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Soft-matter nanotechnology to create artificial life forms
Owe Orwar, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Chalmers, has received a SEK 25 million (approximately $3 million) research grant from the European Research Council for a nanoscience program entitled 'Soft-Matter Nanotechnology to Create Artificial Life Forms'.
November 29, 2008 Read more
The 2008 Alberta Nanotech Showcase opened
The two-day event brings together Alberta's small-tech researchers, companies and special-purpose agencies and organizations, to share and exchange timely information on their work, their businesses, special programs and initiatives, challenges and opportunities.
November 28, 2008 Read more
Food safety implications of nanotechnology on agenda of World Health Organization and FAO
Given the increased global interest in the use of nanotechnology and concerns on the potential food safety implications, FAO and WHO have planned to convene a joint Expert Meeting which aims to identify knowledge gaps including issues on food safety, review current risk assessment procedures, consequently support further food safety research and develop global guidance on adequate and accurate methodologies to assess potential food safety risks that may arise from nanoparticles.
November 28, 2008 Read more
High-precision mirror allows nanometer-scale focussing of x-rays
Radiation from x-ray lasers such as x-ray free electron lasers are of wide interest, as they will allow a large number of applications such as the study of the structure of single molecules. However, for such applications to be realized, the x-rays need to be strongly focused at the nanoscale. Researchers in Japan have now developed a mirror suitable for this task.
November 28, 2008 Read more
SMEs make Europe's innovation clock tick
SMEs can have a huge impact on the world standing of European research. Just look at the work of IMS Nanofabrication, a brilliant star in the semiconductor constellation. And Europe's research funding programme has helped this tiny company shine all the more brightly.
November 27, 2008 Read more
The Australian Office of Nanotechnology launches AccessNano for schools
The Australian Office of Nanotechnology in the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research is meeting the challenge of inspiring young minds with the production of AccessNano, an Australian nanotechnology resource for secondary schools.
November 27, 2008 Read more
Fast molecular rearrangements hold key to plastic's toughness
A new report says that subjecting a common plastic to physical stress - which causes the plastic to flow - also dramatically increases the motion of the material's constituent molecules, with molecular rearrangements occurring up to 1,000 times faster than without the stress.
November 27, 2008 Read more
3D nanowire FET extends transistor dimension scaling
French research institute CEA-LETI has successfully integrated on the same SOI wafer different types of advanced transistor structures like stacked nanowires transistors, FINFETs and independent dual gate FET, using a common flow compatible with standard planar FDSOI devices.
November 27, 2008 Read more
European solution to 'mask-less' semiconductor lithography
European researchers have developed a promising solution to 'mask-less' semiconductor lithography and generated intense interest among major industry players.
November 26, 2008 Read more
Using invisibility to increase visibility
Research into the development of invisibility devices has spurred two physicists' thought on the behaviour of light to overcome the seemingly intractable problem of optical singularities which could soon lead to the manufacturing of a perfect cat?s eye.
November 26, 2008 Read more
Harnessing light to drive nanomachines
Science fiction writers have long envisioned sailing a spacecraft by the optical force of the sun's light. But, the forces of sunlight are too weak to fill even the oversized sails that have been tried. Now a team led by researchers at the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science has shown that the force of light indeed can be harnessed to drive machines - when the process is scaled to nano-proportions.
November 26, 2008 Read more
Dublin to host Europe's largest interdisciplinary science conference in 2012
As the largest European gathering of its kind, the 5th Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF2012) will convene in Dublin, Ireland on 12?16 July 2012, Euroscience announced today.
November 26, 2008 Read more
European researchers call for paradigm shift towards clean fuel technologies
Scientists from leading European research institutions in the field of solar-to-fuel energy conversion call for unified action and substantial support for novel clean fuel technologies as well as a paradigm change in Europe?s current energy policy.
November 26, 2008 Read more
New facility in Belgium aims to boost consolidation of nanoscience in Europe
On Friday 28 November, the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF) is to be inaugurated in Louvaine, Belgium, the aim being to boost the consolidation of nanoscience in Europe.
November 26, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology coating for building makes them self-cleaning
A process for producing photo-catalytic, self-cleaning coatings has been developed by scientists at Singapore's A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), and licensed to Haruna (S) Pte Ltd.
November 26, 2008 Read more
Gap grants help new technologies move from the lab to the marketplace
Sixteen Gap grants have been made since 2006 to NJIT faculty researchers. Here is a list of the most promising innovations so far.
November 25, 2008 Read more
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