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Gift Will Help Fund Construction of New Physics Building

A gift from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust to Rice University's Centennial Campaign will help fund construction of a new physics building -- one of the most complex design challenges for architects. The 1...

2 Feb 2009

Researchers Fabricating Organic Semiconducting Materials With a Little Help from Supercritical CO2

Someday, moving a large, flat-screen TV across the country might be as simple as taking it off the wall, rolling it up and sliding it into a study tube. That's the vision of researchers Christopher Ober and George Malliaras at Cornell University, and Andrew Holmes at the University of Melbourne, Australia, who are fabricating organic semiconducting materials with a little help from supercritical carbon dioxide, or CO2.

2 Feb 2009

Free Analytical Online Tool for Discerning Trends, Patterns and Subject Experts within Scientific Research

Science+Business Media has launched the website www.AuthorMapper.com, a free analytical online tool for discerning trends, patterns and subject experts within scientific research.

2 Feb 2009

Nansulate Now Incorporated into Solar Hot Water Heater and Solar Panel Systems

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's patented Nansulate protective thermal insulation coatings are now incorporated into solar hot water heater an...

2 Feb 2009

New Technologies Providing Continuous Monitoring of Structural Integrity of Bridges

Virginia Tech's Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS) has teamed with Physical Acoustics Corporation (PAC), of Princeton Junction, N.J., to develop a suite of new technologies to provide a continuous, energy independent monitoring of the structural integrity of U.S. bridges.

2 Feb 2009

Static Electricity on the Nanoscale Generates Chiral Patterns

These objects are all chiral - they cannot exactly superimpose their mirror image by translation or rotation. A common example of this is human hands - a right hand cannot superimpose itself into its mirror image, a left...

2 Feb 2009

Microkit for Fast and Accurate Detection of Cancer and Infectious Diseases

Rapid, easy and affordable tests for cancer and avian flu and other infectious diseases move a step closer to patients as DYAMED Biotech Pte Ltd licenses a unique all-in-one automated diagnostic system called MicroKit fr...

2 Feb 2009

Researchers Working to Discover the Health Risks of Quantum Dots

A team of Rice researchers has been working to discover the health risks of quantum dots, molecule-sized semiconducting nanocrystals that are generally composed of heavy metals surrounded by an organic shell. Pedro A...

2 Feb 2009

Rice Boy Racers Pimp Their Rides at The Nanoscale With Modified Nanocars

The drivers of Rice University's nanocars were surprised to find modified versions of their creation have the ability to roll at room temperature. While practical applications for the tiny machines may be years away, the breakthrough suggests they'll be easier to adapt to a wider range of uses than the originals, which had to be heated to 200 degrees Celsius before they could move across a surface.

2 Feb 2009

Book Offers the Seeds for Undiscovered Breakthroughs

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has published a new book, Frontiers of Propulsion Science, that compiles for the first time the emerging science of such novel propulsion concepts as space drives, w...

2 Feb 2009

Frank Averdung Assumes Position of CEO of SUSS MicroTec

As announced today by SUSS MicroTec Frank Averdung will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer of SUSS MicroTec AG effective starting February 1, 2009. The Company's Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Averdung t...

From SUSS MicroTec AG 2 Feb 2009

Special Technology Chain for Manufacturing Nano-Structured Aluminum and Other Materials

Materials with a nanoparticle structure are stronger and harder than materials made of larger particles. A new manufacturing technique ensures that such microcrystalline structures remain intact when being processed.

2 Feb 2009

Large-Sample AFM with 'Small-Sample' Resolution

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), the leading provider of atomic force microscopes (AFMs) to the nanoscience community, announced today the release of its Dimension® Icon(TM) AFM. Building upon the world's most utilized large-sample AFM platform, the latest member of Veeco's Dimension product line delivers the highest resolution, best ease-of-use, and fastest time-to-results of any large-sample AFM on the market today.

2 Feb 2009

Nanotechnology Significantly Increases Sensitivity of New Supertelescopes

Nanotechnologist ir. Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile. He will receive his PhD on this topic at TU Delft on Monday 2 February.

2 Feb 2009

Peptide-Guided Hollow Gold Nanospheres Find Melanoma Cells, Penetrate and Then Cook the Tumor

Hollow gold nanospheres equipped with a targeting peptide find melanoma cells, penetrate them deeply, and then cook the tumor when bathed with near-infrared light, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported in the Feb. 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.

2 Feb 2009