Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.
Jun 18th, 2008
Read moreEPTES, the Center for the Philosophy of Technology and Science at the University of Twente in The Netherlands has posted a call for papers for its 16th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology: Converging Technologies, Changing Societies in July 2009
Jun 18th, 2008
Read moreAt today's VLSI Symposium, IMEC reports an improved performance for its planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-based metal gates for the 32nm CMOS node.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreKing Abdullah has already approved the establishment of three nanotechnology research centers in the Kingdom, including the one at KAU. He has given SR12 million to establish the KAU center.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreIncreasingly powerful plasma source based scanners that could be enhanced with optical innovations and improved resists are driving extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) closer to manufacturability.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreInnovative solutions to the problem of storing energy generated by renewable sources are being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreAs more and more products involving nanomaterials are reaching the market, the European Commission will start a consultation with stakeholders and Member States in order to increase knowledge and awareness about the potential of nanotechnologies and to continue to ensure an adequate protection of nature, environment and health.
Jun 17th, 2008
Read moreRecently over a hundred scientists from all over the world met at Empa's invitation in Switzerland to discuss the effects of synthetic nanoparticles on the environment.
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
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