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First Kavli awards to open World Science Festival
The World Science Festival will get underway in New York City on May 28 with an announcement naming the laureates of the three inaugural $1 million Kavli Prizes, honoring researchers in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
April 22, 2008 Read more
Findings a step toward making new optical materials
Chemical engineers have developed a self-assembling method that could lead to an inexpensive way of making diamondlike crystals to improve optical communications and other technologies.
April 22, 2008 Read more
The lovely smell of U.S. stagnation
It has become a cliche to point out that the Russian government is busy reviving various ideological and symbolic trappings of the Soviet Union. One of the most amusing ideological constructs in the writings of 'patriotic' pro-Kremlin commentators, as well as in the minds of ordinary Russians, is the growing belief that the U.S. economy is somehow a spent force.
April 22, 2008 Read more
NIST and UAlbany NanoCollege sign partnership agreement
The landmark agreement will create the first-ever partnership between the federal government and University of Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and will bring federal research expertise and resources to the nanoscale campus.
April 22, 2008 Read more
Monash University plans $45m nanofabrication center
Monash has signed an agreement with the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) which will see a $45 million purpose-built facility known as the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) developed next to the Clayton campus.
April 22, 2008 Read more
SEMATECH Researchers Demonstrate High-k Metal Gates for 22 nm Node
SEMATECH researchers are presenting trend-setting research results in extending CMOS logic and memory technologies at the International Symposium on VLSI Technology, System and Applications (VLSI-TSA) this week.
April 21, 2008 Read more
Platinum nanocube enhances fuel cell operation
A team of chemists at Brown University for the first time has consistently created uniform platinum nanocubes, a breakthrough that could make hydrogen fuel cells more efficient and less costly.
April 21, 2008 Read more
Peptides provide fatal blow for cancer cells
Peptide nanostructures that punch holes in cancer cells are 'the first step towards efficient nanochemotherapeutics,' say chemists in Canada.
April 21, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology inspires L.A. youth
Students from local high schools and community college participate in nanoscience workshops.
April 21, 2008 Read more
Nanotechnology can bring down farm production costs
Nanotechnology can bring down farm production costs through precise and more efficient use of inputs.
April 21, 2008 Read more
High-tech fuer die Industrie: Nanotechnologie auf der Hannover Messe
Die Philipps-Universitaet Marburg zeigt High-tech auf der Hannover Messe 2008.
April 21, 2008 Read more
Basics and applications of particle characterizations
Basics and Applications of Particle Characterizations is one of eight short courses that the American Filtration and Separation Society will be offering during its 21st Annual Conference being held May 19-22 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
April 21, 2008 Read more
US lags far behind Europe in nanotechnology risk research
A new analysis indicates that European nations are investing nearly twice as much as the U.S. in research primarily aimed at addressing the potential risks of nanotechnology. The analysis also highlights a substantial over-inflation of the federal government?s nanotechnology risk-research investment figures for the U.S.
April 21, 2008 Read more
University of Waterloo welcomes Arthur J. Carty as head of Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology
Canada's last national science advisor is returning to the University of Waterloo to lead a new research initiative that will place UW among the world's best centres for nanotechnology. Arthur J. Carty will serve as the first executive director of the new Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology.
April 21, 2008 Read more
New Indian nanotechnology center set up in collaboration with University of Arkansas
The Sathyabama Deemed University is setting up an advance centre for nanotechnology, with an investment of about $8.8 million, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas.
April 20, 2008 Read more
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