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IBM Joins Water Innovations Alliance's Foundation Board

Water Innovations Alliance, an industry association promoting accelerated adoption of water technologies, today announced that IBM joined the organization's Foundation board. IBM will also serve as chair of a subcomm...

27 May 2009

Book Covers in Detail the Tools and Methods for Determining Reliability of Microelectromechanical Materials

Research and Markets, leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of handbook on the "reliability of MEMS" to their offering. This first book to cover exclus...

From Research and Markets 27 May 2009

Over 170 Organizations Involved in the Emerging Field of Synthetic Biology Throughout the US

Over 170 businesses, research groups and other organizations are involved in the emerging field of synthetic biology throughout the United States, according to a new interactive map launched today by the Synthetic Biolog...

27 May 2009

Clinical Application of Nanomedicine-Based Technology for Non-Invasive Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells

A first-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring a way to diagnose cancer in its earliest stages is being conducted at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute through a National Cancer Institute grant.

27 May 2009

Web-Based Seminar Focuses on Physical Measurements of Photovoltaic Devices

Keithley Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: KEI), a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, will offer a free, web-based seminar titled "Photovoltaic Measurements: Testing the Electrical Properties o...

27 May 2009

Rice Physicist on a Quest to Understand Death

Rice physicist Huey Huang is on a quest to understand death -- or at least a little piece of it. Huang has spent the past 15 years studying the properties of cell membranes in an effort to unravel a mystery about cell suicide, a mystery that starts with a tiny hole.

27 May 2009

Device that Classic Star Trek Fans will Recognize

Triage technology comes with a Star Trek twist, at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science + Technology Directorate (DHS S+T).

27 May 2009

Scientists Develop Composites Made of Dissimilar Materials

Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU) have examined promising metal-matrix composites, which are very good conductors of heat and are able to withstand mechanical loads at elevated temperatures of up to 550 degrees and expand only very little with increasing temperature.

27 May 2009

Miniaturized Gas Sensor Using Hybrid Nanostructures Supported on Multiwalled CNTs

Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials staff in the Nanofabrication + Devices Group together with collaborative users from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have fabricated a miniaturized gas sensor using hybrid nanostructures consisting of SnO2 nanocrystals supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs).

From Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials 27 May 2009

Argonne Scientist Awarded L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science

U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist Tiffany Santos has been awarded a L'Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science for her work in materials science at the Center for Nanoscale Materials.

From Argonne National Laboratory 27 May 2009

Using Breakthrough Nanotechnology to Create Pioneering Sensor that Can Precisely Measure Mercury

RMIT University researchers have used breakthrough nanotechnology to create a pioneering sensor that can precisely measure one of the world's most poisonous substances, mercury.

27 May 2009

Swiss National Science Foundation Approves Six RTD-Projects

In the second call for proposals, projects focus on either the development of new technologies or on the interface between biomedical research and genomics. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) approved six RTD-p...

27 May 2009

Researchers Detected Evidence of Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Nanowires

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has demonstrated that, counter to classical Newtonian mechanics, an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is able to "tunnel" as a pack from a state with a higher electrical current to one with a notably lower current, providing more evidence of the phenomenon of macroscopic quantum tunneling.

27 May 2009

"Sensor Report" Publishes Feature on mPhase Smart NanoBattery

mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB:XDSL.OB - News) was recently featured in the Swiss publication "Sensor Report" which is one of the most popular technical trade journals for sensor technologies throughout the German speaking countries in Europe.

From MyPebble 27 May 2009

18 Students Completed This Year's NanoHigh Program

Eighteen Albany High School ("AHS") students received certificates today for successful completion of the pioneering "NanoHigh" program as part of the groundbreaking initiative developed jointly by the City School District of Albany ("CSDA") and the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering ("CNSE").

27 May 2009