News (608 entries found)
29 July 2010 (from NanoSecure)
NanoSecure published latest newsletter
NanoSecure is an FP6 Integrated Project for small and medium enterprises (IP-SME) harnessing nanotechnologies in sensing and catalytic materials to provide instantaneous and integrated detoxification of airborne [..]
23 July 2010 (from NanoSustain)
NanoSustain - developing innovative solutions for the sustainable design, use, recycling and final treatment of nanotechnology based products
A new FP7 project has recently been launched to develop innovative solutions for the sustainable design, use, recycling and final treatment of nanotechnology-based products by addressing the following two questions: [..]
05 July 2010 (from NanoCharM)
Latest NanoCharM newsletter published
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This issue provides an extensive presentation of Ellipsometer leading technologies and suppliers. [..]
12 March 2010 (from EUMINAfab)
EUMINAfab launches second call for applications to access facilities
EUMINAfab is the first European research infrastructure to offer the micro-nano fabrication of functional structures and devices in a multitude of functional materials, predominantly those other than classical [..]
04 March 2010 (from Federal internet-portal Nanotechnologies & Nanomaterials)
Russian scientists demonstrate precision modification of nanotopography of polymer surface with ultraviolet radiation
In the Institute of Physical Problems, a method has been developed and successfully tested which is capable of smoothing asperities of poly(methyl methacrylate) surface in nanometre or subnanometre scales by means of [..]
04 February 2010 (from Brigham Young University)
'Lab on a chip' that detects viruses developed by BYU researchers
A team of Brigham Young University (BYU) engineers and chemists has created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations. [..]
16 December 2009 (from Nano Connect Scandinavia)
Scandinavian cleanrooms launch collaboration
Access to advanced cleanrooms is crucial in order for companies to develop new products based on nanotechnology. This has prompted Chalmers MC2 Nanofabrication Laboratory and Lund Nano Lab in Sweden and DTU Danchip in [..]
18 November 2009 (from Infra-team)
Nanosafety research - user needs
A consortium of EU research organisations for nanosafety is seeking feedback from the community regarding access to specfic facilities. [..]
16 November 2009 (from InSciences)
New Detector for Hazardous Liquids
Soft drinks, cosmetics, medications, and more still – since an attempted terrorist attack on a commercial airliner was thwarted at the last second in 2006 air passengers are only allowed to carry limited amounts of [..]
14 October 2009 (from AZoM)
Oxford Instruments NanoScience Place 2nd at British Engineering Excellence Awards
Oxford Instruments NanoScience Ultra Low Temperature engineering team achieved "highly commended" runners up place at the 2009 British Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London on Oct [..]
12 October 2009 (from Institute of Nanotechnology)
Converging Technologies for 21st Century Security
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng, Chief Scientific Advisor, Ministry of Defence [..]
29 September 2009 (from Marie Freebody, IoP)
Colour printing takes a cue from nature
A scalable method of structural colour printing could find applications in forgery protection and the design of advanced materials. [..]
02 September 2009 (from EUMINAfab)
EUMINAfab – Europe’s first multimaterial micro and nano technology platform starts user operation
EUMINAfab is the first European Research Infrastructure on multimaterial micro and nanotechnology. It offers open and no-cost access to state of the art fabrication and characterisation technologies for a multitude of [..]
01 September 2009 (from NT-MDT Co.)
Surfactant micelles in aqueous solution: critical resolution in AFM
It's a widely spread idea that performing AFM in liquids is a rather complicated research approach. Actually, many tasks related to the investigation of molecular structures and complexes in a liquid environment claim [..]
01 September 2009 (from Institute of Physical Problems, Russian Federation)
How to operate a scanning probe microscope on board a space laboratory or planet exploration rover? - Scientists suggested an approach for remote control of a scanning probe microscope in space.
When using a scanning probe microscope (SPM), for instance on board of a near-Earth station or a planet exploration rover, a number of control-related tasks should be solved. A method is required to exclude the [..]
