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Board of Investment signs agreement with the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology

The Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka signed agreements for 6 new projects, one of them with the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (Private) Limited.

June 21, 2008 Read more

Schumer: $1M earmarked for UAlbany's NanoCollege

The University at Albany's College of Nanoscience and Engineering is in line for a $1 million grant under legislation pending with the U.S. Senate.

June 20, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology made simple: The Penn Science Cafe visits Washington, D.C.

The Penn Science Cafe lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town.

June 20, 2008 Read more

Nanobullets - the new botox?

Our Slow News Friday story for this week is about skin-deep beauty.

June 20, 2008 Read more

Selection of carbon nanotubes with specific chiralities demonstrated

A chemistry professor at the University of Connecticut and his graduate students have published new results in Nature Nanotechnology showing how they isolated a particular type of carbon nanotube from a sample and manipulated it in a way that could have broad applicability in drug and gene delivery, electronic devices, and nanotechnology research.

June 20, 2008 Read more

Researchers overcome mispositioned carbon nanotubes to create logic circuits at wafer-scale

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today joined with researchers at Stanford University to announce multiple ?firsts? demonstrated with carbon nanotubes to produce CMOS-compatible working circuits on a wafer scale.

June 20, 2008 Read more

King Abdullah to head Saudi Society for Nanotechnology

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has agreed to become the honorary president of the Saudi Society for Nanotechnology, according to Higher Education Minister Dr Khaled Al Anqari.

June 20, 2008 Read more

Cold copper stops the spin

The performance of spintronic devices depends on several temperature-dependent scattering mechanisms

June 20, 2008 Read more

Nano-Kamasutra and other nanotechnology images

The 52nd International Electron Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) Conference announced six Micrograph Contest winners at its annual Conference held this year in Portland, Oregon May 27-30.

June 19, 2008 Read more

Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers.

June 19, 2008 Read more

Indiana University, Purdue today will unveil a far-reaching research alliance

The two universities plan to announce today that they will seek $35 million a year from the Indiana General Assembly in each of the next two years to help fund an alliance aimed at boosting Indiana's life-sciences industry in such areas as pharmaceuticals, bio-energy and nanotechnology.

June 19, 2008 Read more

Molecular 'clutch' puts flagellum in neutral

Insights into the workings of the flagellum may advance nanotechnology.

June 19, 2008 Read more

Skyscraper with nanotechnology skin

CNN today carries a story about product designer Agustin Otegui's project aimed to trigger new approaches into greener and more energy efficient structures.

June 19, 2008 Read more

New technique to control nanostrain in computer processors improves speed

Thanks to a new electron holography technique invented by researchers at CEMES-CNRS in France it is possible to map deformation in a crystal lattice with a precision and resolution never previously attained.

June 19, 2008 Read more

SME no longer blind spot in nanotechnology safety and risk management

Companies which produce, use, process or market nanomaterials are confronted with specific unknown risks inherent to these substances. A new tool now also allows smaller companies, research institutions and retailers to gain a well-founded overview of the actual risk situation in their operations.

June 19, 2008 Read more

Massachusetts maintains lead as nation's top state in technology and science, according to Milken Institute

Massachusetts, which just passed a $1-billion life sciences bill to invest in high-tech infrastructure and research and development over the next 10 years, is in the best position of any state to achieve high-quality economic growth thanks to its vast array of technology and science assets, a new Milken Institute study shows.

June 19, 2008 Read more