The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation are funding research that may result in a military turbine aircraft that for the first time ever will produce its own electricity from exhaust heat generated from thermo electricity.
Oct 14th, 2009
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A new program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will examine cloud computing as a cost-effective and energy-efficient computing paradigm for scientists to accelerate discoveries in a variety of disciplines, including analysis of scientific data sets in biology, climate change and physics.
Oct 14th, 2009
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A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig Maximilians University have succeeded in applying a novel optical method to nano-mechanical oscillators.
Oct 14th, 2009
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Learning opportunity gives overview of nanoscale systems, covers analytical issues.
Oct 14th, 2009
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A magnetic charge can behave and interact just like an electric charge in some materials, according to new research led by the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) which could lead to a reassessment of current magnetism theories, as well as significant technological advances.
Oct 14th, 2009
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This is a call for two-page short papers for the The Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Composites/Nanoengineering (ICCE - 18) in Anchorage, Alaska,USA, on July 4-10, 2010.
Oct 14th, 2009
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Renowned materials scientist Robert Hull, the Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering and head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
Oct 14th, 2009
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European researchers have created a world-leading camera in CMOS that can record photons at a million times a second. Best of all, it will be really cheap to manufacture, offering applications in consumer products, entertainment and in-car safety systems.
Oct 13th, 2009
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The University of Texas at El Paso is pleased to announce that Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph. D, chair for the Department of Chemistry, has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
Oct 13th, 2009
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European researchers who created an ultra-fast, extremely high-resolution video camera have enabled dozens of medical applications, including one scenario that can record 'thought' processes travelling along neurons.
Oct 13th, 2009
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The University at Albany today announced an extensive schedule of events and activities to be held during its month-long celebration of NANOvember.
Oct 13th, 2009
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KIT-Wissenschaftlern ist es nun erstmals gelungen, kleinste optische Nanoantennen aus Gold gezielt und reproduzierbar anzufertigen.
Oct 13th, 2009
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Canadian engineers suggest that research is needed into the risks associated with the growing field of nanotechnology manufacture so that appropriate protective equipment can be developed urgently.
Oct 13th, 2009
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The SOI Industry Consortium today announced an initiative to deliver a silicon on insulator (SOI) educational event in conjunction with ARM TechCon3 to help the electronics industry reap the benefits of SOI.
Oct 13th, 2009
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Researchers at Oregon State University and other institutions have developed a new plasmonic nanorod metamaterial using extraordinarily tiny rods of gold that will have important applications in medical, biological and chemical sensors.
Oct 13th, 2009
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Improved magneto-nano sensor chips are up to 1,000 times more sensitive than current methods of cancer detection - can scan any bodily fluid with high accuracy and search for up to 64 different cancer-associated proteins simultaneously.
Oct 13th, 2009
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