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World-class lineup of executives highlights CIRCA '08 presented by AeA and UAlbany NanoCollege

The eyes of the nanoelectronics industry were focused on Albany, New York as a host of top executives representing the world's leading nanotechnology companies and organizations spoke on the topic of Open Innovation during CIRCA '08.

May 19, 2008 Read more

Conference: 21st Century Medicine - Breakthroughs and Challenges

The conference, '21st Century Medicine - Breakthroughs and Challenges' looks at the current and future breakthroughs as well as the challenges they will provide to practitioners, companies, investors and Governments in the near future. Nov. 26-27, 2008.

May 19, 2008 Read more

Insight into unseen - 1st European Conference on CARS microscopy

In CARS (Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) microscopy, the intrinsic vibrational properties of a molecule are used to generate image contrast. The event takes place in Austria on May 25-27, 2008.

May 19, 2008 Read more

By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer

Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar cells.

May 19, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnologie aktuell - Magazin zeigt Chancen fuer den Nachwuchs

Mit 'Nanotechnologie aktuell' ist eine neue Magazinreihe gestartet.

May 19, 2008 Read more

Engineers demonstrate first room-temperature semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz radiation

Breakthrough could greatly enhance applications ranging from security screening to chemical sensing.

May 19, 2008 Read more

Saudi Arabia to obtain insider info on nanotechnology water treatment from Japan

Saudia Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has started a joint research project with the Japanese Water Recycling Center focusing on integrating high-tech nanotechnology water treatment in the current process of distillation operations.

May 18, 2008 Read more

China, India set pace in South-South scientific cooperation

Growing strategic science and technology cooperation between China and India promises a new outlook for the South.

May 18, 2008 Read more

Italian nanotechnology conference announced for September

The fourth annual Nanoforum conference will take place in Milan, Italy on September 17-18, 2008.

May 17, 2008 Read more

Albany NanoCollege awards world's first degree in nanoeconomics

Officials at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering will award what they say is the world's first degree in nanoeconomics Saturday.

May 17, 2008 Read more

Texas turns attention to nanotechnology

Nanotechnology, particularly as it merges with biotechnology, is likely the next hot industry in Texas, which remains economically strong despite a broad national slowdown, Secretary of State Phil Wilson said this week.

May 16, 2008 Read more

Carbon nanotubes part of Air Force's quest to develop cyber offensive capabilities

The U.S. Air Force is calling for white papers on how it might conduct successful offensives against cyberspace adversaries.

May 16, 2008 Read more

The singularity: A special report

If you're waiting to upload your consciousness into a computer, don't hold your breath; the rapture of the geeks could be a long time in coming.

May 16, 2008 Read more

MIT creates new material for fuel cells

MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.

May 15, 2008 Read more

Carbon-coated nanomagnets as potential hyperthermia agents

Research presented today at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association suggests that nanoparticles consisting of metallic iron with a protective carbon coat could serve as a safe and effective hyperthermia agent.

May 15, 2008 Read more

Nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency

Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film 'single junction' solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies.

May 15, 2008 Read more