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SEMATECH Technologists to Report Technical Results on New Materials and Device Structures

SEMATECH announced today that it has received the Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM) Best Paper Award for its work on reliability of high-k metal gates.

October 1, 2008 Read more

National Imaging Facility expands cutting edge technology for Australian research community

University of Queensland's cutting edge technology has expanded with the acquisition of an Australian first animal scanner system, part of a new National Imaging Facility (NIF).

October 1, 2008 Read more

German researchers win Honda Prize 2008 for their world-first Atomic Electron Microscope

The Honda Foundation announced the Honda Prize for the year 2008 will be awarded to a German team of researchers of electron microscopy led by Dr. Maximilian Haider, Dr. Harald Rose, and Dr. Knut Urban.

September 30, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology 'Safety for Success' dialog

The Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission is organizing the 2nd Annual Nanotechnology "Safety for Success" Dialogue Workshop on Thursday, 2nd and Friday, 3rd October 2008.

September 30, 2008 Read more

When nanoparticles seep right through skin

Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there - tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications - can breech our most personal protective barrier: The skin.

September 30, 2008 Read more

Military interest in nanotechnology discussed at nano conference

Military interest in nanotechnology has long been know and understood, but for scientists who have hoped for interest in C60, the Army's call for fullerenes is a welcome surprise.

September 30, 2008 Read more

150 specialists attended the annual meeting of The European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine

The annual meeting of the working groups of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN) took place in the headquarters of Pharmamar, a biotechnology company of the Spanish Zeltia Group.

September 30, 2008 Read more

North Carolina Biotechnology Center awards 11 bio- and nantechnology grants

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has issued $772,596 in Biotechnology Research Grants to 11 scientists at five universities from the Piedmont Triad to the coast.

September 30, 2008 Read more

Landmark poll shows Americans have little to no understanding of nanotechnology

A groundbreaking poll finds that almost half of U.S. adults have heard nothing about nanotechnology, and nearly nine in 10 Americans say they have heard just a little or nothing at all about the emerging field of synthetic biology, according to a new report.

September 30, 2008 Read more

Simple twists of fate - researchers reveal how gene regulation works

A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription.

September 29, 2008 Read more

Micro honeycomb materials enables aircraft noise reduction

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are turning to innovative materials that make possible a new approach to the physics of noise reduction. They have found that honeycomb-like structures composed of many tiny tubes or channels can reduce sound more effectively than conventional methods.

September 29, 2008 Read more

Engineers mass-produce smell receptors in lab; artificial noses to follow?

MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings.

September 29, 2008 Read more

Twinkling Fractal Theory explains mysterious nature of glass

Archaeological evidence suggests that glass was first made in the Middle East sometime around 3000 B.C. However, almost 5,000 years later, scientists are still perplexed about how glassy materials make the transition from a molten state to a solid. Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering at UD, thinks he has the answer.

September 29, 2008 Read more

European Competitive Council addresses nanotechnology

Europe's research ministers adopted conclusions on Alzheimer's, the European partnership for researchers and responsible nanotechnology research at their Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels on 25 and 26 September.

September 29, 2008 Read more

2nd International Festival of NanoArt

The 2nd International Festival of NanoArt organized by NanoArt21 (www.nanoart21.org) will be hosted in Stuttgart, Germany by NAHVISION Institute for International Culture Exchange, between November 1st and November 30th, 2008.

September 29, 2008 Read more

Commercial manufacturing breakthrough for carbon nanotubes

A UTD/CSIRO team recently demonstrated that synthetically made carbon nanotubes can be commercially manufactured into transparent sheets that are stronger than steel sheets of the same weight.

September 29, 2008 Read more