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Scientists report an evolutionary analysis of a critical 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus strain protein

Singapore scientists conduct and complete research in just two weeks.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Nobel Laureate underscores importance of investment in basic research

Dr. William Phillips, an Office of Naval Research funded Nobel Prize-winning physicist, delivered the final lecture at ONR's spring distinguished lecture series May 19. Phillips' compelling presentation, titled 'Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff,' highlighted the importance of basic research and ONR's legacy of support for innovative scientists.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Nanoethics Postdoc, Notre Dame

The John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame seeks candidates for a position as a Post-Doctoral Fellow or Research Assistant Professor in the field of Nanotechnology Ethics and Policy.

May 22, 2009 Read more

IBM Helps Create First Nanotechnology Center in Central and Eastern Europe

IBM and the Bulgarian government today officially announced their cooperation in the area of nanoscience and a deal for IBM to support the creation of what will be the first Bulgarian nanotechnology center.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Free Keithley webinar explores fundamentals of semiconductor C-V testing

Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will broadcast a free, web-based seminar titled 'Semiconductor Capacitance-Voltage (C-V) Fundamentals'.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Understanding properties of materials to make microdevices

Harvard engineering Professor Joost Vlassak today is helping academia and industry catch up in their understanding of how materials employed in critical components for computers and other electronics stand up to a variety of conditions - and helping them use that knowledge to design new components and devices.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnologie beim Biotechnologietag

Mit gleich drei Schwerpunkten zeigt der diesjaehrige Saechsische Biotechnologietag das breite Forschungsspektrum der saechsischen Biotechnologie in Leipzig und Dresden auf und unterstreicht die nationale und internationale Bedeutung der Forschung in Sachsen.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Proposal for establishing an Arab Council on Nanotechnology

The expert meeting on ethics of nanotechnologies in the Arab region, organised by Unesco's Cairo and Doha offices, concluded yesterday with participants calling for creation of an Arab council and to make discussion on the topic a part of international political agenda.

May 22, 2009 Read more

NSF grant for student working on hydrogen storage research

A Montana State University graduate student whose research has the potential to make a difference in how light is harvested for alternative energy applications has won a $90,000 fellowship from the National Science Foundation.

May 22, 2009 Read more

New seal for solid oxide fuel cells could speed market availability

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have great potential for stationary and mobile applications. But SOFCs have had a flaw - the integrity of the seals within and between power-producing units. A materials science professor has invented a self-healing seal that will provide strength and long-term stability.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Quick-fix molecular machines

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed simple recipes to whip up 'cage-like' container structures for the creation of complex molecular machines.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Multiferroics - Making a switch the electric way

Berkeley Lab researchers have shown that electric fields can be used as ON/OFF switches in doped multiferroic films, a development that holds promise for future magnetic data storage and spintronic devices.

May 22, 2009 Read more

Magnetic x-ray vision

Enhancements to an experimental technique reveal novel magnetic materials.

May 22, 2009 Read more

New spectroscopy technique reveils catalyst kinetics

French and UK scientists have developed a spectroscopy technique that has elucidated the reaction mechanism of a silver-alumina catalyst. The researchers say their approach should allow scientists to fine tune both this catalyst and other industrial heterogeneous catalysts to improve performance.

May 21, 2009 Read more

Pioneering physicist Andre Geim has been awarded prestigious Royal Society position

Already a Fellow of the Royal Society, Prof Geim has now been given a Royal Society Research Professorship to support his ground-breaking research into a super-thin two dimensional material called graphene.

May 21, 2009 Read more

Fast laser research and theory building on Einstein's work by timing electrons emissions

Ultrafast laser research at Kansas State University has allowed physicists to build on Nobel Prize-winning work in photo-electronics by none other than Albert Einstein.

May 21, 2009 Read more