Shpyrko receives APS organization's Young Investigator Award
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Users Organization has named Oleg G. Shpyrko as the recipient of the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.
May 9th, 2008
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Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier
Designer labels have a lot of cachet - a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics. The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes - the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreWarming up for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Higher temperatures yield tunable, supersensitive Hyper-CEST MRI.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreAll-in-one gene detection on a chip
Scientists in Singapore have invented a tiny machine that can rapidly prepare, purify and genetically analyse blood or other biological samples in less than 20 minutes
May 9th, 2008
Read moreFinnish research result: Future electronics will give more space for design
In the future, the rigid electronic boards will not place restrictions in the design of new products, as the manufacturing technology is being developed towards more flexible, design-friendly and inexpensive form of electronics. New manufacturing methods will change the production processes and will enable the manufacturing of entirely new kinds of products.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreBlueprint for GBP 1bn UK technology drive unveiled
The UK's Technology Strategy Board has revealed its three-year strategic plan and outlined how it will promote and invest in technology-driven innovation for the benefit of business, to increase sustainable economic growth and to improve quality of life.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreMolecular cables get insulating sheath
Good insulation for nanowires provided by self-assembling molecular-scale sheaths.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreMake India a significant player in nanotechnology: Kalam
Government and private sector should join hands and carry out focussed research to make India a significant player in nanotechnology, former President APJ Abdul Kalam said.
May 9th, 2008
Read moreHelp design the future of nanotechnology
The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University invites you to help design the future of nanotechnology.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreNew technique measures ultrashort laser pulses at focus
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed the first device to directly measure complex ultrashort light pulses in space and time at and near the focus.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreScientists demonstrate method for integrating nanowire devices directly onto silicon
Fabrication technique could yield low-cost, scalable nanowire photonic and electronic circuits.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreIndiana ready to flex subatomic muscles with nanotechnology advances
A cure for cancer, a solution to rising fuel prices or a whole new generation of super-strong materials coming out of the Hoosier state? This and much more possibly lies within the emerging realm of nanotechnology, according to a covey of national nanotechnology experts in Indiana on May 2, 2008.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreHouse Science and Technology Committee unanimously reports National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act
The House Science and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously supported H.R. 5940, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act, which will update and expand the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).
May 8th, 2008
Read moreInstitute of Nanotechnology in the UK announces new Chair
Professor Richard A.L. Jones to head Institute's advisory group.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreResearchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes
How does light pass through a tiny hole? For the first time, researchers from Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded in mapping this process properly.
May 8th, 2008
Read moreTowards a European observatory on nanotechnologies
Establishing a permanent European Observatory on Nanotechnologies is one of the goals of the EU-funded observatoryNANO project, which started recently.
May 8th, 2008
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