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New industry alliance tackles mass production of lithium batteries for electric cars

Aiming to mass-produce a lithium battery for vehicles, 14 U.S. companies with expertise in batteries and advanced materials have formed an alliance with a government laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory said on Thursday.

December 18, 2008 Read more

It's huge - but is it still a carbon nanotube?

A carbon nanotube of micrometer dimensions offers the same conceptual challenge as does a jumbo shrimp: How can something so small become large, yet remain in its category?

December 18, 2008 Read more

Universities of Exeter and Bath plan to create the Centre of Graphene Science

The Universities of Exeter and Bath (UK) today revealed their plans for a new world-leading research centre to explore and exploit the properties of graphene.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funded instrumentation enables world-class research in electron microscopy

The new research microscopes at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Ulm will enable exceptional, state-of-the-art developments in the field of electron optics in Germany and be available to a broad group of users.

December 18, 2008 Read more

New Centre for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology in Denmark

Prof. Moein Moghimi (Professor of Biopharmacy and Nanomedicine, Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical chemistry) and colleagues have received 28 million DKK (approximately 3.75 million Euros) from the Danish Council for Strategic Research (DSF) to set The Centre for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology (CPNN) at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences starting April 2009.

December 18, 2008 Read more

Diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye

Duke University and United States Army scientists have found that a cheap and nontoxic sunburn and diaper rash preventative can be made to produce brilliant light best suited to the human eye.

December 18, 2008 Read more

A simple system to study and control geometric frustration

A team of University of Pennsylvania physicists has demonstrated a simple system based on micron-sized spheres in water to study and control geometric frustration.

December 17, 2008 Read more

Yissum launches cleantech program including nanotechnology

Yissum, the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is launching a 1 million U.S. dollar programme to support the development of outstanding cleantech inventions by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

December 17, 2008 Read more

Synthetic Biology Project gives away 5 iPods

The Synthetic Biology Project is being launched to identify gaps in our knowledge of the potential risks of the field, explore public perceptions towards it, and examine governance options that will both ensure public safety and facilitate innovation.

December 17, 2008 Read more

Fourth international nanotechnology conference EuroNanoForum 2009

The next EuroNanoForum conference will be held in Prague from June 2-5, 2009, during the Czech presidency of the European Union. It is an official event of the EU supported by the European Commission.

December 17, 2008 Read more

Self-warming hand and body lotions

Sandia National Laboratories resident microencapsulation expert, Duane Schneider, is working with an Albuquerque company to use microencapsulation technology in a novel self-warming hand and body lotion.

December 17, 2008 Read more

Industry partnership puts Hopkins nanobiotechnology innovations and students to work

Launching the careers of its students and finding the best application for the innovations developed in its laboratories are two top priorities for John Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT).

December 16, 2008 Read more

NanoArt 2008 international nanotechnology art competition deadline nearing

Submission deadline for NanoArt 2008 is January 15, 2009.

December 16, 2008 Read more

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supports Hastings Center work on ethical issues in synthetic biology

The Hastings Center, long at the forefront of interdisciplinary research into ethical issues in emerging technology, has received a $500,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a two-year project to examine the issues surrounding new developments in synthetic biology.

December 16, 2008 Read more

Super-resolution microscope technique can resolve cell features down to 20-30 nanometers

Thanks to a new 'super-resolution' fluorescence microscopy technique, Harvard University researchers have succeeded in resolving the features of cells as miniscule as 20-30 nanometers, an order of magnitude smaller than conventional fluorescence light microscopy images.

December 16, 2008 Read more

Nanotubes: Wie die Energie fliesst

Neue Erkenntnisse ueber den Energiefluss in carbon nanotubes beschreiben Forscher in der Zeitschrift Nature Physics. Ihnen ist es weltweit erstmals gelungen, die Groesse von Exzitonen zu messen.

December 16, 2008 Read more