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New UK center will spearhead research in synthetic biology
Programming biological cells so that they behave like engineering parts is the focus of research at a new UK centre launched today, thanks to an GBP 8 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
December 22, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology project RECEPTRONICS could lead to detecting diseases right at inception
Scientists from the EU-funded RECEPTRONICS project are turning to nature, and combining what they learn with the latest in nanotechnology, to find new ways of diagnosing cancer.
December 22, 2008 Read more
Xiangshan symposium addresses molecular imaging
Under the auspices of the Xiangshan Science Conferences (XSSC), a symposium was held from 18 to 20 December in Beijing to deal with the key science and technology issues in molecular imaging and related application.
December 22, 2008 Read more
New 'smart' nanotechnology materials for the brain
Research done by scientists in Italy and Switzerland has shown that carbon nanotubes may be the ideal 'smart' brain material.
December 21, 2008 Read more
Dream of quantum computing closer to reality as mathematicians chase key breakthrough
The ability to exploit the extraordinary properties of quantum mechanics in novel applications, such as a new generation of super-fast computers, has come closer following recent progress with some of the remaining underlying mathematical problems.
December 20, 2008 Read more
European RiskBridge project final conference covers nanotechnology risks
The Project Partners of a recently completed European Commission FP6 funded Project called RiskBridge will host an international, interdisciplinary conference on risk governance and policy learning within and across six important risk fields, including nanotechnology.
December 19, 2008 Read more
NIST seeks white papers on critical national needs, including nanotechnology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is interested in detailed pitches for critical national and societal needs that could be the basis for new competitions for research funding under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP).
December 19, 2008 Read more
NanoKTN and Materials KTN announce research brokering initiative
A research brokering service has been launched by the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies.
December 19, 2008 Read more
IBM demonstrates graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies
Researchers today announced that they demonstrated the operation of graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies, and achieved the highest frequencies reported so far using this novel non-silicon electronic material.
December 19, 2008 Read more
Enter the Legends of the Legacy Archives contest
Can you think of an ACS Legacy Archives article that has attained near-legendary status in your area of research or a related field? Here's your chance to win a great prize and share your favorite research with the scientific community.
December 19, 2008 Read more
Porous polymer gel as electroactive photonic crystal for color displays
A Canadian and British research team has developed a highly effective photonic crystal whose color can be adjusted continuously from UV through the wavelengths of visible light and into the near-infrared range.
December 19, 2008 Read more
Advances in chemical sensor elements based on nanostructured composite materials
A research team led by Prof. NIU Li with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry has made a series of advances in its research into chemical sensor elements based on nano-structured composite materials and their analytical instrumentalization.
December 19, 2008 Read more
A new type of biological camera can trace several different molecules at once in a live animal
Researchers in Japan have produced images of three radioactive isotopes at the same time in a live mouse.
December 19, 2008 Read more
Atomic-scale computing research in Europe
Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing over the next 60?
December 18, 2008 Read more
Call for new oversight of nanotechnology food additives
Nanotechnology policy experts are urging that food additives that contain nanoscale materials be subject to new safety testing to ensure that their use does not pose unintended risks.
December 18, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology cavities protection for a bright smile
Researchers adopted polishing technology used in the semiconductor industry (chemical mechanical planarization) to polish the surface of human teeth down to nanoscale roughness.
December 18, 2008 Read more
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