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Nanotechnology, diversity are focus of research, advocacy of Bayer Professor.
Dec 13th, 2007
Read moreNanotechnology, diversity are focus of research, advocacy of Bayer Professor.
Dec 13th, 2007
Read moreIndia is hoping nanotechnology could provide a new thrust to its booming economy and to become a world leader in this market.
Dec 13th, 2007
Read moreThe worldwide competition NanoArt 2007 is open to everyone.
Dec 13th, 2007
Read moreThe New South Wales Government will hold a public inquiry into the pro and cons of nanotechnology, a field of science that involves matter so small it could cross the body's membranes and affect cells and tissue in the body.
Dec 13th, 2007
Read moreHaving funded $2 million total to support 27 high-risk, high-reward approaches to Parkinson's disease research in the first year of its Rapid Response Innovation Awards (RRIA) initiative, The Michael J. Fox Foundation today announced that it will commit $2 million to a second round of funding in 2008.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreWith a novel twist on existing techniques used to create porous crystals, University of Michigan researchers have developed a new, high-capacity material that may be useful in storing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read morePhysicists at the University of Rochester have combined an atom-chiller with a molecule trap, creating for the first time a device that can generate and trap huge numbers of elusive-yet-valuable ultracold polar molecules.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreResearchers have discovered and captured optical rogue waves - freak, brief pulses of intense light analogous to the infamous oceanic monsters - propagating through optical fiber.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreHow can we use science to help solve the daunting catalogue of trans-border health, energy and quality-of-life challenges confronting our globalized, 'flattened' world? By developing scientific and technological techniques that transcend disciplinary boundaries, reflect diverse perspectives, and incorporate the contributions of traditionally underrepresented groups.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreAt today's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC reports significant progress in improving the performance of planar CMOS using hafnium-based high-k dielectrics and tantalum-carbide metal gates targeting the 32nm CMOS node.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreScientists in Trondheim believe that a lot of exciting new products can be created if we can manage to make use of some of Nature's tiniest construction materials. They are called fibrils.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreResearchers have built and demonstrated an on-wafer liquid phase chromatograph, using sub-micron micromachining. Measurements show a 5- to 10-fold increase in speed of analysis and an improved separation capacity compared to state-of-the-art macroscopic chromatographs.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read morePhysicists o investigated an unusual arrangement of three magnetic 'swirls' - so called magnetic vortices - in a thin magnetic film. Their experiments unravelled the dynamic core movements of these magnetic swirls for the first time.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreCombining some traditional experimental methods of molecular biology with computational methods of artificial intelligence, a group of researchers from Croatia demonstrated a novel approach for producing 'protein fingerprints' of diverse tissues.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreCould enable new kinds of biological research.
Dec 12th, 2007
Read moreScientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the first direct measurements of the infinitesimal expansion and collapse of thin polymer films used in the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices.
Dec 12th, 2007
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