The "Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011" was won by a team comprising existing and former Fraunhofer researchers. Professor Karl Leo, Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth and Dr. Martin Pfeiffer were honored for their pioneering achievements in the field of organic electronics.
Dec 20th, 2011
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To explore the future potential of diamonds in quantum devices, researchers from Macquarie University have collaborated with the University of Stuttgart and University of Ulm in Germany towards developing new sensors based on the common defect found in the diamond structure known as the nitrogen-vacancy center.
Dec 20th, 2011
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Exhaustive reference system and interactive toolkit could revolutionize materials research, potentially enabling new types of manufacturing.
Dec 20th, 2011
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NANOTEC and Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) joined hand to research and produce an environmental friendly surface cleaning solution for flood victims to use as home cleaning product.
Dec 20th, 2011
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Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now succeeded in demonstrating for the first time an invisibility cloak for elastic waves.
Dec 20th, 2011
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A novel electro-thermal nanoprobe can independently control voltage and temperature at a nanometer-scale point contact. It can also measure the temperature-dependent voltage at a nanometer-scale point contact.
Dec 20th, 2011
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Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida.
Dec 19th, 2011
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CLiPS is renewed for an additional 5 years.
Dec 19th, 2011
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Pitt physicists able to obtain higher-precision measurements with "single-electrons in-diamond" approach.
Dec 19th, 2011
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Precise insight into how two microscopic surfaces slide over one another could help in the manufacture of low-friction surfaces.
Dec 19th, 2011
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Algal protein gives boost to electrochemical water splitting.
Dec 19th, 2011
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In an example of life imitating art, biologists and bioengineers at UC San Diego have created a living neon sign composed of millions of bacterial cells that periodically fluoresce in unison like blinking light bulbs.
Dec 19th, 2011
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Researchers used a unique device geometry to discriminate the magnon drag from other thermoelectric effects.
Dec 19th, 2011
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What happens when living cells take up nanoparticles, those tiny entities that could offer new ways of delivering drugs into the body? A new study has tracked the progress of nanoparticles as cells divide, and their findings.
Dec 18th, 2011
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More than 30 international experts on nanotechnology and policy makers, will converge in the province of Khon Kaen,Thailand from April 9-11, 2012 for the NanoThailand 2012 "Nanotechnology for the benefit of mankind".
Dec 18th, 2011
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A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications.
Dec 17th, 2011
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