In a newly announced global Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI (very-large-scale integration), researchers at Caltech's Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) in Pasadena, California, and at the Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information-Micro- and Nano-Technologies (CEA/LETI-MINATEC) in Grenoble, France, are working together to take the pursuit of Feynman's vision to an entirely new level.
Nov 6th, 2007
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ENTER3, the 3rd festival for arts, sciences and technologies will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from November 8-11, 2007. ENTER is part of the annual Week of Science and Technology, the project of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Nov 6th, 2007
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The Universidad Autonoma de Madrid has tested a new protection technique that consists of the electrodeposition of a conductive polymer (polypyrrole) over the surface of a material like copper that is easily oxidized.
Nov 6th, 2007
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A group of Indian Americans well placed in the nanotechnology industry have formed The Indus Nanotechnology Association (TINA) to create a bigger impact in the market.
Nov 6th, 2007
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The Bac Ha International University has been given the green light to become the first non-State international university operating in Vietnam.
Nov 6th, 2007
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A consortium of Piedmont Triad institutions has been awarded a $100,000 planning grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to establish the state's first Center of Innovation, focusing on the emerging field of nanobiotechnology.
Nov 6th, 2007
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What do Americans know about nanotechnology-the technology that promises to ignite the next Industrial Revolution? According to polls, the answer is not much. A federally-supported national network of U.S. scientists, museum professionals, and educators is working to change that.
Nov 5th, 2007
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In a new, highly targetted $100-million program, Alberta's provincial research-funding arm, Alberta Ingenuity, says it is setting out on a path that will significantly change the entire funding landscape across Canada.
Nov 5th, 2007
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A team of scientists based in the UK and Germany have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface - a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics.
Nov 5th, 2007
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The Indian government is starting a five-year national mission to make the country a global hub for nanoscience and nanotechnology, leveraging the low-cost advantage and its vast talent pool.
Nov 5th, 2007
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Just months after the proposal for a Nano Park was announced, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Centre has made public its plans to establish an Institute of Nano Science and Technology in Bangalore.
Nov 5th, 2007
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A Micro-Vett Fiat Doblò, a regular size 5-seat station wagon, powered by a custom 18kWh Altairnano lithium-ion NanoSafe battery pack, traveled 300 kilometers (186 miles) in one day in an urban delivery circuit.
Nov 3rd, 2007
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The latest technology road map for UK micro and nano metrology is now available to download from the case studies section of the CEMMNT (Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and NanoTechnologies) website
Nov 3rd, 2007
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Scientists may be one step closer to understanding the atomic forces that cause friction, thanks to a recently published study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
Nov 2nd, 2007
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NPL is challenging you to imagine and build an interesting exhibit about nanoscience or nanotechnology - and if your idea has merit, then NPL will award you $400 or $700 US dollars.
Nov 2nd, 2007
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation grant for the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
Nov 2nd, 2007
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