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CAS Launched China's Science and Technology Road Map up till 2050

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched its series report "Technological Revolution and China's Future-Innovation 2050" on June 10, 2009 in Beijing. The report produced a road map for China's science and technology development till 2050.

From Chinese Academy of Sciences 14 Jun 2009

Technologies Exploiting Quantum Mechanics Could Debut in the Very Near Future

Technologies that exploit the unique weirdness of quantum mechanics could debut in the very near future, thanks to the groundbreaking work of a huge European research consortium. Unbreakable cryptography, unimaginable si...

14 Jun 2009

Binding Nanoparticles Together With Useful Materials Properties

Researchers at New York University have created a method to precisely bind nano- and micrometer-sized particles together into larger-scale structures with useful materials properties. Their work, which appears in the lat...

14 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology Research Bringing Relief to Oral Thrush Sufferers

A research project undertaken at Liverpool University, which has the potential to bring relief to the estimated 3.5 million UK sufferers of oral thrush, has won the £25,000 Armourers + Brasiers Venture Prize. This will allow the project to proceed to clinical evaluation.

14 Jun 2009

Tiny Fragment of RNA Suppresses Spread of Breast Cancer

High levels of a tiny fragment of RNA appear to suppress the spread of breast cancer in mice, according to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

13 Jun 2009

The Science of High-Temperature Superconductivity

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Dean Peterson discusses the science of high-temperature superconductivity in a series of Frontiers in Science lectures starting June 16 at the Duane W. Smith Auditorium at Los Alamos High School.

13 Jun 2009

Talks Highlight Nanotechnology Trends in Biotechnology and Medicine

Third annual symposium "Nanoscience for Nanoscience and Neurosurgery" is being organized by Johns Hopkins. Below is the first part of a two-part series summarizing the talks presented at the 3rd Annual NanoBio ...

12 Jun 2009

Colloid and Surface Science Conference at Columbia a Sold Out

Columbia University in New York City will host a rare convergence of two international groups of colloid and surface scientists from June 14 to June 19, 2009 at its Morningside campus. The triennial 13th International Co...

12 Jun 2009

Second Annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit Conference Program Announced

The NanoBusiness Alliance, the industry association for the emerging nanotechnology industry, and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance, a non-profit association that represents the Colorado nanotechnology community, today announced its conference program schedule for the 2nd annual Nano Renewable Energy Summit, which will return to the University of Denver, CO, from June 22 - 23, 2009.

12 Jun 2009

New Chemical System Could Answer Questions About How Life Could Emerge

A team of Scripps Research scientists has created a new analog to DNA that assembles and disassembles itself without the need for enzymes. Because the new system comprises components that might reasonably be expected in a primordial world, the new chemical system could answer questions about how life could emerge.

12 Jun 2009

HRL Laboratories Awarded Phase II Contract from DARPA

HRL Laboratories, LLC, a corporate research-and-development laboratory owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors specializing in research into sensors and materials, information and systems sciences, applied electro...

12 Jun 2009

World's First College to Offer a Comprehensive Baccalaureate Program in Nanoscale Science

State University of New York ("SUNY") Chancellor Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher today joined with SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman Carl Hayden, Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari, Assemblyman John J. McEneny, Univers...

From College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany 12 Jun 2009

Measuring Charge States of Individual Gold and Silver Atoms

Scientists in Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland have successfully measured the charge states of individual gold and silver atoms using an innovative approach to atomic force microscopy (AFM).

12 Jun 2009

Rubicon Showcases Large Diameter Sapphire Products for Wafers

Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN), an advanced electronic materials provider that is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products for light-emitting diodes...

12 Jun 2009

World's First Nanotechnology Based Endodontic Sealer

Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia have developed the world's first endodontic or root canal treatment sealer using nanotechnology. Using "modified silica nano-composites" as a filler, this material known as "NanoSeal Plus" can greatly increase the success rates of root canal treatments and allow patients to keep their tooth.

12 Jun 2009