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European Parliament gives go-ahead for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Initiative

The European Parliament has given its support to the EU's fifth Joint Technology Initiative in a vote on May 20. A considerable majority of 590 out of a total of 619 Members of the European Parliament voting during a plenary session in Strasbourg were in favour of setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Initiative.

May 23, 2008 Read more

Electron traps that compute

ETH Zurich physicists have used a semiconductor material to create superimposed quantum dots that trap single electrons. Not only can these dots be studied with lasers, their energy can be influenced as well.

May 23, 2008 Read more

Alberta steps up nanotechnology development promotion

The province has launched a $15 million nanotechnology industrial research partnerships program linking academic researchers with industry to develop market-driven nanotechnology products.

May 23, 2008 Read more

Looking beneath the surface

Japanese researchers have developed a new variant of total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy which they term highly-inclined and laminated optical sheet (HILO) microscopy.

May 23, 2008 Read more

International symposium on nanoscale architectures

The purpose of the NANOARCH symposium on June 12-13, 2008 in Anaheim, CA, is to be a forum for the presentation and discussion of novel architectures and design methodologies by considering these issues in future nanoscale implementations.

May 22, 2008 Read more

Canada and China announce new joint science and technology initiatives

Canada today announced the launch of 20 new Canada-China science and technology joint initiatives.

May 22, 2008 Read more

Real-time observation of the DNA-repair mechanism

For the first time, researchers at Delft University of Technology have witnessed the spontaneous repair of damage to DNA molecules in real time. They observed this at the level of a single DNA molecule.

May 22, 2008 Read more

Scharfer Blick in die Tiefe der Zelle - Max-Planck-Forscher verbessern 3D Fluoreszenzmikroskope

Forscher erreichten erstmals eine Aufloesung von unter 45 Nanometern in allen drei Raumrichtungen - 5-fach besser in der Bildebene und mehr als 10-mal schaerfer in der Tiefe gegenueber herkoemmlichen Lichtmikroskopen.

May 22, 2008 Read more

WINSOC project advances the promise of wireless sensor networks

WINSOC (Wireless Sensor Networks with Self-Organization Capabilities for Critical and Emergency Applications), a project funded by the FP6 Information Society Technologies programme of the European Union is already delivering results.

May 22, 2008 Read more

Australian Cancer Council calls for new standards for marketing nanotechnology products

The recent report that suggests some forms of carbon nanotubes could be as harmful as asbestos if inhaled in sufficient quantities has prompted The Australian Cancer Council's CEO Professor Ian Olver to call for new standards to manage nanoparticles in consumer products like sunscreen.

May 22, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology, photonics organizations find Boulder home

A number of people at Colorado University (CU) and in Boulder are hoping that thinking small - almost incomprehensibly small - will lead to gigantic results.

May 21, 2008 Read more

Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionise diagnostics

A new technology with research and clinical application including the early detection of disease has been invented and developed by University of Queensland researchers.

May 21, 2008 Read more

Ulster scientists are using nanotechnology to build new DNA biosensors

The aim of the project is to devise a DNA biosensor using new nanoscale fabrication techniques.

May 21, 2008 Read more

EU new member states push for integration into European micro-, nanotechnology research

The EC-funded MINOS-EURONET project has combined a series of methods to showcase Micro Nano Technology R and D Capabilities from New Member States for a better integration of their research activities into the European Research Area (ERA).

May 21, 2008 Read more

Precision control of movement in robots

A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country's Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics of various types of materials for their use in the generation and measurement of precise movements.

May 21, 2008 Read more

Chip-based device measures drug resistance in tumor cells

Researchers have developed a microfluidic chip that can trap individual cancer cells and investigate the ability of various pump-blocking drugs to overcome drug resistance.

May 21, 2008 Read more