King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has agreed to become the honorary president of the Saudi Society for Nanotechnology, according to Higher Education Minister Dr Khaled Al Anqari.
Jun 20th, 2008
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The performance of spintronic devices depends on several temperature-dependent scattering mechanisms
Jun 20th, 2008
Read moreThe 52nd International Electron Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN) Conference announced six Micrograph Contest winners at its annual Conference held this year in Portland, Oregon May 27-30.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreThe two universities plan to announce today that they will seek $35 million a year from the Indiana General Assembly in each of the next two years to help fund an alliance aimed at boosting Indiana's life-sciences industry in such areas as pharmaceuticals, bio-energy and nanotechnology.
Jun 19th, 2008
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Insights into the workings of the flagellum may advance nanotechnology.
Jun 19th, 2008
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CNN today carries a story about product designer Agustin Otegui's project aimed to trigger new approaches into greener and more energy efficient structures.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreThanks to a new electron holography technique invented by researchers at CEMES-CNRS in France it is possible to map deformation in a crystal lattice with a precision and resolution never previously attained.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreCompanies which produce, use, process or market nanomaterials are confronted with specific unknown risks inherent to these substances. A new tool now also allows smaller companies, research institutions and retailers to gain a well-founded overview of the actual risk situation in their operations.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreMassachusetts, which just passed a $1-billion life sciences bill to invest in high-tech infrastructure and research and development over the next 10 years, is in the best position of any state to achieve high-quality economic growth thanks to its vast array of technology and science assets, a new Milken Institute study shows.
Jun 19th, 2008
Read moreDas Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) hat eine neue Broschuere zum verantwortlichen Umgang mit Nanomaterialien veroeffentlicht, die die Chancen und Risiken dieser Zukunftstechnologie allgemeinverstaendlich und anschaulich nach dem aktuellen Stand der Technik darstellt.
Jun 19th, 2008
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Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also potentially enhancing sensitivity and the amount of information provided by images.
Jun 18th, 2008
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Researchers in Texas are reporting the design, construction, and assembly of nano-size building blocks into the first giant structures that can sense and respond to changes in environmental conditions.
Jun 18th, 2008
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Chemists in Ohio have discovered that half of all of the known chemical compounds in the world have an amazing similarity in sharing only 143 basic molecular shapes.
Jun 18th, 2008
Read moreMalaria and dengue fever will be the early targets of new trans-Pacific research using nano-barcodes to detect disease.
Jun 18th, 2008
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Princeton engineers have invented an affordable technique that uses lasers and plastic beads to create the ultrasmall features that are needed for new generations of microchips.
Jun 18th, 2008
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