Wissenschaftler des 3. Physikalischen Instituts der Uni Stuttgart haben in Zusammenarbeit mit der britischen Firma element6 Diamanten hergestellt, die 10.000-mal reiner sind als alle bisher bekannten Diamanten.
Apr 14th, 2009
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Almost 70 percent of the companies intend to intensify their efforts to acquire new customers; more than 65 percent want to develop new business fields. This is a result of a survey IVAM Research has conducted in February among 2,300 enterprises and institutes involved in microtechnology, nanotechnology and advanced materials in Europe.
Apr 14th, 2009
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The April issue of the premier scientific magazine Nature Photonics publishes the first experimental proof of all-optical ultra-fast communication signal processing with silicon-based devices for transmission speeds above 100Gbit/s.
Apr 14th, 2009
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The speed at which heat moves between two materials touching each other is a potent indicator of how strongly they are bonded to each other, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Apr 13th, 2009
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University of Virginia physicist Tom Gallagher and his colleagues have engineered, in a sense, the classical picture-perfect textbook atom.
Apr 13th, 2009
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A graphene-based DNA sensor: When electrons flow on the graphene, they change speed if they encounter DNA. The researchers notice this change by measuring the electrical conductivity.
Apr 13th, 2009
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Highly focused content and networking luncheons with instructors enhance the educational and business opportunities at TechConnect World in Houston.
Apr 13th, 2009
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The New York Times is carrying an article today about the not-so-clean manufacturing processes employed in nanotechnology.
Apr 13th, 2009
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Researchers have developed a heat-dissipation method that cools carbon nanotube electronics by utilizing nonconventional radiation in a 'near-field zone' just above the substrate, or surface, on which the nanotubes rest.
Apr 13th, 2009
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Pierre Lapointe, president and C.E.O. of FPInnovations, will make a keynote presentation at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, presented by TAPPI and Alberta Ingenuity, June 23-26, 2009 in Edmonton, Canada
Apr 13th, 2009
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Industrial Nanotech, Inc. announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate nanotechnology-based coatings will be showcased in a green technology show house currently being renovated in Brooklyn, New York by Eco Brooklyn.
Apr 13th, 2009
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A simple treatment of a nano-coating to building surfaces could leave an entire structure unscathed in the event of an overwhelming fire. Details about this application along with a multitude of similar practical developments will be the subject of the Nano Cement, Steel and Construction Industries Conference to be held May 16-17, 2009 in Cairo.
Apr 13th, 2009
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Applied scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in collaboration with researchers from Hamamatsu Photonics in Hamamatsu City, Japan, have demonstrated, for the first time, lasers in which the direction of oscillation of the emitted radiation, known as polarization, can be designed and controlled at will.
Apr 12th, 2009
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McGill researchers have succeeded in finding a new way to manufacture nanotubes, one of the important building blocks of the nanotechnology of the future. Their building material? Biological DNA.
Apr 12th, 2009
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Cerium oxide is a ceramic nano-abrasive. Scientists have now examined, under conditions close to reality, what happens when it is breathed in and deposited on the lung surface. Initially, the result was rather reassuring.
Apr 12th, 2009
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The 10 Middle Eastern and central Asian member states of the Iran-based Economic Cooperation Organisation have approved the establishment of an ECO Nanotechnology Network in Iran.
Apr 12th, 2009
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