TOPNEWS 08 May 2008 (from nanotruck.de)

“nanoTruck – High-Tech from the Nanocosmos”

New concept, new platform and new design – the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s communications initiative on nanotechnology is entering a new phase. The newly designed, mobile information campaign - [..]

09 May 2008 (from ICON)

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON NANOTECHNOLOGY RELEASES GLOBAL RESEARCH NEEDS ASSESSMENT

A report on the findings of two international workshops aimed at defining a set of research needs for assessing potential nanotechnology risks was released today by the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) at [..]

09 May 2008 (from Lux Research)

NANOTECH VENTURE CAPITAL IS OUT OF SYNC WITH RETURNS

Lux Research report finds nanomedical start-ups generate 77% of returns but get only 27% of investment. [..]

09 May 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

TU Delft demonstrates for the first time how light squeezes through small holes

How does light pass through a tiny hole? For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded [..]

08 May 2008 (from Princeton University)

Melting defects could lead to smaller, more powerful microchips

As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such defects, using a [..]

08 May 2008 (from Surrey University)

Nano-designed transistors with disordered materials, but high performance

The Holy Grail for transistor designers has been the requirement to be able to get high performance at reduced costs over very large substrate areas. [..]

08 May 2008 (from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory)

Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials

Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists. [..]

07 May 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

Test of maturity for stem cells

Stem cells can differentiate into 220 different types of body cell. The development of these cells can now be systematically observed and investigated with the aid of two new machines that imitate the conditions in the [..]

07 May 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes

If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and into the lab – chemists can now use carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, [..]

07 May 2008 (from University of Warwick)

Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors

Carbon nanotubes’ potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers in the [..]