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Argonne scientist Orlando Auciello named AAAS fellow for contributions in materials science

Orlando Auciello of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

January 6, 2009 Read more

Cutting-edge rapid prototyping works with nanopowders

A prototype of a cutting-edge 'three-dimensional printer', a Rapid Prototyping (RP) device, has been successfully developed by the group led by the Distinguished Professor Sen-Yung Lee of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

January 5, 2009 Read more

The European Future Technologies Conference

The conference is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology in 2009 - creative destruction or credit crunch?

Tim Harper over at Cientifica has published a thought-provoking brief white paper that looks at the effects of the current financial crisis on the world of nanotechnologies.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Nanotechnology raises big hopes and also big fears

It's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Swedish scientists make breakthrough in nanowire growth control

Scientists in Sweden have discovered new ways to control the growth and structure of nanowires at the single-atom level.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Electronics from a printer with nano ink

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen have now commissioned a process line in which electron devices can be printed from inorganic materials using an ink jet similar to those in any office printer.

January 5, 2009 Read more

Energy giant backs major organic-inorganic hybrid photovoltaic project as part of nanotechnology focus

The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey has been awarded a major research grant by the energy giant E.ON based in Germany as part of their 'Application of Nanotechnology in the Energy Business'.

January 5, 2009 Read more

NanoKTN supports significant funding round for UK nanotechnology research

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK?s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, has announced its support for one of the largest funding rounds that has been made available to the micro and nanotechnology sector.

January 5, 2009 Read more

New technique squeezes light to the fundamental quantum limit

A team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision measurement, next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our most fundamental understanding of the universe.

January 2, 2009 Read more

Molecular imaging enables earlier, individualized treatment of thyroid cancer

In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery.

January 2, 2009 Read more

Six North American sites hold 12,900 year-old nanodiamond-rich soil

Abundant nanoparticles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth?s impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team.

January 1, 2009 Read more

DNA nanotubes may soon find their way into a new generation of nanoelectronic and nanobiomedical innovations

Arizona State University (ASU) researchers Hao Yan and Yan Liu imagine and assemble intricate structures on a scale almost unfathomably small. Their medium is the double-helical DNA molecule, a versatile building material offering near limitless construction potential.

January 1, 2009 Read more

Nano tractor beam traps DNA

Using a beam of light shunted through a tiny silicon channel, researchers have created a nanoscale trap that can stop free floating DNA molecules and nanoparticles in their tracks.

December 31, 2008 Read more

Artificial bone marrow in test tube produces red and white blood cells

Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.

December 31, 2008 Read more

Dolphins inspire nanotechnology work, earn researcher $400K award

Inspired with the speed at which dolphins swim through the water compared to other aquatic life, Jonghwan Suhr of the University of Nevada, Reno, decided to mimic the dolphin?s skin using nanotechnology in order to make objects move more efficiently through the air.

December 30, 2008 Read more