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BNL Scientists Develop New Electrocatalyst to Enhance Fuel Cell Technology

Stop-and-go driving can wear on your nerves, but it really does a number on the precious platinum that drives reactions in automotive fuel cells. Before large fleets of fuel-cell-powered vehicles can hit the road, sci...

From Brookhaven National Laboratory 11 Nov 2010

EuroNanoMed to Provide €8 Million for Eight Nanomedicine Research Projects in Europe

EuroNanoMed, a European funding initiative under the ERA-Net scheme of the European Commission aimed at advancing transnational research in Nanomedicine, announced today the projects that will be funded following its 2nd joint transnational call for collaborative research projects.

11 Nov 2010

New Way of Carbon Nanotube Production to Minimize Environmental Impact

Given their size, strength and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes — tiny, hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms — hold promise for a range of applications in electronics, medicine and other fields. Despite industrial development of nanotubes in recent years, however, very little is known about how they form or the environmental impacts of their manufacture.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 11 Nov 2010

New MEMS Vibration Monitor System Offers Automatic Vibration Profiling

Analog Devices, Inc. is helping industrial equipment designers improve system performance and maintenance costs through vibration detection/isolation/correction.

From Analog Devices 11 Nov 2010

Prof. Ron Folman to Receive 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Ron Folman has been named as a recipient of the prestigious 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. The award is presented annually in Utah for o...

11 Nov 2010

Quantum Computers Can Work with Faulty and Missing Components

Quantum computers should be much easier to build than previously thought, because they can still work with a large number of faulty or even missing components, according to a study published today in Physical Review Lett...

11 Nov 2010

Nano-Fabricated Chip to Analyse Membrane Proteins

Membrane-associated receptors, channels and transporters are among the most important drug targets for the pharmaceutical industry.

11 Nov 2010

UMD Professor Receives PECASE Award to do Research in Nanophotonics

JQI Fellows Edo Waks of the University of Maryland (UMD) and Ian Spielman of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among 85 scientists and engineers nationally to receive this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

11 Nov 2010

Saint-Gobain and SAGE Electrochromics to Begin New Revolution in the Habitat Glass Industry

Saint-Gobain Glass has acquired 50 percent of the equity of the U.S. company SAGE Electrochromics for the large-scale manufacture of electrochromic glass. Activated by a low-voltage current, electrochromic glass adap...

11 Nov 2010

Ultra-Clean Nanowires Play Significant Role in High Efficiency Solar Cells Production

New ultra-clean nanowires produced at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen will have a central role in the development of new high-efficiency solar cells and electronics on a nanometer scale. PhD student ...

11 Nov 2010

Tel Aviv University Scientist Develops Nano-Based Sensor to Detect Explosives

A Tel Aviv University scientist leads a research team that has developed a powerful electronic sensor to detect multiple kinds of explosives –– including those used in the recent Yemeni bomb threat.

11 Nov 2010

World Leaders to Present Latest Fuel Cell Research in Boston Next Month

The Knowledge Foundation has announced that the 6th Fuel Cells Durability + Performance conference will be held next month in Boston, MA from December 9-10, 2010 at the Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel. According to Dr. S...

10 Nov 2010

JPK Instruments Announces Symposium on Applications of SPM and Optical Tweezers a Hugh Success

For the ninth year, JPK Instruments hosted the ninth annual international symposium on the applications of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) and optical tweezers.

From Bruker BioAFM 10 Nov 2010

Quantum Communication Networks High on Europe's Agenda

Quantum communication networks are high on Europe's agenda, with particular focus being given to quantum memory or information storage. Meeting the challenge head on to make such information accessible to users is a team of scientists from Denmark who used two 'entangled' light beams to store quantum information.

10 Nov 2010

DNA ELectronics Awarded Three Key Patents for Semiconductor-Based Nucleotide Detection

DNA Electronics Ltd, a fabless provider of semiconductor solutions for real-time DNA and RNA detection, announced today the company has been awarded three key patents for semiconductor-based nucleotide detection. These l...

10 Nov 2010

Nanotechnology News

BNL Scientists Develop New Electrocatalyst to Enhance Fuel Cell Technology

EuroNanoMed to Provide €8 Million for Eight Nanomedicine Research Projects in Europe

New Way of Carbon Nanotube Production to Minimize Environmental Impact

New MEMS Vibration Monitor System Offers Automatic Vibration Profiling

Prof. Ron Folman to Receive 2011 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics

Quantum Computers Can Work with Faulty and Missing Components

Nano-Fabricated Chip to Analyse Membrane Proteins

UMD Professor Receives PECASE Award to do Research in Nanophotonics

Saint-Gobain and SAGE Electrochromics to Begin New Revolution in the Habitat Glass Industry

Ultra-Clean Nanowires Play Significant Role in High Efficiency Solar Cells Production

Tel Aviv University Scientist Develops Nano-Based Sensor to Detect Explosives

World Leaders to Present Latest Fuel Cell Research in Boston Next Month

JPK Instruments Announces Symposium on Applications of SPM and Optical Tweezers a Hugh Success

Quantum Communication Networks High on Europe's Agenda

DNA ELectronics Awarded Three Key Patents for Semiconductor-Based Nucleotide Detection

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