The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research has published a call for tender for a comparative scoreboard and performance indicators in nanotechnology, materials, processes (NMP) research activities between the EU and third countries.
Oct 8th, 2009
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Silicon, the most important semiconductor material of all, is usually considered to be as brittle and breakable as window glass. On the nanometer scale, however, the substance exhibits very different properties, as Empa researchers have shown by creating minute silicon pillars.
Oct 8th, 2009
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Uwe Hartmann, Professor f�r Experimentalphysik an der Universitaet des Saarlandes, will jetzt den Wirkungsgrad von Solarzellen mit Hilfe der Nanotechnologie steigern. Er erhaelt dafuer rund 500.000 Euro Foerderung im Rahmen eines Verbundprojektes des Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreNational Physical Laboratory scientists are paving the way for highly accurate measurement at the nano-scale and beyond, by being the first team in the world to develop a tiny microwave-powered room-temperature fridge.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreThe National Physical Laboratory, the UK?s National Measurement Institute, is developing equipment and techniques to support the growing use of organic electronics.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreNanoKTN seeks market input to ensure major sector growth over next 10 years.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreRamakrishnan is a long-term user of the Swiss Light Source SLS at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. He used this facility for his prize winning studies on the structure of the ribosome.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreBoth institutes will together make great efforts in promoting joint research and developments in energy technology and nanotechnology.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreAll three recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry published papers on their award-winning work based on data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 awards studies of one of life's core processes: the ribosome's translation of DNA information into life.
Oct 8th, 2009
Read moreResearchers have performed a series of experiments that show just how classical chaos spills over into the quantum world.
Oct 8th, 2009
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Australian scientists have found that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses the biomineralisation of gold by transforming toxic gold compounds to their metallic form using active cellular mechanism.
Oct 7th, 2009
Read moreErrki Ruoslahti, professor at UC Santa Barbara's Burnham Institute for Medical Research, is the recipient of a $2.8 million award from the Department of Defense for research into detection and therapies for breast cancer using nanotechnology.
Oct 7th, 2009
Read moreResearchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and nanoscale aluminum powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies.
Oct 7th, 2009
Read moreThe repair of damaged nerve cells is a major problem in medicine today. A new study by researchers at the Montreal NeurologicaI Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University, is a significant advance towards a solution for neuronal repair.
Oct 7th, 2009
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Japanese researchers have developed a new method that is simple and delivers stable nanowires: They deposit metal atoms inside of carbon nanotubes.
Oct 7th, 2009
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