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Modelling the nano-devices of the future

Modelling the fabrication processes for integrated circuits can slash production development time and costs by up to 40%. But as transistors, already at nano-scales, become ever smaller, researchers are modelling new worlds.

August 8, 2009 Read more

Holley to operate UALR's Nanotechnology Center

After more than 20 years with the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, Mildred Holley, manager of technology programs at the Arkansas Small Business Technology Development Center, is the new operations director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock?s Nanotechnology Center.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Protein unfolding is key for understanding blood clot mechanics

Fibrin, the chief ingredient of blood clots, is a remarkably versatile polymer. On one hand, it forms a network of fibers -- a blood clot -- that stems the loss of blood at an injury site while remaining pliable and flexible. On the other hand, fibrin provides a scaffold for thrombi, clots that block blood vessels and cause tissue damage, leading to cardiovascular disease. The answer is a process known as protein unfolding.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Carbon nanoparticles toxic to older fruit flies, not to young

In a series of experiments, researchers at Brown University sought to determine how carbon nanoparticles would affect fruit flies - from the very young to adults.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Japan rebuilds for the upturn - Exhibition Micromachine/MEMS in Tokyo sets signals for Green MEMS

Topics dealing with cost savings or subjects like 'Green MEMS' were popular in Tokyo. The fusion of microsystems technology with bio- and nanotechnology to hetero-functional, integrated devices is in focus of Japanese companies and institutes.

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Nanoparticles take on terrorism

Chinese scientists have used sunlight and DNA to make bimetallic nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of explosives.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Neue Werkzeuge mit DNA

Wissenschaftler der TU Muenchen und der Harvard University haben neue Werkzeuge entwickelt, um aus kurzen DNA-Molekuelen Strukturen mit komplexen Windungen und Kruemmungen zu formen.

August 7, 2009 Read more

First time observation of 'strong coupling' between light and a micromechanical object

Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria, have created an interaction between light and a micromechanical resonator that is strong enough to transfer quantum effects.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Registration for 2009 UK NanoForum now open

In its fourth year running, this year's annual UK NanoForum and Emerging Technologies 2009 comprises a two-day conference and exhibition bringing over 100 senior international delegates and 350 UK delegates together to network and identify potential business and collaboration opportunities.

August 7, 2009 Read more

New MOCVD reactor sparks the beginning of a new nanofabrication research center

A dedicated laboratory space on the UC Riverside campus moves Bourns College of Engineering another step closer to a more comprehensive nanoengineering center. The space at Pierce Hall is now home to an advanced metal, organic, chemical, vapor, deposition (MOCVD) reactor.

August 7, 2009 Read more

New possibilities for bottom-up nanotechnology with DNA on gold nanoparticles

Researchers from RIKEN Advanced Science Institute in Wako have developed a method to immobilize oligonucleotides on gold nanoparticle surfaces with precise control over their number and geometric arrangement.

August 7, 2009 Read more

Medical expert will coordinate a new CNSE initiative on nanotechnology in health and safety applications

The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany announced today that it has selected an accomplished physician to head a next-generation NanoHealth initiative that will focus on education, research, and deployment of nanotechnology enabled improvements in occupational, public, and environmental health and safety.

August 6, 2009 Read more

Laboratory experiments and theoretical research aimed at reducing the Casimir force between nano-objects

To study the Casimir force, UC Riverside physicists have received funding of $1.6 million for two years from DARPA and SPAWAR.

August 6, 2009 Read more

Nanoscale origami from DNA: Researchers develop a new toolbox for nano-engineering

Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) and Harvard University have thrown the lid off a new toolbox for building nanoscale structures out of DNA, with complex twisting and curving shapes.

August 6, 2009 Read more

Sustained quantum information processing a step toward building quantum computers

Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions).

August 6, 2009 Read more

DOE awards $377 million in funding for 46 energy frontier research centers

In a major effort to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation.

August 6, 2009 Read more