Neuroelectronics Research Flanders will look into fundamental neuroscientific questions through collaborative, interdisciplinary research combining nanoelectronics with neurobiology.
Jun 3rd, 2009
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SCHOTT Solar, a leading photovoltaics manufacturer, entered into a 3 year research partnership with IMEC, Europe?s leading independent nanoelectronics research center. SCHOTT Solar joins IMEC's newly launched silicon photovoltaics industrial affiliation program.
Jun 3rd, 2009
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For the materials research community, all roads will lead to the Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) during the week of June 21, 2009, when the agency hosts two major international meetings.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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European research ministers have agreed on a legal framework for the establishment of European research infrastructures. The decision paves the way for the creation of world class infrastructures that should help Europe to take the lead in a wide range of research fields.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient?s individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced projects to help science graduates expand their professional and personal skills so they can make a successful transition from the classroom to the workplace.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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In nature, trees pull vast amounts of water from their roots up to their leaves hundreds of feet above the ground through capillary action, but now scientists have created a simple slab of metal that lifts liquid using the same principle - but does so at a speed that would make nature envious.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Fast and affordable genome sequencing has moved a step closer with a new solid-state nanopore sensor being developed by researchers at the University of Illinois.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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IMEC today announced that its board of directors has named Luc Van den hove as IMEC?s new President and Chief Executive Officer.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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More global regulation on chemicals is required, EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas agreed at a forum last week, urging action on 'chemical cocktails', endocrine disruptors and nanotechnology.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Waeren Solarzellen durchsichtig, liessen sie sich auch auf Fensterscheiben und Hausfassaden anbringen. Physikalische Werkstoffmodellierung hilft dabei, passende Materialien fuer transparente Elektronik zu entwickeln und so die Basis fuer durchsichtige Solarzellen zu legen.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Despite initial scepticism, acceptance of the existence and special properties of nanobubbles is now growing and their formation and characteristics are now becoming the subject of an increasing amount of study, especially in Japan.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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The research field of molecular electronics is experiencing rapid development, and the collaboration between Danish and Chinese top researchers has exciting perspectives.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Achim Mueller and co-workers from Bielefeld University and Marshall Luban with his co-workers from the Departments of Physics and Astronomy at both Francis Marion University and Iowa State University worked on synthesising a Keplerate using pentagonal tungsten-oxide based units and studied its interesting properties.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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Biochips carrying thousands of DNA fragments are widely used for examining genetic material. Experts would also like to have biochips on which proteins are anchored. This requires a gel layer which can now be produced industrially.
Jun 2nd, 2009
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