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European call for collaborative proposals in nanoscience

The present call is limited to ground-breaking research projects that address the issue of interfacing functional nano-objects or nano-materials. It covers primarily the controlled formation of contacts and the study of coupling or communication/exchange mechanisms between nano-objects. The emphasis is on interfacing rather than on interfaces.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Researchers develop darkest manmade material

Carbon nanotube array absorbs light, could boost solar energy conversion.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Job offer: Chair of Nanotechnology for Water Desalination

The Chair of Nanotechnology for Water Desalination is a new Chair sponsored by the Research Council of Oman and Sultan Qaboos University. It will establish a program of research in Nanotechnology for Water Desalination at SQU, and provide research leadership, including strategic planning, project development and planning, project management, and supervision of research staff and postgraduate students.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Punjab taking steps to setting up bio- and nanotechnology institutes

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today sought an early Environment and Forest Clearance (EFC) for setting up of a world class National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute and Bio-processing Unit and National Institute of Nanotechnology in the state.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Scientists dramatically improve soft x-ray lasers with discovery

Colorado State University scientists have found a way to dramatically improve the quality of laser light at extremely short wavelengths, according to a paper that was published Sunday online by Nature Photonics.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Using nanomaterials to localize and control drug delivery

Using nanotechnology, scientists from UCLA and Northwestern University have developed a localized and controlled drug delivery method that is invisible to the immune system, a discovery that could provide newer and more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases.

January 22, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology, sci-fi, master chief vacuum cleaner

It takes a lot to differentiate something like a vacuum cleaner in today's high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, but it appears that Samsung is attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like the Master Chief character from the Halo universe.

January 21, 2008 Read more

New technique will deliver more detailed x-rays

European researchers have developed a way of producing extremely detailed x-ray images using conventional imaging equipment such as that found in hospitals and airports. The new technique produces so-called 'dark-field' images, which could be of use in a number of applications, including medical imaging and security screening.

January 21, 2008 Read more

UAlbany NanoCollege and IMEC to Collaborate on EUV Lithography

IBM, ASML researchers will also participate in program designed to advance EUV lithography.

January 21, 2008 Read more

$300,000 spent seeking permit for Marcy nanotechnology site

Securing a federal wetlands permit for the proposed nanotechnology site near SUNYIT won't come cheaply: The region's economic-development leaders have spent $300,000 in their still-unfinished quest.

January 21, 2008 Read more

New technology sharpens X-ray vision

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the EPFL in Switzerland have developed a novel method for producing dark-field x-ray images at wavelengths used in typical medical and industrial imaging equipment.

January 20, 2008 Read more

The clash between old and new economies

Luna nanoWorks is adding dozens of high-paying research jobs and helping to lure other high-tech companies to Danville.

January 20, 2008 Read more

Room for improvement in nanotechnology field

Northeast Ohio and the entire state have some of the right materials to build a strong nanotechnology industry, but a few key elements are missing, according to a report released by regional technology advocacy group NorTech and the Nano-Network, a program focused on connecting the regionâ??s nanotech companies and assets.

January 19, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology guru turns back on goo

The BBC has an article on how Eric Drexler has backed away from his famous claim that nanomachines could turn the planet into 'grey goo'.

January 19, 2008 Read more

Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory saw budgets cut

The Chicago Tribune has an article on how Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory were damaged in the budget fight between President Bush and Congress.

January 19, 2008 Read more

I.P. University in India to launch new nanotechnology program

Following the approval by the Union Government's Department of Science and Technology for a Rs.4.5 crore grant, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University will launch an M.Tech. programme in Nanotechnology from the next academic session.

January 18, 2008 Read more