DARPA is providing $1.4 million to a Phase III research project led by the Argonne National Laboratory to develop high-performance integrated diamond microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) and complementary metal-oxide-semiconductors devices (CMOS) for radar and mobile communications using an Argonne developed and patented Ultrananocrystalline Diamond film technology.
Jun 23rd, 2008
Read moreImagine a plane that has wings made out of glass. Thanks to a major breakthrough in understanding the nature of glass by scientists at the University of Bristol, this has just become a possibility.
Jun 22nd, 2008
Read moreA new and better method for accelerating bone formation in cases of orthopedic injuries and conditions, such as osteoporosis, fractures and disc disorders, has been developed by Nadav Kimelman at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Dental Medicine.
Jun 22nd, 2008
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The high production cost of electricity from silicon-based solar cells has limited the use of the technology. Low cost solar cells with high cell performance are highly desirable and organic solar cells could be the answer.
Jun 22nd, 2008
Read moreA device that removes arsenic from groundwater will compete against a nanotechnology-based drug delivery system and eight other novel technology innovations at the 2008 ASME Innovation Showcase (ASME IShow) to be held Oct. 31, in Boston.
Jun 21st, 2008
Read moreThe Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka signed agreements for 6 new projects, one of them with the Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (Private) Limited.
Jun 21st, 2008
Read moreThe University at Albany's College of Nanoscience and Engineering is in line for a $1 million grant under legislation pending with the U.S. Senate.
Jun 20th, 2008
Read moreThe Penn Science Cafe lecture series, free and open to the public, takes science out of the laboratory and treats it to a night on the town.
Jun 20th, 2008
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Our Slow News Friday story for this week is about skin-deep beauty.
Jun 20th, 2008
Read moreA chemistry professor at the University of Connecticut and his graduate students have published new results in Nature Nanotechnology showing how they isolated a particular type of carbon nanotube from a sample and manipulated it in a way that could have broad applicability in drug and gene delivery, electronic devices, and nanotechnology research.
Jun 20th, 2008
Read moreSemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today joined with researchers at Stanford University to announce multiple ?firsts? demonstrated with carbon nanotubes to produce CMOS-compatible working circuits on a wafer scale.
Jun 20th, 2008
Read moreKing 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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