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Dream of quantum computing closer to reality as mathematicians chase key breakthrough

The ability to exploit the extraordinary properties of quantum mechanics in novel applications, such as a new generation of super-fast computers, has come closer following recent progress with some of the remaining underlying mathematical problems.

December 20, 2008 Read more

European RiskBridge project final conference covers nanotechnology risks

The Project Partners of a recently completed European Commission FP6 funded Project called RiskBridge will host an international, interdisciplinary conference on risk governance and policy learning within and across six important risk fields, including nanotechnology.

December 19, 2008 Read more

NIST seeks white papers on critical national needs, including nanotechnology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is interested in detailed pitches for critical national and societal needs that could be the basis for new competitions for research funding under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP).

December 19, 2008 Read more

NanoKTN and Materials KTN announce research brokering initiative

A research brokering service has been launched by the Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK's primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies.

December 19, 2008 Read more

IBM demonstrates graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies

Researchers today announced that they demonstrated the operation of graphene field-effect transistors at GHz frequencies, and achieved the highest frequencies reported so far using this novel non-silicon electronic material.

December 19, 2008 Read more

Enter the Legends of the Legacy Archives contest

Can you think of an ACS Legacy Archives article that has attained near-legendary status in your area of research or a related field? Here's your chance to win a great prize and share your favorite research with the scientific community.

December 19, 2008 Read more

Porous polymer gel as electroactive photonic crystal for color displays

A Canadian and British research team has developed a highly effective photonic crystal whose color can be adjusted continuously from UV through the wavelengths of visible light and into the near-infrared range.

December 19, 2008 Read more

Advances in chemical sensor elements based on nanostructured composite materials

A research team led by Prof. NIU Li with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry has made a series of advances in its research into chemical sensor elements based on nano-structured composite materials and their analytical instrumentalization.

December 19, 2008 Read more

A new type of biological camera can trace several different molecules at once in a live animal

Researchers in Japan have produced images of three radioactive isotopes at the same time in a live mouse.

December 19, 2008 Read more

Atomic-scale computing research in Europe

Over the last 60 years, ever-smaller generations of transistors have driven exponential growth in computing power. Could molecules, each turned into miniscule computer components, trigger even greater growth in computing over the next 60?

December 18, 2008 Read more

Call for new oversight of nanotechnology food additives

Nanotechnology policy experts are urging that food additives that contain nanoscale materials be subject to new safety testing to ensure that their use does not pose unintended risks.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology cavities protection for a bright smile

Researchers adopted polishing technology used in the semiconductor industry (chemical mechanical planarization) to polish the surface of human teeth down to nanoscale roughness.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Next generation microscopy: No stain, big gain

A newly developed label-free imaging technique called stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) will likely revolutionize biomedical imaging in research and diagnostic laboratories.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Better than Phelps: hot, golden, swimming nanowires zap cancer

The next big thing in cancer treatment may be hotter, covered in more gold, and even be a better swimmer than recent Olympic champion Michael Phelps.

December 18, 2008 Read more

LEDs and smart lighting could save trillions of dollars, spark global innovation

A revolution in the way we illuminate our world is imminent, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Novel method detects the movements of single proteins that control body's nano-valves

A discovery by Canada-U.S. biophysicists will improve the understanding of ion channels, akin to little 'nano-machines' or 'nano-valves' in our body, which when they malfunction can cause genetic illnesses that attack muscles, the central nervous system and the heart.

December 18, 2008 Read more