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TOPNEWS 18 June 2008 (from Europa.eu)

Commission starts public dialogue on nanotechnologies – tapping economic and environmental potential through safe products

Business people

Nanotechnologies have enormous potential benefits for manufacturers, consumers, employees, patients and the environment. They will bring more energy and resource efficient processes, improve computer memories and [..]

04 July 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

World's smallest high performance, low energy sensor

Cross-section of a test vehicle finished by IMEC
IMEC

Scientists at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) are developing the world’s smallest, high-performance and low-power sensor in silicon which will have applications in [..]

04 July 2008 (from ICT results)

Printed optical electronics come into view

High-resolution Electronic Ink Display prototype developed by Philips and E Ink.
Philips

European researchers have taken a major step towards the goal of developing printable electronics that can be used for creating radio frequency identification tags and flexible watch displays. [..]

26 June 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

The fight for the best quantum bit (qubit)

Quantum cage
Max Planck Society

Post Doc Henrik Ingerslev Jørgensen from the Nano-Science Center, located at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, has come an important step closer to the quantum computer. The journal Nature [..]

25 June 2008 (from IBM, Press release)

IBM and ETH Zurich form $90 million partnership in nanoscience

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VDI TZ

IBM and ETH Zurich, a premiere European science and engineering university, today announced the formation of a partnership in the field of nanotechnology. [..]

25 June 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

Laser Light as Coolant for Semiconductors

Blue wave

When lasers illuminate material it usually warms up. Therefore laser beams are, for example, used for cutting sheet steel, for welding or even as scalpels. But this effect can also be reversed. [..]

17 June 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

Awarding the Helmholtz Prize 2009 - Prize for precision measurements in physics, chemistry and medicine

Principle of a stray field near field microscope
Max-Planck Society

If you would like to have it, you must give maximum performances in the field of metrology: The Helmholtz Prize endowed with €20000 is the most distinguished German award in the world of metrology. [..]

17 June 2008 (from Alpha Galileo)

A promising step towards more effective hydrogen storage

An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles – a potential hydrogen storage material. [..]

17 June 2008 (from Science Daily)

Perfecting A Solar Cell By Adding Imperfections

Solar cell

Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a [..]

13 June 2008 (from Physorg)

Carbon Nanotubes as a Single-Photon Source

Representation of a (5,5) armchair carbon nanotube
IMEC

Carbon nanotubes, as true multi-purpose materials, have potential applications in everything from electrical circuits and drug delivery to golf clubs and space elevators. Recently, physicists have investigated [..]

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"An Introduction to Quantum Computing" has been published by Nanoforum.  Quantum computing is expected to revolutionise the way we process and communicate information (at some point this century!).  The report can be downloaded here.


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Nanoforum has published its 10th report "Nanotechnology and Civil Security". Written for a wide audience, it covers devices and applications for detection, protection and identification, as well as discussing the societal issues surrounding security research. It can be downloaded here.


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Nanoforum has produced a Nanotechnology Education Tree which is designed to give an introduction to nanotechnology applications in health, the environment, energy, electronics and modern life. It also provides information on some of the societal implications of nanotechnology, some of the myths and a timeline of some of the key nanotechnology developments.

To find out more click on the tree on the bottom left of the homepage.

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