European researchers are shaking up optical chips R+D
By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical chips.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreBy working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical chips.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreWhile knowledge gaps remain regarding the potential risks of nanotechnologies, the European Commission again expressed confidence that existing EU regulation can be applied to this emerging sector, stressing that the challenge ahead lies in their implementation.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreThe surfaces of these Ultrananocrystalline-Diamond (UNCD) Mechanical Seals are specially treated with a continuous film of tiny diamonds. This diamond coating improves the pumps' reliability, durability and ability to prevent fluids from escaping into the environment.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreAn atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreNew research explains exactly why some thermoelectric materials can have the desired low thermal conductivity without degrading the electrical properties.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreIMEC's associated laboratory at the Ghent University, INTEC, has made the first functional optical links embedded in a flexible substrate. The links include optical waveguides, light sources, and detectors.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreCesar Clavero, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Applied Science at The College of William and Mary, has been named the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the American Vacuum Society.
Oct 7th, 2008
Read moreThe National Science Foundation is establishing a new Engineering Research Center whose goal will be to supplant the common light bulb with next-generation lighting devices that are smarter, greener and ripe for innovation. The core institutions in this prestigious award are Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the lead university, the University of New Mexico and Boston University.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreA new graduate program in computational optical sensing and imaging is being established at the University of Colorado at Boulder this fall with the awarding of a $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreThe EntreTech Forum's October 21st panel focuses on the Forum's core theme: Given the wealth of research and technology generated by our nation's leading universities, how does this academic strength translate into commercial strength?
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreEminent program advances research and clinical expertise in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging among young Japanese physicians.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreFluorescent proteins in the brain light up during individual action potentials making it possible to track nerve cell communication.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreResearchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered vehicles.
Oct 6th, 2008
Read moreThe Second International Conference on Space Elevator Climber and Tether Design in Luxembourg on December 6-7, 2008 follows the successful 1st European Workshop on Space Elevator Climber and Tether Design held last year.
Oct 5th, 2008
Read moreThe International Symposium on Graphene Devices: Technology, Physics, and Modeling (ISGD 2008) in Japan in November aims to bring together the researchers actively working on the field of 'Graphene Devices: technology, physics and modeling' so as to stimulate discussions on the state of the art.
Oct 4th, 2008
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