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Technical Textiles Technology and Market Trends Featured at Techtextil-Symposium North America 2008
The latest technology and market trends in technical textiles will be presented by advanced technology and industry experts at Techtextil-Symposium North America, April 1-3, 2008 in Atlanta, GA.
December 9, 2007 Read more
Will nanotechnology and other ambient technologies make privacy protection obsolete?
Last week, Forbes magazine ran a commentary by Robert Ellis Smith, publisher of the Privacy Journal newsletter, titled 'Scay Stuff'.
December 8, 2007 Read more
Chemists make fullerene necklace
Spanish scientists have strung fullerene buckyballs together to produce a polymer with unique electronic properties. The creation of these polymers, which resemble a string of pearls, has demonstrated a new approach to designing novel materials.
December 8, 2007 Read more
Program prepares for increasing nanotechnology worker demand
Job seekers in Oklahoma currently cannot find any ads or postings for companies seeking nanotechnology technicians, said Sheryl Hale, manager, innovative programs, research and development at the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Digital displays with better breeding
Mixing dyes with DNA could be the solution for bright, robust electronic displays and digital paper.
December 7, 2007 Read more
MSU nanotechnology research nets Nano 50 Award
A new nanotechnology material developed at Michigan State University has enabled XG Sciences Inc., a startup company headquartered in East Lansing, to be named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 Awards program.
December 7, 2007 Read more
2,000 students visited UAlbany NanoCollege this year
Students at NanoCareer Day get firsthand look at nanotechnology, career opportunities.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Nanotube-producing bacteria show manufacturing promise
Two engineers at the University of California, Riverside are part of a binational team that has found semiconducting nanotubes produced by living bacteria - a discovery that could help in the creation of a new generation of nanoelectronic devices.
December 7, 2007 Read more
DFG research team nominated for the German Future Prize
Three researchers have been nominated for their work on a novel technique for making high performance, long-lasting and safe lithium-ion batteries.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology roadmap for productive nanosystems now available
The final version of the Technology Roadmap for Productive Nanosystems has been released. This marks the completion of the first broad, multidisciplinary effort to explore how current laboratory techniques for atomically precise fabrication can be extended, step by step, toward increasingly advanced products and capabilities.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Very long time to market for nanotechnology applications
Nanotechnology companies across the world are realizing 7-10 years are not enough to take a potential research finding to the market as a product.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Prof. C.N.R. Rao calls for freedom to scientists and researchers in nanotechnology
In his vision talk at the valedictory function of Bangalore Nano 2007, Prof. C.N.R. Rao urged the Government to give greater freedom for Scientists and Researchers of the country to continue their work in the institutions as researchers and at the same time explore new business opportunities through private ventures.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Study offers insight into plant cell-wall construction
Findings have implications for understanding plant defenses and for engineering biofuels.
December 7, 2007 Read more
India selects three cities as sites for national nanotechnology institute
Union government selects Bangalore, Mohali, Kolkatta to set up Indian Institute of Nano Sciences.
December 7, 2007 Read more
Ultrafast optical shutter is switched entirely by laser light
It's a rare case of all light and no heat: A new study reports that a laser can be used to switch a film of vanadium dioxide back and forth between reflective and transparent states without heating or cooling it.
December 6, 2007 Read more
High-frequency single-photon source with polarization control
Paper by Strauf and colleagues focuses on ultra-bright single photon source.
December 6, 2007 Read more
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