The Taiwan Nano Exhibition, the second largest of its kind in Asia, kicked off in Taipei yesterday, showcasing Taiwan's latest nano applications and products and gearing up to attract some 10,000 visitors.
Jun 13th, 2008
Read moreRSC Publishing has today announced two new journals for 2009: Integrative Biology and Metallomics. Authors will welcome these titles as they fill the interdisciplinary gaps in the worldwide scientific publishing community.
Jun 12th, 2008
Read moreConvenient, versatile technique could provide new tool for quantum information.
Jun 12th, 2008
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It seems that reality is catching up with science fiction fast. On TV, the latest Knight Rider series features a car that embraces nanotechnology to change colors and morph into similar car forms temporarily. Yesterday, BMW introduced it's GINA Light Visionary Model.
Jun 12th, 2008
Read moreInitiative developed jointly by the City School District of Albany and UAlbany NanoCollege is believed to be nation's first nanotechnology program at a public school.
Jun 12th, 2008
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Security and law enforcement officials may some day have a new ally - a universal detection system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists.
Jun 12th, 2008
Read moreOne looks at the 'small science' of nanomaterials, the other looks at big picture issues with the Canadian health care system. Today at The University of Western Ontario, both Francois Lagugne-Labarthet and Amardeep Thind were awarded Canada Research Chairs - one of the country's most prestigious research awards.
Jun 12th, 2008
Read moreNanoQuebec has taken a new step in its organizational development by naming its first President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Jean Bourbonnais, Chairman of the Board of Directors, announces the appointment of Dr. Robert Crawhall to the position effective July 2.
Jun 12th, 2008
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Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced that it developed a transistor with highly purified semiconductor single-wall carbon nanotubes.
Jun 12th, 2008
Read moreA team of Penn State researchers has shown for the first time that the entire class of non-magnetic materials, such as those used in some computer components, could have considerably more uses than scientists had thought.
Jun 11th, 2008
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Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots for biological research.
Jun 11th, 2008
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hile the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers have found beauty in a new fabrication technique called 'nanoglassblowing' that creates nanoscale fluidic devices used to isolate and study single molecules in solution - including individual DNA strands.
Jun 11th, 2008
Read moreTwo Arizona State University researchers from the electrical engineering department's Nanostructures Research Group have proposed a solution to one of the most controversial conundrums of quantum computing and, in the process, may have taken a significant step toward realizing a quantum computing future.
Jun 11th, 2008
Read moreThe designed molecule converts absorbed light to electrochemical energy but reduces the efficiency of the conversion as light intensity increases.
Jun 11th, 2008
Read moreIn Homer's watercolor 'For to be a Farmer's Boy,' painted in 1887, some of the red and yellow pigments have faded in the sky, leaving that area virtually without color. To determine what the original colors were, researchers are using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).
Jun 10th, 2008
Read moreResearchers at the University of Montreal say we should be concerned regarding the potential bioaccumulation in birds and aquatic mammals that feed off mussels.
Jun 10th, 2008
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