Students plan to place an active nano-meteoroid dust detector into orbit
Undergraduates at the University of Leicester are on target to design, build and launch a student satellite on a real space mission.
Jun 10th, 2008
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Industrial dye holds the key to advancing spintronics
Commonly used industrial dyes hold the key to advancing the new science of 'spintronics', say researchers working on a new a study.
Jun 10th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology will enhance future telescopes with better X-ray nanomirrors
A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips.
Jun 10th, 2008
Read moreSpider web inspires new nanofiber venture
A Canterbury University student whose research into producing ultra-fine, nano fibres was honoured in the 2006 MacDiarmid Young Scientists of the Year Awards has gone to help develop an electrospinning machine that is being sold to research laboratories around the world.
Jun 10th, 2008
Read moreSynthetic Biology: funders move to address social and ethical challenges
The report of an independent review of social and ethical challenges associated with research into, and the application of, synthetic biology, is published today.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreEurope takes the pole position in flexible display market
Flexible electronic display technology developed by European researchers has allowed companies on the continent to make inroads in a market dominated by Asian firms.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreUniversity of Waterloo breaks ground on Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre
The University of Waterloo is breaking ground on a $160-million investment designed to propel the university and the country to the forefront of the science of the very small.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreAlabama university chosen for defense grant
The principal investigator is Kaveh Heidary and the project title is 'Nanotechnology Infrastructure Development for Education and Research'.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreGetting wrapped up in solar textiles
MIT lecturer focuses on flexible photovoltaic materials.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreGovernment of Canada highlights science and technology linkages with the Republic of Chile
Canada and Chile are exploring ways to extend science and technology cooperation.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreResearchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport
Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life's processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses. Researchers are now mimicking that process with manmade carbon nanotube membranes.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology worries push EU to seek full safety data for carbon
Companies selling carbon and graphite will be required to submit full health and safety data for the substances under the European Union's stringent new chemical safety laws, amid concerns that their nanotechnology forms may be dangerous to people, E.U. officials said Monday.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreHealth and the environment form focus of latest bio-nanotechnology seed grants
Risk assessment performed in tandem with research into beneficial applications will help researchers make better decisions about how nanotechnology is used in the future.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreStripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.
Jun 9th, 2008
Read moreSurprising graphene - honing in on graphene electronics with infrared synchrotron radiation
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Advanced Light Source, from DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego, have measured the extraordinary properties of graphene with an accuracy never before achieved.
Jun 8th, 2008
Read moreNanotechnology coating protects in case of dirty bomb attack
Pacific Northwest National Lab reports on the performance of Isotron Corporation's radionuclide fixative coating for its long-term effectiveness in preventing the spread of radiation as a result of a dirty bomb attack.
Jun 7th, 2008
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