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Conference on materials for medical devices issues call for papers

Jeremy Gilbert of Syracuse University will chair the organizing committee for the 2009 Conference on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices, organized by ASM International, The Materials Information Society. A call for papers has been issued for the event, to be held Aug. 10-12 in Minneapolis.

January 26, 2009 Read more

Nano-putty to repair serious leg fractures

Biomedical engineers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are leading a multi-institution initiative to produce a bio-compatible compound designed to mend serious leg fractures.

January 26, 2009 Read more

TV segment to highlight the impact of innovative nanotechnology on public policy

WMHT Educational Telecommunications (WMHT) and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind segment to air on the statewide 'New York Now' PBS television program that will highlight the growing impact of nanotechnology on society.

January 26, 2009 Read more

International research effort for interconnect and packaging to slash chip footprint by factor of 10

SRC and State of Georgia Announce $2.5M Collaboration to Fund University Research at Georgia Tech, Harvard, UT-Austin, Iowa State and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.

January 26, 2009 Read more

Novel university program tackles U.S. need for two million nanotechnology workers

NanoTecNexus (NTN), a leading nanotechnology education organization dedicated to collaboration and knowledge exchange, is launching the first program of-its-kind this February - unveiling a new NTN Chapter University program.

January 26, 2009 Read more

Hydrogen bonding instrumental in self-organizing complex nanostructures

Researchers have shown that pi-conjugated molecules bearing complementary hydrogen bonding sites can self-organize into complex nanostructures, which resemble natural micellar systems.

January 25, 2009 Read more

Fluorescent proteins help scientists see cancer cells at the molecular level

Remarkable new tools that spotlight individual cellular molecules are transforming biomedical research.

January 25, 2009 Read more

Researchers discover brain's memory 'buffer' in single cells

Individual nerve cells in the front part of the brain can hold traces of memories on their own for as long as a minute and possibly longer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

January 25, 2009 Read more

New catalyst paves the path for ethanol-powered fuel cells

A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Delaware and Yeshiva University, has developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible.

January 25, 2009 Read more

All-inorganic nano-rod based thin-film solarcells on glass

A new European FP7 project aims to develop cost effective and highly efficient solar cells with silicon nano-rods. Funded with EUR2.9 million from the European Union, project ROD_SOL is coordinated by the Institut fuer Photonische Technologien(IPHT) in Jena, Germany.

January 24, 2009 Read more

New catalyst allows hydrogenated oils to be made with less trans fats

UC Riverside chemists have designed a catalyst that allows hydrogenated oils to be made while minimizing the production of trans fats.

January 23, 2009 Read more

Saudi Arabian university funds Cornell nanomaterial energy research

The money goes towards funding work on a new material discovered at Cornell called Nanoparticle Ionic Materials.

January 23, 2009 Read more

Plasmonic whispering gallery microcavity paves the way to future nanolasers

Scientists have developed a 'whispering gallery microcavity' based on plasmons - electromagnetic waves that race across the surfaces of metals.

January 23, 2009 Read more

Brookhaven lab receives $28 million to support crystallography facility

The U.S. Department of Energy?s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory received grants from DOE and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $28 million to support an X-ray Crystallography Research Resource at the Laboratory?s National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS).

January 23, 2009 Read more

European Chemical Industry Councils offers 100,000 euros for new research in exposure sciences

The award is intended for a European-based scientist with less than ten years post-doctoral experience. The award will be presented to an early career scientist with a concept for creative interdisciplinary research.

January 23, 2009 Read more

European distributed nanoscience infrastructure project needs additional contributors

The NFFA (Nano Foundries and Fine Analysis) Design Study of FP7-Research Infrastructures has issued a Call for additional project contributors.

January 23, 2009 Read more