New model material can adopt a series of different properties
Nano 'balls' can be used to manipulate the properties of glass.
Jan 9th, 2009
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Synthetic 'good' nanotechnology cholesterol
Northwestern University scientists now offer a promising new weapon - synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the ?'good' cholesterol - that could help fight chronically high cholesterol levels and the deadly heart disease that often results.
Jan 9th, 2009
Read moreEurope's largest annual nanotechnology event comes to Berlin in 2009
Europe's largest annual nanotechnology conference and exhibition, Nanotech Northern Europe moves to Berlin, Germany's capital city at the heart of Europe becoming Nanotech Europe.
Jan 9th, 2009
Read moreNanotechnology writes with atoms using an Atomic Force Microscope
An international team of scientists, among them researchers from the department of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM), present a new method to manipulate atoms.
Jan 9th, 2009
Read moreA single photon switch
An international team of researchers has now developed a theoretical system that would allow single photons to be controlled reliably.
Jan 9th, 2009
Read moreNorthwestern University and Baxter Healthcare Corporation will create a multidisciplinary research and innovation alliance
Under the three-year renewable agreement, Baxter will fund research-collaboration projects at Northwestern. Funding levels for each year may reach approximately $1 million, and Baxter will determine specific project funding levels on a case-by-case basis.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreArgonne scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds
Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot be explained by conventional theories.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreNovel process to make high-performance carbon nanotube inks
Scientists at DuPont and Cornell University have used a simple chemical process to convert 'as grown' mixtures of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes into solely semiconducting carbon nanotubes with electrical characteristics well-suited for plastic electronics.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreResearchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters
Researchers have discovered a way to synthesize and control the formation of nanobristles, akin to tiny hairs, into helical clusters and have further demonstrated the fabrication of such highly ordered clusters, built from similar coiled building blocks, over multiple scales and areas.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreNSTI Announces the 12th Annual Nanotechnology Conference on May 3-7
The Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI), today announced that the Nanotech Conference and Expo 2009 will take place May 3-7, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreMontreal researcher physically validates Nobel Prize winner J.J. Thomson's 125-year-old theory on the stability of vortex rings
Research into the stability of vortex rings by Concordia professor George Vatistas has been chosen as one of the top ten discoveries of 2008 by the magazine Quebec Sciences
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreCompact new algorithm allows powerful data analysis
A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by scientists at University of California, Davis, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreVisualizing damages in structures using elastico-luminescent materials
Researchers in Japan have developed a technology for visualizing structures defects/damages and their danger levels, which cannot be seen directly from outside, by using luminous intensity distribution of elastico-luminescent materials.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreNanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network supports EU's investment in information communication technology
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for the 1.8bn Euros that has been made available by the European Commission, through their Information Communications Technology (ICT) fund.
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreLeading nanobio industry organization expands with nanotechnology thrust
NanoBioNexus, the leading nanobiotechnology non-profit industry organization, announced today that the organization is strategically expanding its scope beyond the life sciences resulting in a formal corporate name change to NanoTecNexus (NTN).
Jan 8th, 2009
Read moreFood and Drug Law Institute sponsors major conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy
At the 2nd Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy, February 18-199, 2009 in Washington, D.C., food and drug industry representatives will find out what's happening internationally on nanotech regulation, how venture capitalists look at the future of nanotechnology and what the leading corporations, scientific laboratories and academic centers are focusing on in this dynamic field.
Jan 7th, 2009
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