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Conference Features Breakthroughs in Next-Generation Metamaterials

The world's largest international conference on optical communications begins next week and continues from March 22-26 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and E...

17 Mar 2009

Conference Bringing Colloid and Surface Science Researchers and Technologists Together

Two international scientific groups, the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists and the American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Science, will come together June 14 - 19, 2009 at C...

17 Mar 2009

Imperial College London Opens New MAGIC Laboratory

Tackling climate change, combating pollution and developing a deeper understanding of Parkinson's disease are just some of the areas of research that will benefit from the official opening today of new laboratories at Imperial College London.

17 Mar 2009

Researchers Discover New Nanocatalyst Synthesis Technique

Materials containing bimetallic nanoparticles are attractive in vast technological fields because of their unique catalytic, electronic, and magnetic properties. One of the most promising of the bunch is made from palladium and gold, an alloy that could be used in a wide variety of catalytic activities including the water-gas shift reaction and the oxidation of carbon dioxide - both important steps in alternative energy applications like fuel cells.

16 Mar 2009

Result Might Help Understand Chemical Processes in Energy Generation

Single oxygen atoms dancing on a metal oxide slab, glowing brighter here and dimmer there, have helped chemists better understand how water splits into oxygen and hydrogen. In the process, the scientists have visualized a chemical reaction that had previously only been talked about.

16 Mar 2009

Nanoprobes Pinpointing the Location of Tumors

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.

16 Mar 2009

Nanocups Lighting the Way Toward Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

13 Mar 2009

NanoBusiness Alliance Announces Continuation of its NanoBusiness Talent Program

The NanoBusiness Alliance today announced the continuation of its NanoBusiness Talent program, which connects future scientists and high-tech companies by arranging summer internships for local high school students at Ch...

From Nanobusiness Alliance 11 Mar 2009

Course Covers Essential AFM Topics that Biologists Need and Want to Learn About

Asylum Research, the technology leader in scanning probe/atomic force microscopy (AFM/SPM) announces its AFM in Biology Class to be held June 3 to June 5, 2009 in Santa Barbara, California.

10 Mar 2009

Ultra-Thin Chip Embedding for Wearable Electronics

At today's Smart Systems Integration Conference in Brussels (Belgium), technologists from IMEC and its associated laboratory at Ghent University present a new 3D integration process enabling flexible electronic systems with a thickness of less than 60 micrometer.

10 Mar 2009