The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet - capable of unprecedented resolution - has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.
Oct 20th, 2008
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Scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have, for the first time, succeeded in rendering the spatial distribution of individual atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate visible.
Oct 20th, 2008
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Elektronen mit einer bestimmten magnetischen Ausrichtung, dem sogenannten Spin, lassen sich effizient in Halbleitermaterialien 'injizieren'.
Oct 20th, 2008
Read moreEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is today launching a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion in relation to nanoscience and nanotechnologies and food and feed safety.
Oct 20th, 2008
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The American Physical Society has awarded a UT Dallas researcher one of the society's highest honors, recognizing Dr. Yves Chabal?s development of methods to better understand processes that take place on the silicon surface that is literally the platform for the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry.
Oct 20th, 2008
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A scientist at the University of Wisconsin has developed a host of coatings that heal shallow pits and fractures on almost any material ? from metal to glass to silicon. The coatings also prevent further degradation.
Oct 20th, 2008
Read moreDuring the second edition of the NanoRisk conference, to be held in Paris next week (October 21-23), researchers, industry and government representatives will address nanotechnology risk questions in detail.
Oct 19th, 2008
Read moreDuring the NanoEnergy conference, to be held in Paris Tapis Rouge Conference Center next week (October 21-23 October), researchers and industry will address all aspects of nanotechnology's role in the energy sector.
Oct 19th, 2008
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 20 project proposals for funding following its Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency 2008 Research Call. The projects promise to make revolutionary improvements in a broad range of energy production, storage, and consumption applications that will reduce energy and carbon intensity in industrial processes.
Oct 18th, 2008
Read moreUC Santa Barbara?s Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) invite the Santa Barbara community to attend a casual public forum called 'Nano-Meeter' to discuss the possibilities for applying nanotechnologies to energy needs.
Oct 17th, 2008
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By manipulating the way tiny droplets of fluid dry, Cornell researchers have created an innovative way to make and pattern nanoscale wires and other devices that ordinarily can be made only with expensive lithographic tools. The process is guided by molds that 'stamp' the desired structures.
Oct 17th, 2008
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study undertaken by researchers shows that if the super-polluters, the high-polluting vehicles, such as certain buses and lorries in a poor condition, were removed, pollution from nanoparticles could be reduced by up to 25% and 48%, depending on the parameter analyzed.
Oct 17th, 2008
Read moreOn October 18, 2008, the AIT Commercial Section will co-host a conference on dental implants at the Taiwan Medical University to introduce Taiwan dentists to the use of new nanotechnology from the United States that dramatically decreases the recovery time of dental implant surgery while increasing its success rate.
Oct 17th, 2008
Read moreIt's called buckypaper and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.
Oct 17th, 2008
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The means by which proteins provide a 'border control' service, allowing cells to take up chemicals and substances from their surroundings, whilst keeping others out, is revealed in unprecedented molecular detail for the first time.
Oct 17th, 2008
Read moreSingapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong joined more than 400 international leaders in science, technology and business to celebrate the opening of Fusionopolis, its second major R+D hub. Its first major hub, Biopolis, opened five years ago.
Oct 17th, 2008
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