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Researchers Find Reliable, Mess-Free Way to Grow Graphene

Single layers of carbon atoms, called graphene sheets, are lightweight, strong, electrically semi-conducting -- and notoriously difficult and expensive to make.

9 Nov 2009

Conference Features Groundbreaking Information on Important Cancer Therapies in Development

Scientists and industry leaders from around the world will gather in Boston Nov. 14-19, 2009, for the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics International Conference, which will feature groundbreaking i...

9 Nov 2009

Thin Films of Silver and Copper Cutting Down on Hospital Infections

Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimicrobial properties o...

9 Nov 2009

Once the World Leader in Discovery and Growth of Crystalline Materials is Now Falling Behind Other Nations

According to a recent report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the United States, once the world leader in the discovery and growth of crystalline materials, is now falling behind othe...

9 Nov 2009

Cooling Strontium Could Lead to Increasingly Precise Clocks, Quantum Computers and Ultracold Chemistry

Two independent teams have, for the first time, created Bose-Einstein condensates of strontium atoms. The ability to cool strontium to very low temperatures and control its motion could lead to increasingly precise clocks and may advance our progress toward quantum computers and novel experiments in ultracold chemistry.

9 Nov 2009

Professor Wins 'EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award' for Microbubble Research

To celebrate its fifth year of publication, Journal of the Royal Society Interface in conjunction with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) honoured the best research article published in the journal at an awards ceremony in London on 6th November.

9 Nov 2009

Best Shape to Use for Man-Made Nanoparticles that Target Cancers

Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his l...

9 Nov 2009

Materials Scientists Found New Use for Chemical Compound Traditionally Viewed as Electrical Conductor

Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it.

9 Nov 2009

Next Generation of Super Efficient Solar Cells

A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the...

9 Nov 2009

Combining Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques Shedding New Light on Tungstated Zirconia Catalyst

The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities. I...

9 Nov 2009

Industrial Nanotech Receives Final Report on Energy Savings

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and the American Solar Energy Society, today announced the company's Turkish distributor, Kolorgen Ltd., has received a final report on the 2008 energy savings.

From Industrial Nanotech, Inc. 9 Nov 2009

A Marvel of Technology - The Large Hadron Collider

Inside an insulating vacuum chamber in a tunnel about 100 meters below the surface of the Franco-Swiss plain near Geneva, packets of protons whirl around the 27-km diameter of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at a speed c...

9 Nov 2009

JDSU Grants Patent Rights for Picosecond Laser to Leading Technology Manufacturer for Development of Microelectronic Products

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) today announced that it has licensed patent rights for fundamental picosecond laser technology to Hamamatsu Corporation for the development of microelectronic products.

9 Nov 2009

ATREG Appointed as Advisor to Freescale Semiconductor

ATREG, the semiconductor division of Colliers International, announced their formal appointment as advisor to Freescale Semiconductor, in the sale of two of Freescale's operational 150mm semiconductor manufacturing f...

9 Nov 2009

FlipChip International Announces Major Step Forward in Semiconductor Package Miniaturization with NANOPillar

FlipChip International today announced a major step forward in semiconductor package miniaturization with its NANOPillar(TM), wafer bumping technology. NANOPillar(TM) wafer scale bumping delivers for the first time, high...

9 Nov 2009

Nanotechnology News

Researchers Find Reliable, Mess-Free Way to Grow Graphene

Conference Features Groundbreaking Information on Important Cancer Therapies in Development

Thin Films of Silver and Copper Cutting Down on Hospital Infections

Once the World Leader in Discovery and Growth of Crystalline Materials is Now Falling Behind Other Nations

Cooling Strontium Could Lead to Increasingly Precise Clocks, Quantum Computers and Ultracold Chemistry

Professor Wins 'EPSRC Journal of the Royal Society Interface Award' for Microbubble Research

Best Shape to Use for Man-Made Nanoparticles that Target Cancers

Materials Scientists Found New Use for Chemical Compound Traditionally Viewed as Electrical Conductor

Next Generation of Super Efficient Solar Cells

Combining Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy Techniques Shedding New Light on Tungstated Zirconia Catalyst

Industrial Nanotech Receives Final Report on Energy Savings

A Marvel of Technology - The Large Hadron Collider

JDSU Grants Patent Rights for Picosecond Laser to Leading Technology Manufacturer for Development of Microelectronic Products

ATREG Appointed as Advisor to Freescale Semiconductor

FlipChip International Announces Major Step Forward in Semiconductor Package Miniaturization with NANOPillar

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