The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has received a $191,593 Congressionally-directed grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support professional development opportunities for area teachers in the field of nanotechnology.
Aug 12th, 2008
Read moreSmall, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study.
Aug 12th, 2008
Read moreScientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development that could help form the basis for higher resolution optical imaging, nanocircuits for high-powered computers, and, to the delight of science-fiction and fantasy buffs, cloaking devices that could render objects invisible to the human eye.
Aug 11th, 2008
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Indikator-Molekuel ermoeglicht erstmals Langzeitbeobachtung der Aktivitaet einzelner Nervenzellen.
Aug 11th, 2008
Read moreThe Krakow Interdisciplinary PhD-Project in Nanoscience and Advanced Nanostructures, financed by European Union Innovative Economy Programme with Foundation for Polish Science, has been selected for support as one of three projects in the first call for the International PhD Studies Programme.
Aug 11th, 2008
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects.
Aug 10th, 2008
Read moreResearchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources.
Aug 10th, 2008
Read moreThe European Research Council (ERC) has released details of the first round of recipients of its Advanced Grants in the physical sciences and engineering fields. Some 105 of the almost 1,000 applicants from these disciplines have been allocated funding.
Aug 9th, 2008
Read moreU.S. congressmen Dan Lipinski and Todd Akin introduced H.R. 6661 in the House of Representatives to establish an award program for innovations in nanotechnology.
Aug 8th, 2008
Read moreThe journal Nanotechnology Law and Business has published a list of the top 10 intellectual property lawyers influencing the field of nanotechnology.
Aug 8th, 2008
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Twenty-five undergraduate students who spent the summer doing real-world research at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering displayed their findings at a Poster Presentation on August 8 that marked the capstone of CNSE's 2008 Summer Internship Program.
Aug 8th, 2008
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Unmanned aerial vehicles will measure emissions during China's 'great shutdown'.
Aug 8th, 2008
Read moreResearchers from the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan, and the Advanced Technology Institute of the University of Surrey report that nano-designed transistors for the large area display and sensor application field benefit hugely from quantum size effects.
Aug 8th, 2008
Read moreDetached from its biological origin, artificial DNA double helices were modified in such a way that the evolutionarily optimized biomolecule can also be used as a key structural element for the arrangement of metal ions.
Aug 8th, 2008
Read moreTo kickoff the 'Infrastructure, Sustainability and Testing Management ' Conference, Sept 23-25, that the American Filtration and Separations Society is holding in Charlotte, there will be seven short courses on September 22, 2008. Two of these courses are 'Microfiltration Membrane' and 'Ultrafiltration Membrane' training.
Aug 8th, 2008
Read moreAnna University Tiruchirappalli is organizing a conference - 'Medical and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology' - on September 25-26, 2008.
Aug 8th, 2008
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