Japanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity
Japanese researchers have been immersing iron-based compounds in hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu to induce superconductivity.
Mar 7th, 2011
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Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT dedicated
The 365,000-square-foot building, designed by Cambridge-based architectural firm Ellenzweig, stretches along Main Street between Ames and Vassar streets, and houses 27 faculty labs and about 630 researchers.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreAlcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Thales and CEA-Leti join forces to combine unique expertise in III-V semiconductors and silicon technologies
Enlarged partnership in III-V Lab will target applications in telecoms, industrial control, environmental testing, defense, security and space.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreCosta Rica and Brazil are planning a cooperation in nanotechnology and aerospace engineering
Costa Rica and Brazil took the first steps to reach a bilateral agreement that would allow both nations to mutual cooperation in the development of nanotechnology, the space industry and in other areas of mutual interest.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreBook makes nanotechnology accessible to smaller readers
Although Dr. Moon Kim's zeal for nanotechnology springs in part from years of research into the structural characterization of advanced electronic materials, he doesn't see why kids shouldn't be exhilarated by the very small as well. Now he's taken two steps to help make that happen, writing a nanotechnology primer for kids and starting an internship program that brings them into his lab for weeks at a time.
Mar 7th, 2011
Read moreNew research advances with surface plasmon polariton waveguides
One of the key problems of nano-scale optical devices is how to guide and propagate incident light effectively. SPP waveguide has a long propagating distance and can transmit in metal-dielectric interface. How to enhance the coupling and transmission of SPP has attracted researchers' attention.
Mar 6th, 2011
Read moreNigeria universities to get nanomedicine center
National Universities Commission (NUC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics (ILPB), United States of America for the development of an international joint research centre for nanomedicine in some Nigerian universities.
Mar 6th, 2011
Read moreNew instrument keeps an 'eye' on nanoparticles
Precision measurement in the world of nanoparticles has now become a possibility, thanks to scientists at UC Santa Barbara. The UCSB research team has developed a new instrument capable of detecting individual nanoparticles with diameters as small as a few tens of nanometers.
Mar 6th, 2011
Read moreNew microscope produces dazzling 3D movies of live cells
A new microscope invented by scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farm Research Campus will let researchers use an exquisitely thin sheet of light -- similar to that used in supermarket bar-code scanners -- to peer inside single living cells, revealing the three-dimensional shapes of cellular landmarks in unprecedented detail. The microscopy technique images at high speed, so researchers can create dazzling movies that make biological processes, such as cell division, come alive.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreONAMI and SNNI announce Greener Nano 2011
The ONAMI Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative's (SNNI) 6th annual Greener Nano Conference (GN11) - Advancing Applications and Reducing Risk - will be hosted by Hewlett-Packard Company at its Cupertino, CA site on May 1-3, 2011.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreFriday fun - the elements song
The latest from the Periodic Table of Elements team
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreZooming in on the weapons of Salmonella at subnanometer resolution
A research team was able to show details with dimensions of just 5 to 6 angstroems, which are nearly atomic orders of magnitude.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreJoin the Nanochannels teacher team!
European Schoolnet is launching a new call for teachers across Europe, to participate in the project NANOCHANNELS which just started in January 2011 and is funded under the 7th Framework Programme from Directorate-General Research.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreNew research on cement that self-repair cracks and store latent heat energy
Doctor Idurre Kaltzakorta introduced capsules filled with organic material into the cement, in a PhD thesis undertaken at Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreA breakthrough in the design of molecular motors
Researchers from CNRS and the Universite de Bordeaux, in collaboration with a Chinese team, have developed the first molecular piston capable of self-assembly. Their research represents a significant technological advance in the design of molecular motors. Such pistons could, for example, be used to manufacture artificial muscles or create polymers with controllable stiffness.
Mar 4th, 2011
Read moreQuantenpunkte lassen Eiweissfasern leuchten
Materialwissenschaftler der Uni Jena erschaffen neues biophotonisches Hybridmaterial.
Mar 4th, 2011
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