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Universiti Sains Malaysia signs sub licence agreement for advancement of nanotechnology platform with Biotechcorp

Technology transfer program signifies actual implementation of an academic, government agency and private sector partnership with Nanobiotix of France.

July 25, 2008 Read more

Disentangling the strange behavior of qubits

Scientists have been working on an experiment and a theoretical model that show that certain quantum leaps are prohibited at times between levels of a qubit superconductor.

July 25, 2008 Read more

A hot connection with spin

Researchers have studied the effect of spin chirality on the transport properties in solid-state materials.

July 25, 2008 Read more

Slower switching for quantum coherence

The performance of quantum computing can be improved by operating logic gates slowly.

July 24, 2008 Read more

NanoART K12 program promotes the art-science-technology intersection

The purpose of this worldwide program is to support the education of the new generations of artists and scientists and to promote the art-science-technology intersections and NanoArt for a better youth development.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from University of Michigan

University of Michigan engineers are offering a 16-piece lab-on-a-chip kit that brings microfluidic devices to the scientific masses. The kit cuts the costs involved and the time it takes to make a microfluidic device from days to minutes.

July 24, 2008 Read more

UALR scientist named to Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute

he newly formed Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute has named Dr. Alex Biris chief scientist at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, as its honorary president. He also serves as a founding member of the organization.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale

Juelich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Material may help autos turn heat into electricity

Researchers invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. The material has twice the efficiency of anything currently on the market, and could also work in power generators and heat pumps.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Revolutionary materials reflect ancient forms

Physicists have created a structure with both crystalline and quasicrystalline characteristics on a quasicrystalline light lattice.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology may aid PCa diagnosis

Once limited to the electronics industry, semiconductor material may hold the key to improving early detection of prostate cancer among African-American men.

July 24, 2008 Read more

UC Santa Barbara chemist goes nano with CoQ10

IIf Bruce Lipshutz has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Russion nanotechnology mission at Albany NanoTech

A delegation of scientists from Russia visited Albany NanoTech Wednesday, underscoring the high-tech facility's growing presence on the international stage.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Rosier future for solar energy conversion

Recent progress in dye-sensitized solar cells research and development, which use innovative light-harvesting dye to improve the optical absorption coefficient of the stained nanostructured electrodes, might color our dimming future energy security with a tint of rose, despite the looming depletion of fossil fuels.

July 24, 2008 Read more

New UC San Diego exhibition envisages future of nanoparticles and distributed social cinema

New-media art installations that caution visitors about a future when books are relics of the past, and nanoparticles represent a pervasive threat to human health, will be on display starting August 4 on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.

July 24, 2008 Read more

Nanoscale lubrication: A greener antiwear additive for engine oils

Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials scientists from Afton Chemical Corporation (Richmond, Va.) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

July 23, 2008 Read more