Brian Dorsett

The Sixth Biennial International Congress on the relationship between neurobiology and nano-electronics titled "The Eye and The Chip" will bring together the world's leading researchers involved in advancing artificial human vision at Henry Ford Community College Sept. 13-15, 2010.

Arbor Photonics, Inc. has received SBIR Phase IB funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its work on 'High Power Pulsed Fiber Lasers for EUV Lithography'.

King Harald of Norway presented the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience to the eight laureates from US, Germany and Great Britain at spectacular gala performance at Oslo Concert Hall in Oslo, Norway, on 7 September.

President of Ireland Mary McAleese and RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubays opened the one-day nanotechnology forum on nanotechnology, organized by the Science Foundaton of Ireland (SFI) and RUSNANO.

Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation, a leader in the emerging field of targeted genetic medicine, reports the publication of a landmark paper in clinical oncology.

Potenziale und Herausforderungen von Innovationen aus der Material- und Nanotechnologieforschung zeigt der im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) vom VDI Technologiezentrum organisierte Branchendialog auf der Messe IFAT Entsorga in Muenchen am 14. September 2010.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for Environmental Research (NCER), invites applications for the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for graduate environmental study for master's and doctoral level students.

New research shows that pricey lithium battery materials can be produced cheaper and faster using industrial microwave furnace systems.

Researchers from ETH Zurich's Institute for Field Theory and High Frequency Electronics have developed new surfaces for radar absorption. Thanks to this multifaceted application, window panes could even double up as solar panels in future.

SWeNT specialty multi-wall carbon nanotubes are now suitable for commercial scale applications in lithium ion batteries and fabric reinforced polymer composites.

Unter der Leitung von Dr. Jan Hamaekers widmen sich die Fraunhofer-Forscher der Simulation neuer Materialien auf der Nano-, Mikro- und Makro-Skala auf Hochleistungs-Parallelrechnern. Dabei nutzen sie moderne numerischen Multiskalen-Methoden aus der Quantenmechanik, Molekueldynamik und der Kontinuumsmechanik.

Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory have developed a new strategy for quicker and more precise detection of biomarkers - proteins which indicate disease. The work could pave the way for new tools to detect early stages of Alzheimer's and cancer at the molecular level.

A North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured out a way to make an aluminum alloy, or a mixture of aluminum and other elements, just as strong as steel.

CEA-Leti announced today that it has won two prestigious awards for created and innovative companies in the 12th Business Creation Contest sponsored by the Ministry for High Education and Research.

The eBeam Initiative, a forum dedicated to the education and promotion of a new design-to-manufacturing approach known as design for e-beam (DFEB), today announced that several of its members will jointly present the latest breakthroughs in DFEB mask technology at the Annual SPIE/BACUS Symposium 2010 - a worldwide technical conference and exhibition and premier event for the photomask industry.

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a leader in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for TKM-PLK1 has been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowing Tekmira to initiate a Phase 1 human clinical trial.

Here is a news update from the ICPC Nanonet project on free DVDs and webinars this month.

University of Sydney researchers have discovered a new super-strength light alloy and had their key findings published in Nature Communications.

The experiments conducted in the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences on super-thin liquid-crystal films created on water surface allowed the surprisingly slow and continuous rotational motion of molecules, rotating 'in unison', to be observed nearly with the naked eye.

At this year's Composites Europe show from September 14 through 16 in Essen FutureCarbon GmbH, the leading producer of super-composite materials, is presenting its latest solutions for heating systems in hall 10-11 on booth G36.