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Europe launches joint technology initiatives on nanoelectronics and embedded computer systems

The European Commission has launched two new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) designed to boost Europe's competitiveness in the fields of nanoelectronics and embedded computer systems. ENIAC (nanoelectronics) and ARTEMIS (embedded systems) are both public-private partnerships, which unite industry, the research community and public authorities.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Stem cell pioneer James Thomson to steer regenerative medicine at Morgridge Institute for Research

The Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, not-for-profit side of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, is announcing the appointment of world-renowned stem cell pioneer and researcher James Thomson as the first member of its multidisciplinary scientific leadership team.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology: yay or nay?

The LA Times will run a daily piece in its opinion section this week discussing nanotechnology. All week, Aatish Salvi and George Kimbrell debate the promises, ethical concerns and applications of nanotechnology.

February 25, 2008 Read more

COST open call collection date coming up (March 28)

The next collection date for for Preliminary Proposals for the Open Call to support Scientific and Technical Collaboration in Europe is on March 28, 2008.

February 25, 2008 Read more

IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate

IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%.

February 25, 2008 Read more

New updated edition of 'The Physics and Chemistry of Nanosolids' now available

Research and Markets has announced the addition of 'The Physics and Chemistry of Nanosolids' to their offering.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Engineers demonstrate a new type of optical tweezer

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in integrated systems such as microfluidic chips. The tweezer, consisting of a Fresnel Zone Plate microfabricated on a glass slide, has the ability to trap particles without the need for high performance objective lenses.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Nokia and University of Cambridge launch the Morph - a nanotechnology concept device

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge - was launched today alongside the 'Design and the Elastic Mind' exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Novel materials research nets physicist NSF CAREER award

A University of Arkansas physics professor will create and explore novel interface-controlled materials at the nanoscale to explore their physical properties, many of which are not attainable in bulk materials. His research in this area earned him a $410,735 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to continue the research, which was cited by Science magazine as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of 2007.

February 25, 2008 Read more

Position sensors: magnets know their place

Non-contact position sensors are small but important parts of many modern machines. Researchers have used a phenomenon known as magnetoresistance to develop a practical, low-cost position sensor that performs better than existing designs. Commercial production will follow this year.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Special coating greatly improves solar cell performance

The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California's Mojave Desert could power all of the United Statesâ?? electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimates. Unfortunately, current-generation solar cell technologies are too expensive and inefficient for wide-scale commercial applications. A team of Northwestern University researchers has developed a new anode coating strategy that significantly enhances the efficiency of solar energy power conversion.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Research at UAlbany NanoCollege contributes to 30+ papers at SPIE Adv. Lithography Conference

More than 30 scientific and technical papers based on research conducted at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany will be presented next week at one of the world's leading conferences focused on the global nanoelectronics industry.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Bitter Setback for the European Nanobiotechnology Sector

Following four years of successful work, the funding programme for the European Network of Excellence Nano2Life is to be discontinued.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Switchyard for single electrons

Scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) achieved to transfer very small charge 'packets', comprising a well-defined number of few electrons, between metallic electrons precisely by using a single-electron pump.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Fabrication and characteristics of 'nanoleaves'

A film having a thickness of a single molecule, fabricated by researchers in Germany.

February 22, 2008 Read more

Electron filmed for first time ever

Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom.

February 22, 2008 Read more