The van der Waals force, a weak attractive force, is solely responsible for binding certain organic molecules to metallic surfaces. In a model for organic devices, it is this force alone that binds an organic film to a metallic substrate.
Nov 19th, 2007
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Nina Granqvist defends her doctoral thesis in the area of organization and management with the title 'Nanotechnology and Nanolabeling - Essays on the Emergence of New Technological Fields' at Helsinki School of Economics on Friday November 23, 2007.
Nov 19th, 2007
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Max Planck researchers have for the first time analyzed the frequency of molecular resonance, in the same way as musicians analyze the notes of a chord. Their results have even been made audible.
Nov 19th, 2007
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UMass Amherst is host to a new nanomedicine institute focused on developing super-tiny structures for biomedical research. Work will focus on engineering fluorescent nanostructures for tagging proteins, engineering magnetic nanoparticles to remove pathogens from blood; and developing biodegradable nanostructures for fighting the malaria parasite.
Nov 19th, 2007
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The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is announcing a new funding opportunity to support individual research projects as part of the Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SBRP).
Nov 19th, 2007
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DuPont has conducted three demonstration projects in order to evaluate the comprehensiveness, practicality, and flexibility of the Nano Risk Framework.
Nov 19th, 2007
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The Conference will discuss global safety issues surrounding nanoparticles and nanotechnologies, in occupational safety and health in particular; and will provide an insight into future actions for assuring the safety, and thereby the future success of nanotechnology.
Nov 17th, 2007
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The technique would allow the use of light rather than electrons to store memory in devices such as computers, enabling an increase in operating capacity of 1,000% by using light�??s broad spectrum rather than single electrons. Slow light could also be used to increase the speed of optical networks, such as the Internet.
Nov 17th, 2007
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kaguya (Selene) lunar explorer took an amazing video last week of the Earth rising and setting over the moon's horizon.
Nov 16th, 2007
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Rapid advances in biofuel research and development are being driven by concerns about the environment and the need for renewable fuels, according to top industry and government officials from China, Canada, the United States and Hawaii attending the second annual Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy.
Nov 16th, 2007
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MIT scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors.
Nov 16th, 2007
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Surrey NanoSystems, a joint venture between the University of Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute and CEVP Ltd, is currently building its third NanoGrowth system for fabricating carbon nanotube structures, and is rapidly commercializing its technology.
Nov 16th, 2007
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Some people want to move mountains. Kunal Das, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, wants to move electrons.
Nov 16th, 2007
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A discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently than before is announced in the journal Science this week.
Nov 16th, 2007
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World-renowned materials science expert Robert Hull will join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in early 2008 to head the School of Engineering's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Nov 16th, 2007
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Philadelphia's Central High will be the nation's first high school to gain access to nanoscale (inner space) exploration with a new Phenom microscope donated by FEI Company.
Nov 15th, 2007
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