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Attosecond scientist wins one of Ontario's most prestigious science prizes
Dr. Paul Corkum, an attosecond science researcher at the National Research Council Canada (NRC) and professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa, is this year's winner of one of Ontario's most prestigious science prizes.
May 13, 2009 Read more
Samsung Electronics to participate in IMEC research program on 'green radios'
The research collaboration topics will include cognitive reconfigurable radio baseband and millimeter-wave wireless communications technologies.
May 13, 2009 Read more
Bayreuther Idee zur Nanostrukturierung mit Preis ausgezeichnet
Mobiltelefone und Laptops, die wie bunte Schmetterlinge in der Sonne schillern, sind moeglicherweise schon bald keine Zukunftsmusik mehr. Neue Verfahren zur Nanostrukturierung von Oberflaechen durch kontrollierte Faltenbildung bieten eine elegante und kostenguenstige Moeglichkeit, solche Effekte zu erzielen.
May 12, 2009 Read more
NSF announces $200 million funding for research instrumentation
The National Science Foundation announced a special opportunity for funding projects that strengthen the research infrastructure in the nation's science and engineering research and education institutions.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Cloaking device works at nanoscale
Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, any flat surface -- isn't there.
May 12, 2009 Read more
OECD conference on potential environmental benefits of nanotechnology
The OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials and Working Party on Nanotechnology are organizing a 'Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth' at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France, on July 15-17, 2009.
May 12, 2009 Read more
New implantable device could track a tumor's growth
MIT researchers have reported that their device successfully tracked a tumor marker in mice for one month.
May 12, 2009 Read more
UK innovation nanotechnology patent landscape analysis
The UK Intellectual Property Office has compiled a nanotechnology patent landscape for the UK. This reports on all UK patent data and reflects on UK innovation in the field of nanotechnology.
May 12, 2009 Read more
400 W femtosecond laser for ultra-precise materials processing
At the LASER World of Photonics 2009 in Munich the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) will show for the first time the currently most powerful ultra-short-pulse laser module with an output of over 400 watts and pulse durations of less than 1 ps.
May 12, 2009 Read more
'Cool-Silicon-Cluster' develops technologies to reduce energy consumption of chips
In coming years Saxony will develop technologies on a large scale that will significantly reduce energy consumption of microchips and information technology.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Leuchtfeuer im Nanobereich - Was blinkende Molekuele ueber die Zellstruktur verraten
Einem Forscherteam um Professor Philip Tinnefeld vom Department Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) Muenchen ist es nun gelungen, fluoreszierende Molekuele zu entwickeln, die sich durch zwei gegensaetzlich wirkende chemische Prozesse gezielt an- und ausschalten lassen.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Keynote presentations for 2nd Annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit announced
The NanoBusiness Alliance and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance today announced the keynote lineup for the 2nd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit, which will return to the University of Denver, CO, from June 22 - 23, 2009.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Nanofluidics experiment to be tested aboard a spacecraft
When a spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the future, its cargo will include a small box containing a nano-fluidics experiment designed by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Smart dust biosensors
Smart dust biosensors may be smaller than a grain of sand but they have big potential, say Henry Hess, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, US, and colleagues.
May 12, 2009 Read more
New research cooperation accelerates Japan-US efforts on technology development toward realization of a low carbon society
AIST promotes its cutting-edge R+D in energy/environment fields, by concluding comprehensive research cooperation Memorandum sof Understanding with 6 US national laboratories.
May 12, 2009 Read more
Projektausschreibung: 'Toxische Wirkungen verschiedener Modifikationen eines Nanopartikels nach Inhalation'
Ein exemplarischer Typ eines Nanopartikels in drei verschiedenen Modifikationen in einem geeigneten tierexperimentellen Ansatz untersucht werden.
May 11, 2009 Read more
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