Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) today announced the funding of eight new projects under its Capabilities for Automotive Research (A*CAR) consortium, bringing the total value to S$17.5 million for the consortium's 10 research projects jointly selected with industry partners to tackle current challenges in the automotive industry.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe Nanotechnology Coalition, affiliated with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), is pleased to announce its support for the NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon (NCC) and the SOCMA Nanotechnology Coalition's new designation as a supporting institute/association under NCC's by-laws.
Nov 1st, 2010
Read moreThe Air Force Office of Scientific Research today announced it will award approximately $16.5 million in grants to 43 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreRecognizing the innovative ideas of today's college and university students, the Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program of Invent Now, announced that a way to implant human liver cells in mice to facilitate drug testing and a way to manufacture composite structural poles have won top honors in this year's competition.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreA team of professors at Arizona State University, including three faculty members of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, has received a quarter-million-dollar federal grant to pursue their research of nanotechnology regulation.
Oct 30th, 2010
Read moreA team from The Scripps Research Institute has revealed the first-ever pictures of the formation of cells' 'protein factories'. In addition to being a major technical feat on its own, the work could open new pathways for development of antibiotics and treatments for diseases tied to errors in ribosome formation.
Oct 29th, 2010
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Researchers at Oregon State University have solved a quest in fundamental material science that has eluded scientists since the 1960s, and could form the basis of a new approach to electronics. The discovery outlines the creation for the first time of a high-performance 'metal-insulator-metal' diode.
Oct 29th, 2010
Read moreThe University of Houston has received a $1.2 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to help design the next generation of technologies for the alternative energy industry.
Oct 29th, 2010
Read moreThe PhD thesis by Carlos Echeverria Arrondo, Doctor in Physics from the Public University of Navarre and entitled 'On doped semiconductor quantum dots and magnetic nanowires', studies the behaviour and properties of nanometric-scale semiconductor crystals.
Oct 29th, 2010
Read morePhysiker der TU Graz publizierten ihre neuesten Ergebnisse auf dem Gebiet der Halbleitertechnologie: Sie beantworteten auf Basis einer quantenmechanischen Simulation grundlegende Fragen zur Aenderung von Grenzflaecheneigenschaften von Elektrodenmaterialien mit organischen Molekuelen.
Oct 29th, 2010
Read morePhDGermany - the platform for doctoral positions and research opportunities in Germany is the latest service offered by the DAAD and is aimed at attracting international doctoral candidates.
Oct 29th, 2010
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Michigan Technological University's Physics Department sees itself poised on the brink of greatness. Richard and Elizabeth Henes agree. Longtime and generous supporters of Michigan Tech, the couple has donated another $700,000 to the University to upgrade research facilities in Fisher Hall, including infrastructure improvements.
Oct 29th, 2010
Read moreImagine a world where pacemakers never need new batteries and a walk through a park keeps your mp3 player at full charge. Dr. Yong Shi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, is developing the technology to make those dreams a reality.
Oct 28th, 2010
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Researchers at the University of Calgary and University of Ottawa have provided deeper insights to CO2 capture by 'seeing' the exact sites where CO2 is held in a capture material.
Oct 28th, 2010
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new organic solvent process that may and open up new possibilities for using noble metals in cancer therapeutics, microelectronics and other applications.
Oct 28th, 2010
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The Georgia Tech-led Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein Machines has received an award of $16.1 million for five years as part of its renewal by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The eight-institution research team plans to pursue development of a clinically viable gene correction technology for single-gene disorders and demonstrate the technology's efficacy with sickle cell disease.
Oct 28th, 2010
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