Researchers report molecular chain reaction thought to be impossible
A single electron initiated self-perpetuating chain reaction with potential application for information storage and nanotechonology.
Dec 11th, 2008
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Three Finnish companies are on the forefront of nanotechnology
Finland has long been supportive of new technologies, and one way it encourages young nanotechnology companies is the new nanosurface@otaniemi microclustering program.
Dec 11th, 2008
Read moreCenter for Fuel Cell Research established at the University of Delaware
The University of Delaware has established the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR) to improve the understanding of fuel cells and address critical issues and barriers to commercialization.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreTheory may help design tomorrow's sustainable polymers
Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreChemist tames longstanding electron computation problem
For 50 years theoretical chemists have puzzled over the problem of predicting many-electron chemistry with only two electrons, which many thought intractable and perhaps impossible to solve. Mazziotti, an associate professor in chemistry, will present a new approach to tuning his solution to the problem for exceptional computational accuracy and efficiency.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology battery powered cars come to Hawaii
The State of Hawaii has announced a plan to bring all-electric vehicles and an electric vehicle infrastructure to the Hawaiian island of Maui through a partnership with Phoenix Motorcars by 2009.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreThin films research lands engineering professor Air Force Young Investigator Award
The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Shashank Priya, associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, a $100,000, three-year renewable grant to conduct basic research in the area of high-frequency electronic components, titled Domain Engineered Magnetoelectric Thin Films for High Sensitivity Resonant Magnetic Field Sensors.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreBiolink USA-Ireland launches new site to meet the demand for Irish scientific networking
Biolink USA-Ireland, the Transatlantic Network for Science and Technology, launched a brand new member-focused, interactive website this month. The site is designed to provide an information portal for the network and enhance communication between members located in Ireland and across the USA.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreVolkswagenStiftung foerdert Nanotechnologie mit 4 Millionen Euro
VolkswagenStiftung unterstuetzt die Nanotechnologie und ihren Einsatz mit rund vier Millionen Euro - Foerderung der ersten sieben Projekte in neu eingerichteter Initiative zu 'makroskopischen Systemen'.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreNew recognition for materials professionals in Australia
Professor David StJohn President of Materials Australia today announced the introduction of the Certified Materials Professional CMP membership status for professionals working in the field of materials science and engineering in Australia.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreNew CD_ROM database contains 21,000 evaluated phase diagrams of ceramic systems
The American Ceramic Society and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have just released ACerS-NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams CD-ROM Database (Version 3.2). The new version contains more than 21,000 evaluated phase diagrams of ceramic systems such as oxides, salts, carbides, nitrides, boride, compound semiconductors and chalcogenides, and features over 1,000 new diagrams.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology will be a key driving force in India's future
The stage is set for the 2nd Bangalore Nano 2008 event to be held this week in Bangalore.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreU.S. panel blasts federal nanotechnology risk research strategy
A National Research Council (NRC) committee today issued a highly critical report describing serious shortfalls in the Bush administration's strategy to better understand the environment, health and safety (EHS) risks of nanotechnology and to effectively manage those potential risks.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreNew European projects aims to accelerate micro- and nanotechnology companies
For three years, having started in July 2008, nine partners all along the value chain in micro- and nanotechnologies (MNT) strive for accelerating the businesses of European companies in the new European project CORONA.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreTiny delivery system with a big impact on cancer cells
Researchers at Penn State University are reporting for the first time that nanoparticles encapsulating an experimental anticancer agent, kill human melanoma and drug-resistant breast cancer cells growing in laboratory cultures.
Dec 10th, 2008
Read moreLatest edition of the International Scanning Probe Microscopy Image Contest launched
To recognize the continuing contributions that Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPMs) have made to advances in Nanotechnology, the second edition of the International Scanning Probe Microscope Image Contest (SPMAGE' 09) has been announced to identify remarkable SPM images.
Dec 10th, 2008
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