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Biotechnology Center announces first Center of Innovation

A consortium of Piedmont Triad institutions has been awarded a $100,000 planning grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to establish the state's first Center of Innovation, focusing on the emerging field of nanobiotechnology.

November 6, 2007 Read more

Nanotechnology expert to keynote annual educator's conference

What do Americans know about nanotechnology-the technology that promises to ignite the next Industrial Revolution? According to polls, the answer is not much. A federally-supported national network of U.S. scientists, museum professionals, and educators is working to change that.

November 5, 2007 Read more

Alberta launches $100M program it says will transform research funding across Canada

In a new, highly targetted $100-million program, Alberta's provincial research-funding arm, Alberta Ingenuity, says it is setting out on a path that will significantly change the entire funding landscape across Canada.

November 5, 2007 Read more

Joining up nanocircuits

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

National mission to make India global nanotechnology hub

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

Bangalore poised to become nanotechnology city

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

Nanobattery Fiat driven 300km in one day

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

CEMMNT updates the UK MNT micro and nanotechnology metrology road map

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

Heavier hydrogen on the atomic scale reduces friction

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

Enter the NanoLands nanotechnology challenge in Second Life

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

$1.1 million NSF grant to fund research in advanced light microscopy at UCLA

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

Research predicts size-induced transition to nanoscale half-metallicity

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

NSF awards Stevens team $1 million for research on smart, bacteria-repellent nanohydrogels

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