Singapore Is one of the fastest growing bioclusters in Asia
Strong government support continues to draw top research institutes, talent, and corporate labs that are looking to place strategic bets for the future.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreStrong government support continues to draw top research institutes, talent, and corporate labs that are looking to place strategic bets for the future.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreSouth Korea on Tuesday opened up a new defense research center that will develop ways to apply the country's advanced nanotechnology to develop new precision and micro weapons systems, the defense procurement agency said.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreNew research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower cost. Researchers have found a surprising way to give the nanotubes the properties they need: add defects.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreResearchers are testing a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to near-infrared light.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreMichigan Technological University physicist Ranjit Pati and his team have developed a model to explain the mechanism behind computing's elusive Holy Grail, the single molecular switch. If born out experimentally, his work could help explode Moore's Law and could revolutionize computing technology.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreAn international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreThe 2008 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Robert Langer for developing innovative biomaterials for controlled drug release.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials at the University of Groningen have developed a technology for a plastic ferro-electric diode which they believe will achieve a breakthrough in the development of ultra low-cost plastic memory material.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreThe Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), one of the leading research institutes in the field of organic-based materials and devices, as well as the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP), leader in the field of large-area vacuum deposition on flexible substrates, have joined forces in the development of a technology for an organic devices roll-to-roll production process.
Jun 16th, 2008
Read moreA paper published online this week in Nature Photonics reveals a design for 'photon-number-resolving detectors' that is simple, efficient and compatible with cost-effective mass production
Jun 15th, 2008
Read moreThe two countires today announced the launch of 10 new Canada-India science and technology joint initiatives worth $17 million.
Jun 15th, 2008
Read moreThe Sykes Research Group at Tufts University has posted a YouTube video that provides an introduction to the study of alternative energy sources and the role that nanotechnology techniques and applications play.
Jun 14th, 2008
Read moreLuckily for desalination technology manufacturers, there?s actually a triple threat to the water supply poised to drive business their way: Climate change, water scarcity and decaying infrastructure.
Jun 13th, 2008
Read moreBy adding nanoparticles made of pure gold and silver to fine Marino wool, researchers in New Zealand have created a rainbow of unexpected colors intended for high-end, couture fashion designers.
Jun 13th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the University of Buffalo have used targeted quantum rods both to breach the blood-brain barrier and to study how such constructs move across this largely impermeable barrier.
Jun 13th, 2008
Read moreScientists have found that magnetic nanoparticles can be especially helpful in locating cancerous cell clusters during MRI scans.
Jun 13th, 2008
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