Policymakers of the world gather in Berlin soon to discuss nanotechnology
The countdown to Nanotech Europe 2009 continues; Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference takes place in Berlin on September 28-30th.
Sep 9th, 2009
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Joint presentation of German nanotechnology companies
Nanotechnology products 'Made in Germany' were the focus of a joint presentation of industrial companies and research institutions at the NanoKorea Fair in Seoul
Sep 9th, 2009
Read moreSPLAT - a better way to measure nanoparticle shape
To determine the true shape of particles, experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Imre Consulting devised SPLAT II, a single particle mass spectrometer that provides extremely precise particle measurements.
Sep 9th, 2009
Read moreIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur receives Charles Babbage grant from Synopsys
First grant recipient in India and Synopsys plan to establish new lab dedicated to advanced CAD research.
Sep 9th, 2009
Read moreGold solution for enhancing nanocrystal electrical conductance
In a development that holds much promise for the future of solar cells made from nanocrystals, and the use of solar energy to produce clean and renewable liquid transportation fuels, researchers have reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of the semiconductor cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000 times.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreElectroluminescence from electrolyte-gated carbon nanotube field-effect transistors
have demonstrated electroluminescence by using highly aligned arrays of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreTree powers electronic circuit
You've heard about flower power. What about tree power? It turns out that it's there, in small but measurable quantities.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read more$2.3 million in nanomedicine grants to treat and prevent lethal cancer metastasis
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher on the cutting edge of nanotechnology has been awarded $2.3 million in three grants to further groundbreaking developments in the prevention of lethal cancer metastasis and take his team's findings to the first clinical trial of its kind.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreNew review published of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk and regulation
An article published last week within the Journal of the Royal Society 'Interface', presents an objective review of the current landscape of nanoparticle risk research and regulation.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreNew carbon nanotube biosensor detects bacteria instantaneously
The technique uses carbon nanotubes and synthetic DNA fragments that activate an electric signal when they link up with the pathogen.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreDem Chip ins Herz geschaut - Stressmessung des Fraunhofer IZM minimiert Ausschuss in der Elektronikfertigung
Grosse Elektronikzulieferer wie Bosch suchen seit Jahren nach einem Messsystem, das die mechanische Belastung von Mikrosystemen online erfassen kann. In dem BMBF-Verbundprojekt iForceSens ist ein solches System entwickelt worden.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreResearchers breathe metal-like conductivity into TiO2 nanotubes without changing their structure
Through carbonization, the titanium dioxide can be converted into a carbon-containing titanium oxycarbide compound.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreFraunhofer IST initiiert und leitet neues EU-Netzwerk: COST Action 'Highly Ionised Pulse Plasma Processes'
Das Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Schicht- und Oberflaechentechnik IST hat erfolgreich eine COST Action zum Thema 'hochionisierte gepulste Plasma Prozesse - HIPP Prozesse' initiiert und uebernimmt nun die Leitung dieser Aktion.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreNew transhumanist magazine is going into print - digital edition is available now
h+ magazine, a quarterly online periodical covering the news and obsessions of fans of radical technological change - a scene sometimes called 'transhumanism' - is going into print with its fourth issue.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreOpen call: New COST Action coordinating European research cooperation
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives.
Sep 8th, 2009
Read moreHow to make cheap nanostructures of a luminescent conjugated polymer with micron-sized tools
Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and University College London (UCL) have fabricated sub-30 nm luminescent features of an organic semiconductor via spatially selective conversion and patterning of its precursor by using a heatable, micron-size scanning probe
Sep 8th, 2009
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