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CATRENE program to succeed MEDEA+ as European nanoelectronics R&D champion
MEDEA+, the EUREKA pan-European Programme for advanced co-operative Research and Development in Microelectronics, announced details of the new EUREKA programme called CATRENE (Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on NanoElectronics) that will take up the challenge of increasing Europe's strength in micro- and nanoelectronics after the highly successful MEDEA+ programme reaches its conclusion in 2008.
October 29, 2007 Read more
Is there progress on nanotechnology risk research?
An article in today's Congressional Quarterly asks the question Is There Progress on Nanotechnology Risk Research?
October 29, 2007 Read more
French nanotechnology boosted by US and Japanese investment
More and more companies from the USA and Japan are investing and launching partnerships in France to take advantage of its cutting-edge nanotechnology expertise.
October 29, 2007 Read more
UTSA/UT lead national nanoscience consortium
Researchers nationwide team up to achieve means of controlling optical energy at nanoscale levels.
October 29, 2007 Read more
Novel progress in the molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system
Chinese and German scientists have made progress in the molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system.
October 29, 2007 Read more
Video shows buckyballs form by 'shrink wrapping'
Experiments, simulations reveal birth secret of tiny carbon spheres.
October 26, 2007 Read more
Researchers race ahead with latest spintronics achievement
In a rapid follow-up to their achievement as the first to demonstrate how an electron's spin can be electrically injected, controlled and detected in silicon, electrical engineers from the University of Delaware and Cambridge NanoTech now show that this quantum property can be transported a marathon distance in the world of microelectronics - through an entire silicon wafer.
October 26, 2007 Read more
UMass Lowell boosts nanotechnology with $80m science center
Chancellor Marty Meehan announced today a sweeping plan for the future of the UMass Lowell campus, including the location of the new Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center.
October 26, 2007 Read more
Silicon photonics awarded major research funding
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded a grant valued at GBP 5m to a consortium of researchers in the UK, led by the University of Surrey, to work on Silicon Photonics.
October 26, 2007 Read more
NIST demos industrial-grade nanowire device fabrication
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrate a technique that allows them to selectively grow nanowires on sapphire wafers in specific positions and orientations accurately enough to attach contacts and layer other circuit elements, all with conventional lithography techniques.
October 26, 2007 Read more
The science of Santa Claus - nanotechnology and all
It seems that every year someone feels compelled to explain "the scinece of Santa Claus." So here is this year's version.
October 26, 2007 Read more
High-tech textiles pave the way for glowing garments
Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed high-tech battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark.
October 26, 2007 Read more
Nanotechnology for introductory chemistry and physics teachers
The Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology at Rice University is offering a spring course on Nanotechnology for Introductory Chemistry and Physics Teachers.
October 26, 2007 Read more
Hands-on Nanofabrication Workshop for Educators
The PennState Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization will conduct a 3-day "Hands-on Nanofabrication Workshop for Educators" from Novemer 13-15, 2007.
October 26, 2007 Read more
New imaging technique ensures rapid profiling of autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis
A unique feature of this so-called Surface Plasmon Resonance technique is that it directly tests on blood serum, without complex preprocessing. A special chip will enable many parallel tests.
October 25, 2007 Read more
Meeting convenes to discuss self-assembly and nanotechnology
Under the theme of functional supramolecular systems: Self-assembly and nanotechnology, the 311th session of Xiangshan Science Conferences (XSSC) was held on October 22-24, in Beijing.
October 25, 2007 Read more
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