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Wisconsin Calles for a State Registry of Nanoscale Materials, What is Being Produced and in What Quantities

Growing concern over the potential risks that nanotechnology might pose to the environment and human health have some lawmakers and state agencies looking into how they might regulate the technology, which is already bei...

12 Feb 2008

Maximising Copper Computer Chip Connections for High Speed Computing

Scanning electron microscope image of two copper pillars bonded together using a novel fabrication technique. Placing these all-copper connections between computer chips and external circuitry will lead to increased computing speeds.

12 Feb 2008

Micro Pharmacy from MIT Delivers Controlled Drug Doses to Specific Targets

A new thin-film coating developed at MIT can deliver controlled drug doses to specific targets in the body following implantation, essentially serving as a “micro pharmacy.” The film could eventually be us...

12 Feb 2008

Single Digit EUV Mask Blank Defect Goal Reached by SEMATECH

Technologists at SEMATECH have successfully demonstrated world-class results in low defect density for mask blanks used in extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) - pushing the technology another significant step toward r...

12 Feb 2008

Nuclear Physics and Neutron Activation used to Prove Napoleon Was Not Killed by Arsenic Poisoning

Arsenic poisoning did not kill Napoleon in Saint Helena, as affirmed by a new meticulous examination performed at the laboratories of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Milano-Bicocca and Pavia, together with the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Pavia.

12 Feb 2008

Solar Cell Efficiency Breakthrough Comes from Telecommunications Semiconductor Research

Semiconductor insights gained by engineering physics researchers at McMaster University for the telecommunications industry have led to a research breakthrough in the future development of high-efficiency solar cells. ...

12 Feb 2008

iPod Nanos up for Grabs as Prizes for Having Nanotechnology Knowledge

Five free iPod Nanos are up for grabs! Winners will be randomly selected from entrants who successfully complete a five-question "Nano-IQ" test posted on the newly redesigned Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Web site

12 Feb 2008

Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies Research Adopted by European Commission

Europe is in the vanguard of the emerging field of nanosciences and nanotechnologies (N&N), a developing field of science with the potential for major positive impact economically, socially and environmentally. Never...

11 Feb 2008

Six Quark Theory Backed Up by Supercomputer Calculations

A new calculation, reported in the January 25, 2008 issue of Physical Review Letters, confirms the six-quark theory of particle-anti-particle asymmetry. This is the first complete calculation of this phenomenon to employ...

11 Feb 2008

Nano Sized Drums are the Worlds Smallest Drumkit and Point to New Knowledge in Worlds of Mathematics, Quantum Physics and Microelectronics

Using a tunneling scanning microscope researchers moved individual carbon monoxide molecules on a copper surface to build tiny walls only one-molecule high and shaped them into nine-sided enclosures that could resonate like drums

11 Feb 2008

Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized Using Commercially Available Polymer Resins

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have sucessfully produced high yields of carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymer resins as precursors using a patented technique.

8 Feb 2008

Nanoencapsulation Used to Get Beauty Products Beneath the Skin

The old saying “beauty is more than skin deep” holds more truth than ever thanks to a new generation of skin care products that treat targeted areas deep beneath the skin’s surface. Researchers at eF...

8 Feb 2008

Nanosieves to Save Energy in Distillation Process for BioFuel Production

A new type of membrane, developed by scientists of the University of Twente in The Netherlands, can stand high temperatures for a long period of time. This ‘molecular sieve’ is capable of removing water out o...

8 Feb 2008

Revolutionary Technology that Extends Life and Reduces Power Consumption of High Resolution, Passive Matrix OLED Displays in Mobile Devices

Dialog Semiconductor Plc, a leading developer of mixed signal semiconductor solutions for wireless, automotive and industrial applications, has announced its new SmartXtend(TM) technology that will allow the main display...

8 Feb 2008

Clariant Launches New Web Site After Introduction of Nano-Zeolites

Clariant, a world-leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, focuses its scientific efforts in nano-technology on the manufacture and applications of a variety of nano-porous zeolites with exceptional physical properti...

8 Feb 2008