by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) highlight the agency's leadership in collaborative research to determine if workers are at risk of job-related illness or injury in the production and industrial use of nanomaterials. The accomplishments include two new peer-reviewed papers, two new international partnerships, and a professional award.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe Safety of Nanoparticles Interdisciplinary Research Centre (SnIRC) is to host a 2 day workshop on October 20th - 21st 2008 at Central Science Laboratories, York, UK to discuss and evaluate EMERGNANO, a major evaluation of emerging evidence from Nanotechnology EHS research worldwide.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe University of Limerick has secured a 5 million euros technology research contract aimed at significantly reducing MRSA infection rates in hospitals across the world.
Oct 3rd, 2008
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Carbon atoms are the building blocks for millions of organic molecules, yet this variety is built on the simple rule that carbon almost always shares a total of four chemical bonds with its neighbors. Now, an international team of chemists has mapped a highly unusual compound containing a carbon atom that hooks up to six atoms at once.
Oct 3rd, 2008
Read moreThe book includes a general explanation of the properties, manufacture and uses of nanomaterials to provide the basis for assessing and understanding their life cycle. It also explores the possible risks that nanomaterials pose to human health and the environment, describes developing regulations around the world to manage those risks, and presents a framework for evaluating the balance between risk and reward as nanomaterials are manufactured, used and released to the environment.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreToday Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan dubbed 'Clean Power by 2030' that, according to its creators, has the potential to significantly decrease the U.S. dependency on oil and fossil fuels while allowing for an estimated $1 trillion in profits before the program comes to an end in 2030.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreThe goal of this effort is to develop a new manufacturing technique that enables 'Tip-Based Nanofabrication' to accelerate the transition of nanotechnology from the laboratory to commercial products.
Oct 2nd, 2008
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Artificial versions of the eel's electricity generating cells could be developed as a power source for medical implants and other tiny devices.
Oct 2nd, 2008
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Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn?t play by the rules.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreA fresh discovery about the way water behaves inside carbon nanotubes could have implications in fields ranging from the function of ultra-tiny high-tech devices to scientists' understanding of biological processes.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreProviding a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks.
Oct 2nd, 2008
Read moreEuropean Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the results of a recent evaluation of the 34 European Technology Platforms (ETPs).
Oct 2nd, 2008
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