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Harvard’s Federico Capasso Recognized for QC Lasers
Harvard University’s Federico Capasso, a founding father of quantum cascade (QC) lasers, has been awarded the 2010 Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis for excellent research on the application or generation of laser light.
Carl Zeiss Nano Image Voting Closes September 12
For researchers also gifted with an artistic streak, a gentle reminder from Carl Zeiss SMT that there is art, and maybe a first-place prize, nestled in those nanoscale images. But time is short.
Uncle Sam Wants Your Ideas to Promote Commercial Nano
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) wants your ideas for how the Federal government can promote innovation through the convergence of nanotech, biotech and infotech.
NIST Takes Carbon Nanotubes to the Really ‘Dark’ Side
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers may have succeeded in using carbon nanotubes to create the world’s darkest material – one that will be key to a new generation of high-performance optics, lasers, communications and solar energy.
MSU Spinoff, Korean Firm Team to Commercialize Graphene Nanoplatelets
One of Korea’s largest industrial conglomerates in working with a spinoff from Michigan State University to explore commercial potentials for graphene nanoplatelets, a nanomaterial discovered and developed by MSU.
Lehigh University Hosts Nano-Energy Workshop on September 13-14
Next month, Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science will host some of the brightest names in energy-focused nanotechnology research. Sessions and discussions will explore how a wide range of nanotechnology disciplines across chemistry, materials, electrical engineering, physics and photonics are being explored to address the need to improve today’s energy efficiencies and even tap into new sources of energy production.
Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics: A State-of-the-Art Overview
Every hour, enough sunlight showers the earth to power all the world’s needs for an entire year -- if it could only be captured. A remarkable new book, Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics presents for the first time state-of-the-art overview of these promising nanoscale research projects in over 430 pages.
DNA Self-Assembly Meets Nano Shape Shifting at Harvard's Wyss Institute
A team at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has created nanoscale devices made of DNA that can self-assemble and be programmed to move and change shape on demand.
Georgia Researchers Use Multicolor Quantum Dots To Distinguish Cancers
Multicolor quantum dots, due to their nature as tunable fluorescent nanoparticles, can make ideal tools for identifying cancer cells in tissue biopsies, according to scientists from Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology.
U.S., Japan Team Measures Single-Molecule Machines in Action
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the U.S. and Japan may have pierced the veil around interactions of functional molecules, paving the way for molecular devices, display technologies, and "artificial muscles" in nanoelectromechanical devices.