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Nanoparticles Keeping Hearts Beating Strong and Steady

Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite. The nanoparticles are part of a new f...

10 Feb 2010

Argonne Scientist Named American Physical Society Fellow

Dennis Mills of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society.

From Argonne National Laboratory 10 Feb 2010

Nanotechnology Corporation Slashes Costs for Services with First E-purchases

In its first electronic tender through the B2B-RUSNANO electronic trade system, Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies cut costs for contracted services by more than half. The tender was for valuation of assets in order...

10 Feb 2010

AFS Offers Water Filtration and Liquid Separation Training

The American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) is offering Water Filtration and Liquid Separation Training on March 22nd in San Antonio, Texas, USA. AFS is holding its 23rd Annual Conference, March 22-25, 2010 ...

10 Feb 2010

New Helmholtz University Junior Research Group Established

In January 2010, a new Helmholtz university junior research group was set up at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht. The leader of the junior research group is GKSS employee, Dr. Sergio Amancio. Partner university is ...

10 Feb 2010

Researchers Develop New, More Efficient Low-Cost Microring Resonator

A new, more efficient low-cost microring resonator for high speed telecommunications systems has been developed and tested by Professor Roberto Morandotti's INRS team in collaboration with Canadian, American, and Aus...

10 Feb 2010

NILCom to Exhibit at nano tech 2010

NILCom, a nanoimprint lithography consortium comprising companies and research organizations throughout the imprint lithography supply chain, will be exhibiting at nano tech 2010 held February 17-19 in Tokyo, Japan. ...

10 Feb 2010

Ecology Coatings Signs Commercialization Agreement WS Packaging Group

Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ECOC), a leader in the discovery and development of nanotechnology-enabled, ultraviolet-curable advanced coatings, today announced that it has entered into a commercialization ...

9 Feb 2010

Using Nanotechnology to Bring About New "Plasma-Facing" Materials for Advanced Thermonuclear Fusion Devices

Two Purdue University researchers are among 69 chosen nationwide by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive awards through the DOE's new Early Career Research Program. Jean Paul Allain, an assistant professor of ...

9 Feb 2010

Ultratech Introduces Newest Lithography System for HBLED Manufacturing

Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography and laser-processing systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices, today introduced its newest lithography system, the Sapphire 100 for high-brightness light-emitting diode (HBLED) manufacturing.

9 Feb 2010

Borealis Receives Patent for its Avto Metals Technology

Borealis Exploration Limited (PINKSHEETS: BOREF) has received a U.S. patent for its Avto Metals Technology covering multiple applications in several industrial and scientific fields. The patent describes how Avto Metals&...

9 Feb 2010

Researchers Develop Smallest Solar-Powered Sensor System

A 9 cubic millimeter solar-powered sensor system developed at the University of Michigan is the smallest that can harvest energy from its surroundings to operate nearly perpetually. The U-M system's processor, sol...

9 Feb 2010

Make Brittle Materials Ductile, Yet Stronger than Ever

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a way to make some notoriously brittle materials ductile -- yet stronger than ever -- simply by reducing their size.

9 Feb 2010

Major Investments in Advanced Material Characterisation

Scientists at SINTEF/NTNU and the University of Oslo have been awarded NOK 25 million by the Research Council of Norway for investments in equipment for surface analysis. “This will be one of the biggest and mos...

9 Feb 2010

Nanophotocathode for Hydrogen Production

Hydrogen-powered fuel cells and solar energy are the best hope for a more environmentally friendly and resource-sparing energy supply in the future. A combination of the two is considered to be particularly "clean" the production of hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight.

9 Feb 2010