Since 2004, 50 million euros has been invested in high-calibre research and commercially-oriented development work as part of the Austrian NANO initiative. This approach has launched numerous patents and inventions onto the international market. These developments will be presented at the exhibition as part of a programme involving both Austrian and international experts.

Imitating photosynthesis in plants? If we were to accomplish this, mankind would have a little less to worry about. Chemists have now made progress on the road to achieving artificial photosynthesis.

Under the umbrella of the Juelich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA), from 2010 the Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons will be operating a unique electron microscope with a world-beating resolution of 50 billionths of a millimetre.

A novel method of detection of cervical cancer cells has been developed by Clarkson University Professor Igor Sokolov's group, an affiliate of the University's Nanoengineering and Biotechnology Laboratories Center (NABLAB).

Mit der Spitze eines Rastertunnelmikroskops schalten Forscher einzelne Atome von 'Spin up' auf 'Spin down' um - einfach indem sie den Abstand der Spitze zum Atom aendern.

Two labs report that nanoparticle-delivered gene therapy successfully suppressed ovarian tumor growth in mice.

The awards are part of DOE's investment to support the development of new solar energy technologies and the rapid deployment of available carbon-free solar energy systems.

A landmark selection of review articles published this week in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 'Progress in Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedicine', shows just how far magnetic nanoparticles for application in biomedicine have come and what exciting promise they hold for the future.

The Top-level Research Initiative is launching a call for user-driven research projects within the sub-programme 'Energy Efficiency with Nanotechnology' in the beginning of 2010. The Top-level Research Initiative is the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date. The overall scope of the sub-programme 'Energy Efficiency with Nanotechnology' is 'Improvement of the efficiency of future sustainable energy system by applying nanotechnology to the transport sector, energy conversion and use'.

Cambrios Technologies Corporation, an electronic materials company commercializing ClearOhm coating material for producing transparent conductive films, announced today that the company has received investments totaling $14.5 million in a first closing of its Series D Financing Round.

Can an intense laser rip photons into electron-positron pairs? Seeking to shed light on this burning question is the ELI ('Extreme light infrastructure') project, which received EUR 6 million in funding under the 'Infrastructures' Theme of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme.

For years now, nanotechnology researchers have been promising us carbon nanotubes as the basis for numerous breakthrough applications such as multifunctional high-strength fibres, coatings and transparent conducting films. Not to mention as a cure for cancer and a solution to the energy crisis. However, while the thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are unique, materials engineers have been struggling to assemble CNTs into macroscopic structures that retain enough of the properties of the constituent nanotubes. CNTs are notoriously difficult to work with and, because researchers haven't found efficient ways yet to assemble them, the resulting materials demonstrate only a small fraction of the possible single-object properties of CNTs. So we are still waiting for those breakthrough applications. However, new research reported this week has now established an industrially relevant process for assembling carbon nanotubes that allows them to efficiently be made into fibers, coatings and films - the basic forms of material that can be used in engineering applications.

Interessierte Buerger habe jetzt die Gelegenheit bis zum 19. November zum Entwurf des Oesterreichischen Aktionsplans Nanotechnologie Stellung zu nehmen.

Wissenschaftler am Center for Imaging Science and Technology (CIMST) der ETH Zuerich haben eine neue Methode entwickelt, die es erstmals ermoeglicht, in Echtzeit kleinste Bewegungen von Viren zu verfolgen.

The Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology at Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand organizing the the 3rd Thailand Nanotechnology Conference 2009 Health, Energy, Environment on December 21-22, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Samsung Electronics announced that its new Semiconductor Research and Development Center has started advanced logic process development, an important part of Samsung's drive in the foundry business.

Infineon Technologies AG and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced that they are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanometer embedded flash process technology targeting next generation automotive, chip card and security applications.

Abraxis Health, a fully-integrated personalized healthcare division of Abraxis BioScience, Inc., today announced the dedication of its new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona.

Beneq announces the first continuous mode Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) research tool commercially available, the TFS 200R.

An electron microscope with glasses that correct the spherical aberration of the lens in order to achieve even higher resolution is currently being assembled at the Electron Microscopy Centre (EMEZ) at ETH Zurich.