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TU Delft Professor Receives ERC Advanced Grant for Microscopic Technology Research

Professor Henny Zandbergen has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euros for his research into improved microscopic technologies. The technologies enable Professor Zandbergen to visualise extremely small st...

8 Nov 2010

NCI Awards $16 Million Funds to Texas Center for Cancer Nanomedicine

A $16-million, five-year grant by the National Cancer Institute’s nanomedicine initiative blends the expertise of five research institutions to focus an array of innovative nanotechnologies on improving the outcome of pa...

8 Nov 2010

Coating Drug Molecules with Nanoparticles Aid Colon Cancer Treatment

Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology. There are several drugs that would have more beneficial therapeutic effect...

8 Nov 2010

New Fabrication Process for Nanostructured Silicon and Polymeric Surfaces

The Microfabrication group of Aalto University which specializes in microfabrication and microfludics has developed a new and rapid method for fabrication of non-reflecting and self-cleaning surfaces. Surface properties are based on the nanostructured surface.

8 Nov 2010

Major Advance in 3D Holographic Imaging Technology

Remember the Star Wars scene in which R2D2 projects a three-dimensional image of a troubled Princess Leia delivering a call for help to Luke Skywalker and his allies? What used to be science fiction is now close to becoming reality thanks to a breakthrough in 3D holographic imaging technology developed at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences.

8 Nov 2010

Key to Freener Batteries Lies in "Nano-Urchins"

Montroseite, a vanadium oxide mineral first discovered 60 years ago, could be used as an anode for greener batteries, say Chinese researchers. Yi Xie and co-workers from the University of Science and Technology of Ch...

8 Nov 2010

Australia Fosters Nanotechnology in China

The governments of Australia and China have signed an agreement to further expand nanoscience research between the two countries. The governments have announced, they will jointly fund a new state-of-the-art nanotechnolo...

8 Nov 2010

Iran and Venezuela Ink Nano Co-Operation Deal

The Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) and the Venezuelan Science Ministry's Center for Science and Technology Research signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in the field of nanotechno...

8 Nov 2010

Institute of Microelectronics Launches Copper Wire (Cu-Wire) Bonding Consortium

The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has announced the launch of the Copper Wire (Cu-Wire) Bonding Consortium.

7 Nov 2010

Scientists Create Low-Cost Thermoelectric Materials using Nanotechnology

Although climate-controlled car seats don’t spring to mind when you think of energy efficiency, the latest technology underpinning this luxury automobile feature is based on thermoelectrics—materials that convert electricity directly into heating or cooling.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 5 Nov 2010