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Award Supports Experimental Research into Active Matter

Brandeis University announced today a $1 million, three-year award from the W.M. Keck Foundation to help support experimental research into a new category of materials known as active matter. The project seeks to elucida...

7 Jan 2010

Nanotechnology Researchers Using Biology to Engineer Assembly of Nanoscale Materials

Nanoscience has the potential to play an enormous role in enhancing a range of products, including sensors, photovoltaics and consumer electronics. Scientists in this field have created a multitude of nano scale materials, such as metal nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanowires.

7 Jan 2010

Researchers Observed Nanoscale Symmetry Hidden in Solid State Matter

Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter.

7 Jan 2010

Argonne Researcher Named 2009 AAAS Fellow

Ron Shepard of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has been awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

From Argonne National Laboratory 6 Jan 2010

New Investments to Expand Company's Proprietary Silicon Ink Production

Innovalight, Inc., a privately-held firm selling silicon ink-based high efficiency solar cell materials and technology, today announced that the company has raised $18 million in additional capital. This new round of cap...

6 Jan 2010

Researchers Use Calcium Ion to Simulate Relativistic Quantum Particle

Researchers of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck, Austria, used a calcium ion to simulate a relativistic quantum particle, demonstrating a phenomenon that has not been directly observable so far: the Zitterbewegung. They have published their findings in the current issue of the journal Nature.

6 Jan 2010