Unter der Leitung des Fraunhofer-Instituts fuer Silicatforschung ISC in Wuerzburg haben sich acht Forschungseinrichtungen zusammengeschlossen, um neue Wege fuer die Speicherung elektrischer Energie zu erforschen. Kuerzlich machte das Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung den Weg frei fuer das Verbundprojekt 'KoLiWIn'.
Sep 1st, 2009
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Computers which use light to process large amounts of data faster than ever before are just one of many groundbreaking potential applications of a new 6 million pounds research programme at Queen's University Belfast and Imperial College London, launched today, 1 September 2009.
Sep 1st, 2009
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The University of Southampton's Southampton Nanofabrication Centre, which opens next week, will make it possible to manufacture high-speed and non-volatile ?universal memory? devices for industry within 5 years.
Sep 1st, 2009
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Researchers from six Fraunhofer Institutes have developed a test system capable of carrying out such tests on the spot and in less than half an hour.
Sep 1st, 2009
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Coherent X-ray Diffraction patterns of collagen in soft tissues have been measured for the first time.
Sep 1st, 2009
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Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik scientists achieve high precision optical broadband spectroscopy by applying frequency comb technique to tunable diode lasers.
Sep 1st, 2009
Read moreChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) authorized the University of Science and Technology of China to build the Research and Demonstration Center for Integrated Utilization of Solar Energy in Hefei, Anhui province.
Sep 1st, 2009
Read moreSuperfast quantum computer getting closer Researchers of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at the TU Delft have succeeded in getting a grip on the environment of a quantum particle, thereby increasing the control over single electrons.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreA Victoria University scientist has won a prestigious innovation award for turning pure New Zealand Merino wool into gold.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreMetallofullerenes are capable of forming ordered supramolecular structures with different orientations. By specifically manipulating these orientations it might be possible to store and subsequently read out information.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a new method for fabricating silk-based optical waveguides that are biocompatible, biodegradable and can be readily functionalized with active molecules.
Aug 31st, 2009
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Rice scientists have created a video of bending and flexing carbon nanotubes to show once-undetectable characteristics that may someday be tuned for medical and industrial use.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreNanoparticles combining platinum and gold act as superefficient catalysts, but chemists have struggled to create them in an industrially useful form. Rice University chemists have answered the call this week with a polymer-coated version of gold-platinum nanorods, the first catalysts of their kind that can be used in the organic solvents favored by chemical and drug manufacturers.
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreThe purpose of the OECD Series on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials is to provide up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to human health and environmental safety. The latest publications are available for download .
Aug 31st, 2009
Read moreThe National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics.
Aug 31st, 2009
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