A team of scientists based in the UK and Germany have covalently bonded strings of porphyrin molecules on a gold surface - a step forward in the quest to develop nano-electronics.
November 5, 2007 Read more
The Indian government is starting a five-year national mission to make the country a global hub for nanoscience and nanotechnology, leveraging the low-cost advantage and its vast talent pool.
November 5, 2007 Read more
Just months after the proposal for a Nano Park was announced, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Centre has made public its plans to establish an Institute of Nano Science and Technology in Bangalore.
November 5, 2007 Read more
A Micro-Vett Fiat Doblò, a regular size 5-seat station wagon, powered by a custom 18kWh Altairnano lithium-ion NanoSafe battery pack, traveled 300 kilometers (186 miles) in one day in an urban delivery circuit.
November 3, 2007 Read more
The latest technology road map for UK micro and nano metrology is now available to download from the case studies section of the CEMMNT (Centre of Excellence in Metrology for Micro and NanoTechnologies) website
November 3, 2007 Read more
Scientists may be one step closer to understanding the atomic forces that cause friction, thanks to a recently published study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Houston and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.
November 2, 2007 Read more
NPL is challenging you to imagine and build an interesting exhibit about nanoscience or nanotechnology - and if your idea has merit, then NPL will award you $400 or $700 US dollars.
November 2, 2007 Read more
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation grant for the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
November 2, 2007 Read more
How big does a cluster of metal atoms actually have to be before it starts acting like a metal: ductile, malleable and a conductor?
November 2, 2007 Read more
The National Science Foundation has awarded an interdisciplinary team of five Stevens Institute of Technology researchers a four-year, $1 million grant to develop 'smart' self-assembling nano-biomaterials that can control whether bacteria will adhere to synthetic surfaces, allowing for carefully targeted control over microscopic processes that occur within the human body.
November 2, 2007 Read more
Mass-producing nanodevices may become a reality now that scientists in the U.S. have demonstrated a new way of making millions of tiny electronic components at once.
November 2, 2007 Read more
Tiny 'nanospikes' cut from surfaces with a laser will drastically improve performance in photovoltaic cells, biomaterials and even computer processors
November 2, 2007 Read more
Materials World is the monthly publication of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. This monthâ??s issue focuses on thin films.
November 2, 2007 Read more
The Quebec Biotechnology Innovation Centre (QBIC) signed a framework agreement with BioBay - Suzhou Industrial Park, a science and industrial park in Shanghai.
November 2, 2007 Read more
Using an existing technique in a novel way, Cornell physicist Keith Schwab and colleagues at Cornell and Boston University have made the scanning tunneling microscope at least 100 times faster.
November 1, 2007 Read more
A new theory developed at MIT could lead to "smart" optical microchips that adapt to different wavelengths of light, potentially advancing telecommunications, spectroscopy and remote sensing.
November 1, 2007 Read more
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