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New Chemical Bonding Center provides a new approach for using solar energy

The California Institute of Technology Chemical Bonding Center project, called 'Powering the Planet,' will increase the number of its collaborators to fulfill its goal of efficiently and economically converting solar energy and water into hydrogen and oxygen fuels.

August 28, 2008 Read more

University of Washington buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotechnology research

The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale. A $1.3 million gift from the Washington Research Foundation provides about half the cost of the $2.5 million electron beam lithography machine, which will be the only one of its kind in the Northwest.

August 28, 2008 Read more

Unique laser technology allows observation of what happens in live cells

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body?s chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.

August 28, 2008 Read more

TMS prepares for record-breaking annual meeting

The TMS 2009 Annual Meeting promises to be the largest in the materials society?s 138-year conference history.

August 28, 2008 Read more

Wiley-Blackwell announces new impact factors in nanotechnology and materials science

Wiley-Blackwell announced that the ISI Journal Citation Report 2007 confirms its position as one of the leading publishers in the areas of Materials Science and Nanotechnology.

August 28, 2008 Read more

$1.2 million to advance technology that produces 3-D views of cellular processes

A University of Texas at Dallas researcher has received a $1.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health to further develop a new technology for the three-dimensional microscopic imaging of living cells - technology he believes may produce significant new insights into basic cellular processes.

August 28, 2008 Read more

Nanoparticles stick a perfect landing

A silicon nanoparticle flying at 8 times the speed of sound can slam into a surface and stick, but it bounces off if colliding at half that speed. This puzzling observation is now explained by computer simulations.

August 27, 2008 Read more

NanoRegulation conference will focus on voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance

As part of the NanoEurope to be held in St.Gallen (Switzerland) on September 16 and 17, 2008, the 4th International NanoRegulation Conference will focus on this subject of risks associated with nanotechnology.

August 27, 2008 Read more

Lab-on-a-chip could improve success of in vitro fertilization

In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny 'lab on a chip' to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer.

August 27, 2008 Read more

New nanotechnology center helps entrepreneurs move products to market

Small or large companies and tech-savvy entrepreneurs that want to bring nanotechnology products to world markets can now access technical and business services thanks to a new leading-edge centre in Edmonton?s Research Park.

August 27, 2008 Read more

Nanotechnology researchers develop fabrication technique for large-area molecular networks

A crucial step in developing minuscule structures with application potential in sophisticated sensors, catalysis, and nanoelectronics has been developed by Scottish researchers.

August 27, 2008 Read more

European Space Agency commissions nanotechnology encyclopedia for space materials

The European Space Agency (ESA) has appointed the UK's National Physical Laboratory to survey nanotechnology capabilities in Europe. NPL's Nanomaterials group will lead a consortium to identify the next generation of nano and smart materials that will be used in future space missions.

August 27, 2008 Read more

Quantum 'traffic jam' in high-temperature superconductors may point to new materials

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.

August 27, 2008 Read more

Nano-Krater: Hochgeladene Ionen verdampfen Atome von Kristalloberflaeche

Wissenschaftler vom Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) konnten ein weiteres Mal erfolgreich ihr Know-how in der Nano-Strukturierung von Oberflaechen demonstrieren.

August 27, 2008 Read more

Photonic crystal drug detective

A new high-throughput screening system based on photonic crystals could quickly and cheaply detect molecules that disrupt binding between proteins and DNA, offering a new way to look for novel classes of drugs, say scientists in the U.S.

August 26, 2008 Read more

Rare earth elements as tags for living cell protein microscopy

While sophisticated microscopes allow scientists to take pictures of a single molecule, capturing images of single molecules in a living cell has been particularly challenging. Lawrence Miller, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, hopes to meet that challenge with the help of a four-year, $1.16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

August 26, 2008 Read more